By Reuters – published by CNA and Thai Newsroom MYANMAR’S new president is considering “good things” for detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Thailand’s foreign minister said on Wednesday (April 22), as the country seeks to normalise ties with regional bloc Association of Southeast Asian Nations after five years on the sidelines. The
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Security beefed up after Myanmar bomb lands in Thailand
SECURITY has been stepped up at Mae Hong Son’s Mae Sariang district after a Myanmar junta fighter jet dropped a bomb there while bombarding a Karen National Union (KNU) military hospital in Karen province’s Hpapun district on Monday (April 20), Naewna newspaper said this morning (April 22). Mr. Worasak Panthong, Mae Sariang’s district chief,
Read morePanic as Myanmar junta bomb hits Thai territory
AS MYANMAR military mounted airstrikes at Karen National Union (KNU) positions in Karen province’s Hpapun district, opposite Mae Hong Son province, hitting a military hospital, one bomb landed on the Thai side triggering panic among border villagers, PPTVHD36 said today (April 20). At 11 a.m. today Myanmar Air Force scrambled Yak-130 and Mig-29 fighter
Read moreLarge amount of fuel seized in raid on secret warehouse at border
UPON being alerted by residents of Mae Sot district, just opposite Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, that a large fuel truck had parked at a secret location on the bank of Moei river, authorities quickly went there to investigate and were surprised to find that aside from the truck carrying 20,000 litres of diesel more fuel
Read moreMyanmar man held for smuggling oil across the border
AFTER A Myanmar man was caught trying to smuggle oil from Kanchanaburi’s Sangkhlaburi district to Payathonzu border town where there is a dire shortage local officials imposed strict control on sale and storage of fuel, TV Channel 7 said today (Mar. 10). At 9.30 p.m. last night Mr. Suriyasak Mueang-aum, Sangkhlaburi’s district chief, was
Read moreUnderground internet cables linked to scam gangs in Myawaddy found
A RAID on a company located at Mae Sot’s cargo port found underground internet cables feeding signals to scam gangs across the Moei river in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, Amarin TV said today (Mar. 6). Armed with a search warrant issued by Mae Sot provincial court, Pol. Lt. Col. Trin Leelanuch, head of Cyber Crime
Read moreChinese men held for smuggling drugs in perfume bottles
SOLDIERS and police today (Mar. 5) arrested two Chinese men and their Thai driver at a petrol pump in Kanchanburi province just as they were getting ready to smuggle drugs hidden in luxury perfume bottles to Myanmar, Amarin TV said. Acting on a tipoff that the two Chinese men at a petrol pump in
Read moreFour Myanmar men beat American man to death
AN AMERICAN man was fatally beaten by four Myanmar men in Chom Thong district of Bangkok last evening (Feb. 16) after harassing them for a month to get his former girlfriend to return to him, Amarin TV said. This television station’s news team interviewed one of the eyewitnesses, who is the boss of three
Read moreMyanmar expels East Timor’s representative over war crimes case
By AFP and published by CNA YANGON – Myanmar’s junta on Sunday (Feb. 15) announced the ejection of East Timor’s top representative in the country, after a rights group said Dili had opened a legal case against the military for war crimes. Myanmar’s military – which snatched power in a 2021 coup – has
Read moreMyanmar man dies of rabies in Rayong
A MYANMAR man who contracted rabies after being bitten by a puppy has died, becoming the first person in Thailand to do so in 2026 with owners of dogs and cats urged to vaccinate them against this disease annually, Naewna newspaper said today (Feb. 13). Dr. Montien Kanasawasdi, director-general of the Department of Disease
Read moreCyber Police cut illegal Internet links to foreign investors at Mae Sot
UPON being alerted by AIS 3BB FIBRE3 of likely illegal Internet use at Mae Sot, Tak province, with Myanmar’s Myawaddy border town just across Moei river, Cyber Police raided three suspicious commercial buildings where a criminal network was found and was immediately cut with investigation underway to catch those who set it up, Naewna
Read moreThai foreign minister hopes Myanmar polls ‘start of transition’ to peace
By AFP and published by CNA CEBU – Thailand’s foreign minister said on Thursday (Jan. 29) that he hoped Myanmar’s recent election would be the “start of a transition” that could lead to sustainable peace in the civil war-torn country. Myanmar’s pro-military party declared victory on Monday in junta-run elections widely labelled a “sham”
Read moreKarens declare independence with set up of Kawthoolei Republic
IN ANOTHER twist within the political landscape of Myanmar, which is wracked by a brutal civil war, the son of former commander of Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) Gen. Bo Mya today (Jan. 7) declared independence by establishing Kawthoolei Republic, Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said. Maj. Gen. Nerdah Mya, who too is a
Read moreImmigration Police release Myanmar murder suspect citing overcrowded detention centres
A MAJOR SCANDAL has erupted at Mae Sot town abutting Myawaddy township in Myanmar, as a neighbouring country’s citizen implicated in the murder of a Thai woman who had employed him to work in her ricefield was released and allowed to return to home because detention centres were overcrowded, Amarin TV said today (Jan.
Read more‘Unfair election’: Young voters absent from Myanmar polls
By AFP and published by CNA Yangon – The droves of young people who queued to cast ballots in past elections in Myanmar were conspicuous by their absence from Sunday’s (Dec. 28) military-run poll, with older voters dominating the turnout. Legions have left the war-ravaged country since the military seized power five years ago,
Read more4 nabbed for flying drones near Suvarnabhumi Airport
FOUR Myanmar nationals were arrested at a hotel near Suvarnabhumi Airport and ten drones seized after panic had spread when some of them were seen flying in the vicinity for two nights in a row (Dec. 21-22), Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Dec. 23). Acting on a tip-off that drones were flown from this
Read moreThai villagers flee as Myanmar junta clashes with Karen resistance
HEAVY fighting is raging just across from Mae Sot town as Myanmar junta troops clash with Karen resistance fighters with Thai villagers near the combat zone fleeing after bullets flew across the border and riddled two houses while 10 Chinese scammers also crossed over and surrendered, PPTVHD36 said this evening (Dec. 12). At noon
Read moreMyanmar junta, Karens bomb casino at Myawaddy
MYANMAR junta soldiers and Karen National Army fighters bombed a casino at Myawaddy border town, opposite Thai Mae Sot town, alarming nearby residents, TV Channel 7 said today (Dec. 5). The bombed two-storey casino was located opposite Ban Tha At, Tha Sai Luat subdistrict, Mae Sot district, Tak province. This is part of an
Read moreMyanmar junta, Karen army dynamite scam hub building at border
THE MYANMAR junta together with Karen National Army dynamited a 12-storey building used for online scam operations and human-trafficking at Shwe Kokko Special Economic Zone in Myawaddy border town, opposite Thai Mae Sot town, PPTVHD36 said today (Dec. 3). This building is next to the Moei river, which forms the border between the two
Read moreScammers said to have moved their key base to Laos
AFTER crackdowns in Myanmar, scammers have apparently moved their key base to Vientiane, Laos, where there are several large buildings in a huge new complex, Naewna newspaper and PPTVHD36 said today (Nov. 12). The “Army Military Force” Facebook page shared photos of the new scam hub with this message, “A Laotian influencer named ‘Beezychanel’
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