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Water fights, magical decapitated heads and family reunions – the Southeast Asian festival of Songkran has it all

In many countries in Southeast Asia, such as Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, the arrival of spring also marks the beginning of the new year. Songkran (สงกรานต์), as the festival welcoming in the new year is called in Thai, is often celebrated with playful water fights on city streets over…

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Myanmar army launches air strikes against rebels near Thai border

Myanmar's military conducted air strikes on Sunday targeting ethnic rebels in Karen state, as fresh fighting broke out for control of the town of Lay Kay Kaw near the Thai border, according to a spokesman at the rebel group and media reports.

Bangkok Post

145 Myanmar nationals repatriated from Ranong

RANONG: A total of 145 Myanmar nationals, 85 men and 60 women, were sent back to their home country under a voluntary repatriation programme on Saturday, according to a press release from the Thailand Maritime Enforcement Command Centre Region 3.

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Mizoram starts issuing identity cards to Myanmarese refugees: Official

A total of 29,532 Myanmarese refugees have fled their homes and sought shelter in all the 11 districts of Mizoram since the military takeover, as per official data

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US nabs 'yakuza chief', 3 Thais buying weapons for rebels

United States authorities said on Thursday they had arrested a Japanese organised crime leader and three Thai men who were trafficking heroin and methamphetamine while also trying to acquire weaponry for rebel groups in Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Bangkok Post

Tak cops hawk stay in country cards

The Royal Thai Police (RTP) will investigate claims that officers in Tak charged Myanmar refugees 350 baht each for tickets absolving them from the legal threat of deportation.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar hands over 'most wanted' drug suspect

Myanmar police on Friday handed over one of Thailand’s most wanted drug suspects Thawatchai Aomchompoo, alias Bang Lai, to their Thai counterparts.

Bangkok Post

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US arrests 3 Thais and 'yakuza chief'

NEW YORK: US authorities said they had arrested a Japanese yakuza organised crime leader and three Thai men who trafficked heroin and methamphetamine and tried to acquire surface-to-air missiles for rebel groups in Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Bangkok Post

Illegal job seekers caught on western border

KANCHANABURI: Fifty Myanmar nationals were arrested after they illegally crossed the border into three districts of this western border province on April 7-8, police said.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar's deputy central bank governor shot and hospitalised -media

A deputy governor at Myanmar's central bank has been shot in an attack at her home in the Southeast Asian country's biggest city of Yangon and is being treated at a military hospital, media reports said.

Reuters

Foreign businesses question Myanmar foreign currency rules

Foreign business groups in Myanmar are raising concerns about new rules requiring businesses and individuals to convert all foreign currency holdings into the local currency

The Independent UK

Sketches smuggled out of Myanmar prison expose harsh conditions

Thousands of political prisoners have been sent to the notorious Insein jail since the February 2021 coup.

Al Jazeera

Manipur town bordering Myanmar emerges smuggling hotspot

State has become a conduit for contraband goods including sophisticated weapons

The Hindu

SC agrees to hear PIL seeking to detect, detain & deport illegal immigrants

A separate PIL was also filed earlier seeking protection of the right of Rohingyas against their deportation to Myanmar

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Gunmen shoot deputy governor of Myanmar Central Bank

Gunmen in Myanmar's largest city have shot a deputy governor of the central bank, less than a week after tough currency controls were ordered in the military-ruled nation

Bangkok Post

Junta-appointed Myanmar central bank deputy head shot

The deputy governor of Myanmar's central bank was shot and wounded in her home in the commercial capital Yangon on Thursday, a junta spokesman told AFP, in the latest high-profile attack on military-linked officials.

Bangkok Post

Illegal job seekers, driver caught in Chiang Mai

CHIANG MAI: A driver hired to smuggle illegal migrants was arrested and 10 Myanmar job seekers he had hidden in a forest nearby were later caught, in Omkoi district on Thursday.

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Australia stays silent on outcome of meeting with Myanmar coup leader

Meeting with alleged war criminal a betrayal of Myanmar people that will be used as propaganda to legitimise unlawful government, critics say

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Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back

Thailand has sent thousands of people fleeing escalating violence by Myanmar’s military back home despite the risk to their lives, and despite international refugee laws that forbid the return of people to countries where their lives may be in danger

The Independent UK

Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back

Reuters

Smuggled sketches offer glimpses into harsh Myanmar prison

In one drawing, dozens of men sit crammed into a single room, hunched with their knees together, every inch of space occupied. In another, they lie back to back on the floor, their faces straining with discomfort.

The Hindu

Explained | What is the BIMSTEC grouping and how is it significant?

How does the regional organisation work? What has it done over the years and how does it figure in the current geopolitical calculus?

Bangkok Post

More illegal migrants en route to Malaysia caught in Songkhla

SONGKHLA: A group of 40 illegal Myanmar migrants heading to promised jobs in Malaysia were arrested in this southern border province early on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Myanmar orders foreign money held by banks changed to kyats

An order by Myanmar's central bank that all foreign currency in bank accounts must be converted into the local currency has many in the military-ruled country worried over potential losses

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