http://thaiburmanews.net Site News daily 1 2007-07-25T16:16:59Z http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/2/insurgents-in-ne-using-arms-smuggled-from-china-govt-to-rs March 10, 2010: Thai authorities have begun to round up migrant workers who failed to file for national verification papers by the March 2 deadline. No publisher admin 2010-03-10T16:40:23Z News Item http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/2/850-000-migrants-register-in-thailand March 7, 2010: Around 850,000 migrant workers in Thailand have met a deadline to start a registration process, the labour ministry said Thursday, as rights groups made renewed calls for a halt to the policy. No publisher admin 2010-03-07T18:24:50Z News Item http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/eight-myanmar-police-officials-killed-on-drug-patrol March 6, 2010: Yangon, Myanmar troops confiscated grenades and other weapons from a border hide-out used by suspected drug traffickers after an earlier shootout killed 13 policemen and members of their patrol, state media reported today. No publisher admin 2010-03-06T20:01:09Z News Item http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/thai-government-wary-of-migrants-joining-red-shirt-protests March 5, 2010: Chiang Mai, The government of Thailand will increase restrictions on the movement of migrant workers from neighbouring countries, apprehending they may join the ensuing major political demonstration in the country by the red shirts. No publisher admin 2010-03-06T20:01:05Z News Item http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/exim-bank-reassesses-loan-to-burma March 5, 2010: The Export-Import Bank of Thailand will open talks with the government on whether its four billion baht low inteerst loan to the Burmese government should be reviewed, Deputy Finance Minister Pruektichai Damrongrut says. No publisher admin 2010-03-06T20:01:02Z News Item http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/mahachai-migrants-eye-passports March 3, 2010: MAHACHAI, Thailand—A dozen migrant workers sit around chatting openly in Burmese outside the National Verification (NV) office in Mahachai near Bangkok. No publisher admin 2010-03-04T16:29:23Z News Item http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/drugs-seized-smuggler-killed-in-clash-with-thai-army March 2, 2010: Thai army soldiers patrolling the Thai-Burmese border seized 650,000 amphetamine pills in a clash with drug traffickers in which one smuggler was killed. No publisher admin 2010-03-02T18:53:06Z News Item http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/3/burmese-official-urges-migrants-in-mahachai-to-register February 27, 2010: BANGKOK, Burmese Home Minister Maung Oo told Burmese migrant workers in Thailand today that they should register under the Nationality Verification program and apply for temporary passports so they can remain in the country legally. No publisher admin 2010-03-02T11:11:52Z News Item http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/troops-face-probe-over-child-killings February 28, 2010: Local media reported that police are sending a case of "manslaughter in the line of duty" to prosecutors to consider. No publisher admin 2010-03-02T11:07:59Z News Item http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/burmese-thai-officials-discuss-how-to-combat-drugs-trade February 23, 2010: Burmese police and Thai authorities discussed on Monday how to cooperate effectively in combating the drugs trade in the Golden Triangle area, following an attack by traffickers that killed at least 10 Burmese police officers. No publisher admin 2010-02-23T17:43:35Z News Item http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/exports-push-lube-sales February 19, 2010: Exports to China and Burma are expected to lift PTT's sales of lubricant products by 50% this year, says Rachadech Khemthong, a vice-president of the country's biggest oil company. No publisher admin 2010-02-19T20:31:22Z News Item http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/former-foreign-minister-reviews-thai-burmese-relations February 10, 2010: BANGKOK, Former Thai foreign minister Dr Surakiart Sathirathai said that Thailand's relations with Burma have deteriorated since the 2006 military coup and the current government has been “putting more pressure on the Government of Myanmar [Burma],” with the number of high-level meetings much reduced from the pre-coup era. No publisher admin 2010-02-19T20:28:49Z News Item http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/un-migrants2019-expert-alarmed-over-thailand2019s-deportation-policy February 20, 2010: Chiang Mai, The Thai government’s policy that threatens massive deportation of millions of migrant workers from Thailand has alarmed the UN expert on human rights of migrants. No publisher admin 2010-02-19T20:28:53Z News Item http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/2/27-000-burmese-pass-id-process February 17, 2010: DOE chief Jeerasak Sukhonthachat said that some 200,000 Burmese workers applied for the process but only 26,902 completed it. No publisher admin 2010-02-18T02:40:07Z News Item http://thaiburmanews.net/news-archive/thai-cabinet-to-reconsider-migrants-work-permits February 18, 2010: Nearly 60,000 Burmese migrant workers in Thailand, whose migrant registration cards are due to expire on Jan 20, could be deported if they do not get work permits within the next few days or if the Thai government does not quickly change its policy to allow them to stay, according to leading rights groups in Thailand. No publisher admin 2010-02-18T02:40:12Z News Item