A SPECTACULAR three-day wedding took place in Myanmar when Thoon Htet Win Swe and Than Nu San tied the knot at Mandalay with a well-known Thai wedding planner having arranged the event using flowers from three countries, Sanook.com said yesterday (Nov. 26). The man behind the fairy tale wedding is Mr. Jo Chayawat, better
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Myanmar helping 2 injured Thai women return home
MYANMAR authorities are transferring two Thai women who got seriously injured after jumping from a building at battle-hit Laukkaing city in northern Shan State by ambulance to Mae Sai border town tomorrow morning (Nov. 27), Matichon newspaper said this afternoon. Col. Natee Thimsen, commander of Chao Tak Army Special Forces and Thai head of
Read more266 Thais returning home from Myanmar via China amid heavy fighting
By Naewna and Reuters – published by CNA A TOTAL OF 266 Thais who were trapped by the surge in fighting in northern Myanmar between junta soldiers and armed ethnic-minority groups have been evacuated to China and are flying back to Thailand tonight (Nov. 19), Naewna newspaper said. Police chief Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon
Read more41 Thais return safely from northern Myanmar, over 200 still stuck there
MYANMAR officers brought 41 Thais who had fled fighting in northern Myanmar across from Tachileik to Mae Sai town today (Nov. 18) but over 200 more are stranded at a military camp in Laukkaing city with preparation being made to bring them back too, Matichon newspaper said. Receiving them on the Thai side were
Read moreTwo foreigners nabbed in murder of Taiwanese man
POLICE have arrested two foreign men and are chasing a third foreign suspect in the murder of a Taiwanese man at a hotel on Udomsuk road (Sukhumvit Soi 103), Bangna district, yesterday (Nov. 16), TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said this afternoon. The body of Mr. Chu Chiang Chen, 48, was found bound
Read moreStrong 6.4 earthquake in Myanmar’s Shan state felt in Thailand
THE STRONGEST earthquake in several years reaching 6.4 magnitude shook the whole of Myanmar’s Shan state at 8.37 a.m. Thai time this morning (Nov. 17) with tremors being felt in many northern Thai provinces, Naewna newspaper said. The Thai Meteorological Department’s Earthquake Observation Division said the centre of the quake, with a depth of
Read moreMore Myanmar troops fleeing rebel attacks enter India
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News AT LEAST 29 more Myanmar soldiers entered India on Thursday (Nov. 16) fleeing an attack by insurgents on their military base close to the Indian border, an Indian police official said, as rebels step up their assaults against the ruling junta . Earlier this week, 43 Myanmar soldiers
Read more41 Thais among thousands fleeing heavy fighting in northern Myanmar
WITH fierce battles between Myanmar junta troops and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) fighters, backed by Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Arakan Army (AA), raging in Laukkaing city, in Kokang autonomous region, thousands of people including 41 Thais have fled and are waiting to cross Mongyang state checkpoint to safety but only
Read more84 Thai women now entrapped in Shan State
By Thai Newsroom Reporters EIGHTY-FOUR THAI WOMEN are currently entrapped in Myanmar’s Shan State where they had been earlier tempted by call-centre scams and flesh trade rackets, according to Paveena Hongsakul Foundation. The 84 Thai women reportedly detained by Myanmar authorities in Shan State include 62 females who had been lured into call-centre scams
Read moreMinistry rushing to help almost 300 Thais in Myanmar as fighting escalates
THE FOREIGN Ministry is working hard on the repatriation of almost 300 Thais from Laukkai city in Myanmar’s Shan state, just across the border from China, after fighting escalated with a bomb going off near their residence yesterday (Nov. 10), Naewna newspaper said this evening. Currently there are 293 Thais in this city on
Read moreMyanmar rebels capture provincial town as anti-junta offensive widens
By Reuters and published by CNA OPPOSITION troops have captured a town in central Myanmar that is a district administrative headquarters after beating back the military, the shadow government and local media said today (Nov. 7). The shadow National Unity Government (NUG) hailed it as a key victory, although an analyst cautioned that the
Read moreHandsome Myanmar man wanted in murder of ex-ambassador has fled
A GOOD-LOOKING young Myanmar man who is wanted in the murder of a former ambassador to Denmark after his stabbed body was found a second-floor bathroom of his house in Vibhavadi Soi 20 yesterday morning (Oct.8) fled back home 24 hours after his death, TV Channel 7 said today. Police discover the body of
Read moreAung San Suu Kyi’s son ‘extremely worried’ about his mother’s health
By Reuters and published by CNA London – The son of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s detained former leader, said he was “extremely worried” about his mother’s health, saying she was struggling to eat and was being refused permission to see an outside doctor. The 78-year-old Nobel laureate, who has been detained for more
Read moreDrone attack on Myanmar border police HQ kills 5
By Grant Peck – AP and published by ABC News A DRONE attack on a police headquarters in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, just across the border from Mae Sot city in Thailand, has killed at least five officials including a senior army officer and a district administrator, members of two emergency rescue teams and media
Read moreOver 30 missing in landslide at Myanmar jade mine
By AP and published by CNA A LANDSLIDE at a jade mine in northern Myanmar left more than 30 people missing, and a search and rescue operation was underway today (Aug. 14), a rescue official said. The incident occurred in Hpakant, a remote mountainous town in Kachin state about 950 km north of Myanmar’s
Read more53 Myanmar migrants found hiding in a vegetable truck
A TEAM of soldiers and policemen were stunned to discover there were 53 Myanmar migrant workers hiding in a vegetable truck heading from Mae Sot border point to Bangkok, Amarin TV said today (Aug. 4). Acting on a tip-off that this six-wheel truck will be carrying illegal migrants further inland, soldiers from Rachamanu Task
Read moreMyanmar junta extends state of emergency, delaying polls
By AFP and published by CNA Yangon – Myanmar’s National Defence and Security Council agreed today (July 31) to extend the country’s state of emergency by six months, state media said, likely delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August. Acting president Myint Swe announced the decision to prolong the state of
Read moreHeavy fighting near Mae Sot as Karens attack Myanmar junta base
THE SOUND of heavy gunfire reverberated through the Thai border town of Mae Sot last night (July 17) after Karen National Union (KNU) and People’s Defence Force (PDF) mounted an attack on a Myanmar junta artillery base just across the border, Matichon newspaper said. As Myanmar junta troops at this artillery base opposite Mahawan
Read more1,200 more refugees flee to border amid heavy fighting in Myanmar
OVER 1,200 more Karenni and Karen-Padaung (Long-Necked) refugees have fled continuing heavy fighting between Karenni Army (KA) plus their allies and Myanmar junta forces and are camped at the border right across from Mae Hong Son province, Naewna newspaper said today (July 5). In addition around 400 Shan residents who are close to Mae
Read moreMyanmar soldiers pull back after heavy Karenni attacks
MYANMAR’S 135th Infantry Battalion troops battling Karenni fighters near Thailand’s Mae Hong Son province have retreated from their base near border to a stronghold about five kilometres further inland but junta forces had launched three airstrikes on a Karenni position yesterday (June 27), Naewna newspaper said today. A senior leader of the Karenni Army
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