Contributor ReportsInternational Lawmakers Urge Protections for North Korean Defectors
Source: Voice of America
Chiang Mai :: Thailand | updated Sat Nov 28 14:18:47 -0800 2009 | political-news
An international group of lawmakers meeting in Thailand has urged countries to better protect and support North Korean defectors. They also demanded that China stop forcibly repatriating refugees to North Korea, where they could face execution.
Man arrested in Thailand with bombs, weapons
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Chiang Mai :: Thailand | updated Thu Nov 26 09:54:35 -0800 2009 | political-news
He is believed to be a member of the red-shirt protest group which is allied with the country's convicted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The group has been accused of threatening the life of the current Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva,...
Jimmy Carter Volunteers in Asia
Source: Scoop
Chiang Mai :: Thailand | updated Mon Nov 16 14:53:03 -0800 2009 | political-news
During the week, the Carters will join dignitaries, celebrities, volunteers and Habitat homeowners as they build in Chiang Mai and visit construction sites in the other countries. Celebrity volunteers expected to build in Chiang Mai and elsewhere include global movie...
Thai employers fear forced repatriation of Burmese workers
Source: Myanmar News
Chiang Mai :: Thailand | updated Mon Nov 16 12:36:06 -0800 2009 | political-news
Thai employers are anxious that Burmese workers employed by them could be forcibly repatriated if they bring them over for nationality verification, according to the Thai Labour Minister. Phaitoon Kaewthong, Minister of Labour said on Monday after his visit to...
Media network demands free and fair reporting on 2010 polls
Source: Myanmar News
Chiang Mai :: Thailand | updated Wed Nov 18 18:14:07 -0800 2009 | political-news
Burma News International (BNI), a network of 11 independent news organizations in exile, yesterday urged the country’s ruling military junta to ensure freedom of information gathering and reporting in the general elections slated for next year. “Otherwise, it will not...
Burmese Minister Tells Migrant Workers Not to Fear Harassment
Source: Myanmar News
Chiang Mai :: Thailand | updated Thu Oct 15 01:33:57 -0700 2009 | political-news
Burmese deputy foreign minister Maung Myint has promised that Burmese migrant workers in Thailand who have to return temporarily to Burma to obtain temporary passports will not be subject to harassment or the threat of arrest. Burmese migrants wanting to...
Army drives wedge between Wa forces
Source: Myanmar News
Chiang Mai :: Thailand | updated Fri Oct 09 10:35:10 -0700 2009 | political-news
Shan State in order to transform its army into the regime controlled ‘Border Guard Force’ (BGF). Officers from the ‘Military Operation Command’ (MOC) 16 based in Seinwi, Kwanlon and Hopan in northern Shan State met some Wa officials from Mai...
National Park on Thai–Burma border largely deforested
Source: Myanmar News
Chiang Mai :: Thailand | updated Tue Nov 17 10:36:42 -0800 2009 | green-news
Thai authorities have increased surveillance in the National Park on the Thailand–Burma border in Chumporn Province because of severe deforestation and hunting of wildlife. Karan Supakijvilekakarn, Governor of Chumporn Province said on Monday that the local authorities in the Chumporn...
More integrated centres from Absolute Wellness
Source: The Nation
Chiang Mai :: Thailand | updated Thu Nov 05 06:15:06 -0800 2009 | health-news
Absolute Wellness looks to open four more Absolute Health Integrative Medical Centres in major tourist destinations to share in the growth of medical tourism. "We are confident that the country will become a medical hub in the region so we'll...
Bangkok Post, Thailand: DSI's sex obsession delays capture of monk ...
Source: Uinta County News
Chiang Mai :: Thailand | updated Sun Oct 04 15:04:36 -0700 2009 | technology-news
A team of investigators was so obsessed with the sexual activities of a murdered monk that it bungled the inquiry, the Department of Special Investigation says. The DSI said the team delayed the capture of the killer of conservationist monk...
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