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Soldier, worker killed in Thai south
July 1, 2009: Islamic insurgents in southern Thailand have shot dead a Burmese migrant and killed a soldier in a roadside bomb attack, police say.
50,000th Burmese refugee from Thai border to be resettled in West, says UN
June 30, 2009: Geneva - The 50,000th refugee from Burma to leave the camps along the country's border with Thailand for resettlement abroad will arrive in the US on Tuesday, the United Nations Refugee Agency said.
4,000 Burmese Migrants Arrested in June
June 30, 2009: Some 4,000 Burmese migrants were arrested by the Thai authorities in Thailand in June, according to a Thai Web site, www.manager.co.th.
Senior DKBA commander killed in ambush
June 29, 2009: A senior figure in the pro-Burmese junta militia Democratic Karen Buddhist Army has been killed in an ambush by the opposition Karen National Union as clashes continue near the Thai-Burma border.
Thailand raises surveillance near Moei River
June 29, 2009: Chiang Mai, Security officials in Thailand have beefed up surveillance on Moei River, in the wake of clashes with ethnic Karen armed men, who were trying to cross over to Thailand.
Rumors around Secret Russian Mining Project in Shan State
June 27, 2009: A secretive mining and factory project in northern Shan State involving the Russian heavy industry engineering company Tyazhpromexport is accused of land theft, forced relocation and water pollution.
Burma is Missing Link in UN’s Trans-Asia Railway Project
June 27, 2009: Burma is one of the “missing” links in an ambitious plan to forge a trans- Asian railway for trade, the United Nations has said.
Tenasserim hydropower project under survey
June 26, 2009: Chiang Mai, Thai surveyors and Burmese authorities are surveying the Tenasserim River, in Burma’s southernmost Tenasserim Division, for a potential dam site to generate electricity for export to Thailand and Singapore.
Sanctions unhelpful in Myanmar issue, Thai PM says
June 26, 2009: Sanctions against Myanmar's military junta are not helpful, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said here Friday following meetings with Chinese leaders.
UN should help govt push Burmese reconciliation
June 26, 2009: More than 3,000 Karen, mostly women and children, have fled from Burma into Thailand to escape heavy fighting since June 2.
Burma acts the bully on Thailand
June 24, 2009: Relations between Thailand and Burma are set to deteriorate dramatically following Bangkok’s warning that the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi could all but destroy Burma’s already fragile credibility.
Thai government urged not to repatriate Karen refugees
June 24, 2009: Chiang Mai, The government of Thailand has been urged by Asian lawmakers and activists not to repatriate Karen refugees, who recently fled to Thailand in the wake of fighting along the border.
Karen women beg Thai government not to repatriate them
June 23, 2009: A border relief organisation on Monday accused the Burmese soldiers and their allies of raping women fleeing battles inside the country and called on the Thai government to halt forced repatriation of ethnic Karen women and children, citing humanitarian and security reasons.
Thai authorities urge refugees to return: aid workers
June 23, 2009: New Delhi, Authorities in Thailand are allegedly encouraging ethnic Karen refugees recently arrived in the wake of fresh fighting in eastern Burma to return to their homes, according to humanitarian aid workers along the Thai-Burma border.
Thailand, Singapore agree to speed up economic cooperation
June 22, 2009: Bangkok, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his Singapore’s counterpart Lee Hsien Loong on Monday agreed to speed up bilateral economic cooperation.
KNLA Brigade 7 HQ Falls—Thailand Repatriates Refugees
June 22, 2009: A joint force of Burmese army troops and soldiers of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) seized the headquarters of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Brigade 7 on Sunday, its most important victory in a weeks-long offensive in the Burmese-Thai border area,
Thai army won't force Karen villagers back to Myanmar
June 21, 2009: TAK, The Thai army will not force some 2,700 Karen villagers who crossed the Moei River to Thailand on fears of their safety following clashes between the Myanmar army and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) against the Karen National Union (KNU) ethnic minority back to their homeland, according to an unidentified officer of Thailand’s Third Army Region.
World joins Mekong citizens in battle to stop dam building
June 21, 2009: Vietnam, In a bold outpouring of public concern for Southeast Asia's Mekong River, people from the six-country Mekong region and around the world have urged governments to abandon plans for hydropower development along the river's mainstream.
Suu Kyi Birthday Celebrated in Thailand
June 19, 2009: Bangkok, More than a hundred people including international ambassadors participated in a forum on Burma in Bangkok called “What can be done?”
Parliamentarians seek expulsion of Burma from ASEAN
June 20, 2009: Chiang Mai, Representatives from regional Parliaments have urged ASEAN to reconsider Burma’s membership in the bloc, while activists, academics and civic groups in Thailand organized several activities calling for the release of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
Soldier, worker killed in Thai south