A GROUP of elderly people in Nonthaburi are furious after stricter eligibility criteria for state welfare card, commonly known as the card for the poor, led to losing their payout, Amarin TV said this afternoon (July 20). At 11.30 a.m. a large group of impoverished elderly people showed up at Nonthaburi Transport Office to
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Minister supervises demolition of illegal structures at a Phuket beach
NATURAL Resources and Environment Minister Suchart Chomklin flew to Phuket to oversee the demolition of illegal structures at Nui beach, Karon district, which started this morning (July 20), Manager Online and Amarin TV said. Suchart, who was accompanied by Deputy Interior Minister Worasit Liangprasit and his delegation, arrived by helicopter at Khao Daeng football
Read moreMyanmar’s war-torn Rakhine faces a hunger catastrophe, aid groups say
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – After Ajib Bahar’s six-month-old son fell sick last year in Myanmar’s war-torn Rakhine state, the 38-year-old Rohingya mother said she had no medicine or food to give him. The boy died in her arms. “My children cried all night from hunger. I boiled grass
Read moreSenator warns struggling state hospitals may have to return 4 billion baht
THE National Health Security Office (NHSO) may ask state hospitals nationwide that are already coping with heavy losses to return 4 billion baht with this impacting medical treatments, Naewna quoted a senator as saying this morning (July 19). Dr.Veerapun Suvannamai, a senator and vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Health, said in
Read moreCollapsed State Audit Building had a 200-seat cinema?
WELL-KNOWN Thai webpage CSI LA which has been continuously revealing information about the State Audit Building (SAB) that collapsed on March 28 today (Apr. 16) uncovered what appears to be a private 200-seat cinema within the crumbled 30-storey highrise while asking whether too much government budget is being spent on the comfort of officials,
Read moreMyanmar 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 moreMyanmar ethnic minority fighters seize town from military
By AFP and published by CNA ETHNIC minority fighters battling Myanmar’s junta said on Saturday (Dec. 16) they seized a trading hub in Shan state, days after China said it had mediated a temporary ceasefire. Clashes have raged across Myanmar’s northern Shan state since the Arakan Army (AA), the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army
Read moreMyanmar 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 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 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 moreNon-stop flow of Karenni refugees to Thailand amid fierce fighting
AMID fierce fighting between Myanmar junta army and Karenni Army (KA), Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) and People’s Defence Force (PDF) in Kayah state opposite Thailand’s Mae Hong Son province that started earlier this week there is now a non-stop stream of Karenni refugees crossing over to seek shelter on the Thai side, Naewna
Read more6 Shans dead as torrential rain at border triggers fierce forest runoff
SIX Shan people died and two are missing after torrential rain at the Thai-Myanmar border triggered a heavy forest runoff that damaged homes and roads at Doi Tai Lang stronghold of Shan State Army (SSA) chief Gen. Chao Yawd Serk, Naewna newspaper said today (July 10). This Shan stronghold is opposite Thailand’s Mae Hong
Read moreUS seeks freedom for 2 American journalists in Myanmar
By AP, published by MSN News A US State Department official called today (June 2) for the immediate release of two American journalists who were arrested by Myanmar’s military junta. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said the arrests of Danial Fenster and Nathan Maung were of deep concern, and urged that they be freed
Read moreFears for supplies in Myanmar’s Chin State as exodus grows from fighting
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – People displaced by an upsurge of fighting in Myanmar’s Chin State voiced concerns over shelter and supplies as more flee the conflict that has sprung up between the army and insurgents opposed to the junta that seized power in February. The exodus also threatens to push more
Read moreKIA: More clashes likely despite Myanmar junta’s ceasefire announcement
By Myanmar Now CLASHES are likely to continue in Kachin state even after the junta unilaterally announced a ceasefire yesterday, Myanmar Now quoted a spokesperson for the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) as saying today (April 1) The coup regime claimed it would cease all military operations from today in order to hold negotiations with ethnic
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