By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI F-16A/B FIGHTERS could practically intercept any Myanmar MiG-29 jets which might possibly intrude into Thai air space from inside the war-torn country in five minutes, said Thai Air Force Chief ACM Panpakdee Pattanakul today (Apr. 11). The F-16A/B Fighting Falcon jets from Wing 4 in Takhli are currently on
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Myanmar navy chief removed in surprise transfer
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN A SURPRISE MYANMAR MILITARY move, Adm. Moe Aung has been immediately removed from the post of navy chief amidst escalated, armed conflict with ethnic rebel forces, especially that in Rakhine state, according to an informed source. Myanmar junta head/prime minister Myint Aung Hlaing has ordered for the transfer of
Read moreBiden says US-Asean pact to address ‘biggest issues of our time’
By Reuters and published by CNA Phnom Penh – Southeast Asian heads of government held talks today (Nov. 12) with visiting global leaders including US President Joe Biden, who hailed the launch of a new US-Asean pact as a critical step towards tackling “the biggest issues of our time”. In his first visit to
Read moreTight security in Mae Sot after two explosions in Myawaddy
THAI soldiers and police beefed up security in risky areas of Mae Sot border town after two explosions, one of them a car bomb, rocked Myanmar’s Myawaddy town which is just across the Moei river last night (Oct. 15), Naewna newspaper said today. First to go off was a car bomb near Myanmar’s permanent
Read moreThailand arrests Myanmar military-linked businessman suspected of drug trafficking
By Panu Wongcha-um and Poppy McPherson, Reuters, and published by US News & World Report THAI authorities said yesterday (Sept. 21) they had detained a Myanmar tycoon suspected of drug trafficking, who three sources said was linked to the upper echelons of Myanmar’s ruling military junta. Tun Min Latt, 53, was arrested in Bangkok
Read moreBlinken denounces new three-year term for Aung San Suu Kyi
By AFP and published by CNA Washington – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today (Sept, 3) denounced a new three-year sentence imposed on Myanmar’s ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and urged further pressure on the country’s junta. “We strongly condemn the Burma military regime’s unjust sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi
Read morePrayut may skip Asean meeting as Myanmar junta leader will be there
ALL eyes are on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as to whether he will attend the upcoming Asean summit in Jakarta next Saturday April 24 after it was confirmed that Myanmar junta leader Gen Min Aung Hlaing will be participating, Siam Rath newspaper said today (April 18). This would be the Myanmar junta leader’s first known
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