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This week: hotel dual-pricing, 'rich tourists only', Myanmar jet apology and a thief in underpants

Bangkok Post

Myanmar refugees in Thailand endure resettlement wait

Refugees who fled a military crackdown in Myanmar face a precarious situation in Thailand as they wait for resettlement.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar, Thai militaries in cahoots

The recent incursion by a Myanmar MiG-29 fighter jet into Thai airspace is par for the course in the intimate ties between the militaries of both countries. Myanmar's military, also known as the Tatmadaw, in fact wants to be more like its Thai counterpart. The Royal Thai Armed Forces, on…

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Teenage trainee doctors ‘slaughtered’ in Myanmar amid mounting reports of atrocities

The spokesperson confirmed that among the dead were four women, with the youngest at 14 and the oldest at 34 as well as five men, aged between 17 and 27

Daily Mirror

Security beefed up in Manipur town after mob torches Myanmar sentry post over killing of Tamils

Their bodies are now in Tamu hospital.

The Hindu

Activists accuse Thai officials of conspiring with Myanmar after air intrusion

Activist groups on Thursday called on parliament to investigate whether Thai officials had conspired with the Myanmar military, which led to the intrusion of a Myanmar fighter jet on June 30.

Bangkok Post

Japanese beer giant Kirin, linked to Australian brewers, cuts ties with Myanmar junta in what activists call an 'irresponsible exit'

Kirin is the parent company of Lion, which boasts Australian brews including Tooheys, Furphy, XXXX and Little Creatures. Its departure from Myanmar has been both praised and criticised.

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Myanmar job seekers caught in Hat Yai

SONGKHLA: Forty-one illegal migrants from Myanmar were caught on Tuesday as they boarded pickup trucks in Hat Yai district to take them to the southern border with Malaysia, where they had been promised there would be jobs.

Bangkok Post

Two Tamil youths gunned down in Myanmar’s Tamu

Shops pull down shutters, life comes to a standstill in India-Myanmar border down of Moreh

The Hindu

Myanmar to offer official apology for air intrusion, says Don

Myanmar will send a letter of apology to Thailand for an air intrusion by a MiG-29 fighter jet over the Thai soil in Tak's Phop Phra district on June 30, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar hosts 1st regional meeting since army takeover

Myanmar’s military government has hosted the first high-level regional meeting since the army took power last year with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and counterparts from Mekong Delta nations

The Independent UK

Job seekers arrested on western border

KANCHANABURI: Nineteen Myanmar nationals who illegally crossed the border into Thailand in four districts of this western province were arrested by army-police patrols on Monday, police said.

Bangkok Post

Refugees head for border

Tak: Local authorities led by governor Somchai Kitcharoenrungroj visited and extended moral support to about 250 Myanmar villagers taking shelter at an evacuation centre in Ban Wao Lay Nua village in Tak's Phop Phra district on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

NZ to boycott counter-terrorism meeting over Russia, Myanmar roles

Kiwi defence officials will have no involvement in an upcoming meeting in Moscow, saying they don't want to legitimise the approaches of Russia and Myanmar.

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China's top diplomat visits Myanmar amid opposition protest

China’s top diplomat has arrived on his first visit to Myanmar since the military seized power last year to attend a regional meeting

Bangkok Post

Two killed as Myanmar forces bomb border village

At least two people were killed and three others wounded when a bomb dropped by a Myanmar fighter jet missed its target and landed in a Karen village just 400 metres from the Thai border late Friday night.

Bangkok Post

Dialogue with Suu Kyi 'not impossible', says junta

Dialogue between Myanmar’s military junta and ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the bloody crisis unleashed by the toppling of her government last year is “not impossible”, a junta spokesman has said.

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43 illegal job seekers from Myanmar arrested in southern provinces

SONGKHLA/PHATTHALUNG: Forty-three Myanmar nationals who entered the country illegally to get jobs in Malaysia and seven Thai smugglers were arrested in two separate police operations in these two southern provinces on Friday.

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PM downplays fighter incursion

Myanmar has apologised to Thailand after one of its fighter jets crossed into Thai airspace over Phop Phra district of Tak on Thursday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said.

Bangkok Post

PM: Myanmar apologises over jet crossing

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says Myanmar has apologised after one of its fighter jets crossed into Thailand’s airspace over Tak province on Thursday and insists the incursion was not a big deal.

Reuters

Thailand scrambles fighters after Myanmar jet airspace breach

Thailand scrambled fighter jets near its border with Myanmar on Thursday and ordered its defense attache to issue a warning to the military government, its air force said, over what it called an airspace violation during a combat operation.

The Independent UK

Thailand says Myanmar apologized for airspace violation

Thailand says neighboring Myanmar has apologized after one of its fighter jets crossed into its airspace on a bombing run along the border, forcing Thai authorities to evacuate hundreds of schoolchildren and scramble interceptors to the area

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UN Investigator Warns of Increased Violence in Myanmar

More than a quarter million children have been displaced by junta attacks, hundreds have been killed or maimed, and more than 1,400 arbitrarily detained, said the UN special rapporteur.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar fighter jet crosses into Thai air space

A Myanmar fighter jet crossed into Thailand’s air space over Tak late on Thursday morning, panicking local residents and forcing two local schools to suspend classes.

The Independent UK

Myanmar jet enters Thai airspace, prompting evacuations

A Myanmar fighter jet has crossed the border into Thailand’s airspace, prompting Thai air force jets to scramble and officials to order the evacuation of villages and classrooms

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