Thai employer sacks 16 Myanmar migrant workers over protest
Soe ThuraCategory: NewsRegionalMyanmar migrant fishermen work at a port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA-EFEOver 200 Myanmar migrant workers left their weeds processing...
View ArticleArrests of migrant workers in Thailand see 1,200 return to Myanmar
Soe ThuraCategory: NewsDomesticRegionalMyanmar migrants return to the Kyauklonegyi camp in Myawady on 23 June, 2018.Thai authorities arrested Myanmar migrant workers without valid documents and many of...
View ArticleHeavy rains hamper rescue for children stuck in Thai cave
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalThai officials carry oxygen tanks through a cave during rescue operation for missing football players and their coach at the Tham Luang cave in Tham Luang Khun Nam Nang Noon...
View ArticleMyanmar and China agree to maintain peace and security on Border
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalChinese national flags flying on the border between Kokang and China's Nansan township in Lincang, southwest China's Yunnan province. Photo: AFPChina and Myanmar have...
View ArticleHope as divers find possible opening to rescue Thai children
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalA handout photo made available by the Royal Thai Navy on shows a Thai 'Navy Seal' Underwater Demolition Assault Unit team wading through the flood as they inspect inside the...
View ArticleThai football team lost for 9 days in cave ‘found safe’ - governor
AFP/MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalAn undated handout photo released by Royal Thai Army on 02 July 2018 shows Thai soldiers working on inside the cave complex during a rescue operation for a missing...
View ArticleThai army plane crash-lands on Thai-Myanmar border
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalThailand-Myanmar border area of Pang Mapha district of Mae Hong Son province. Photo: Google MapA surveillance plane of the Thai army crash-landed in the Thailand-Myanmar...
View ArticleEx-Thai Navy Seal dies in cave rescue: official
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalPhoto: Thura/MizzimaA former Thai military diver has drowned while helping in the operation to rescue 12 boys and their football coach trapped inside a flooded cave, officials...
View ArticleStateless teen born in Myanmar praised as ‘gem’ in Thai cave ordeal
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalThe major rescue effort continues to rescue the 12 boys and their coach. Photo: Thura/MizzimaBorn in Myanmar, raised by Christian teachers in Thailand, and now trapped in a...
View ArticleChina, Myanmar to deepen law enforcement, security cooperation
Global TimesCategory: NewsRegionalA Chinese border inspection guard talks on his cell phone while looking across to Myanmar (green hills) and boats docked along the Mekong River (or Lancang River...
View ArticleEight rescued from Thai cave, but five remain trapped
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalA handout photo made available by the Chiang Rai Public Relations Office on 09 July 2018 shows Thai military personnel preparing to move the boys from a youth soccer team from...
View ArticleAll 12 boys and coach rescued from Thai cave
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalA Royal Thai police ambulance evacuates a cave trapped boy to hospital after he was rescued from the Tham Luang cave, Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in Chiang Rai province,...
View ArticleRefugees want to return to Myanmar as citizens: UN
AFPCategory: NewsDomesticRegionalThis picture taken on November 29, 2017, shows a general view of the Balukhali refugee camp at Cox's Bazar. Photo: Ed Jones/AFPMyanmar's Rohingya refugees have told a...
View ArticleHundreds missing in Laos after hydropower dam collapse
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalLao villagers are seen stranded on rooftops of houses to evacuate from floodwaters after the Xe Pian Xe Nam Noy dam collapsed, in a village near Attapeu province, Laos, 24 July...
View Article72nd joint patrol on Mekong River starts
Global Times/XinhuaCategory: NewsRegional(File) Thai police patrol ship (L) guards a Chinese cargo ship (R) arriving to Chiang Saen port, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, 11 December 2011....
View ArticleLandslides kill five near refugee camps in Bangladesh
AFPCategory: SportsRegionalThis photograph taken on April 9, 2018, shows a general view of the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia district. Photo: Munir Uz Zaman/AFPLandslides triggered by...
View ArticleIndia denies border dispute with Myanmar
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalIndia on Wednesday said there was no border dispute between India and Myanmar and the demarcation of nine pillars was being worked out in a complete understanding with its...
View ArticleBangladesh must improve conditions for refugees, scrap island plan: HRW
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalRohingya refugee children shelter from the rain with umbrella at Jamtoli refugee camp in Ukhia on July 20, 2018. Photo: AFPBangladesh should dramatically improve living...
View ArticleDengue rates drop by half
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalRohingya refugees leave an aid relief distribution centre at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar on August 12, 2018. Photo: Ed Jones/AFPThe outbreak rate of dengue...
View ArticleMyanmar asks Bangladesh to stop aid to stranded refugees
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalRohingya refugees leave an aid relief distribution centre at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar on August 12, 2018. Photo: Ed Jones/AFPMyanmar has asked Bangladesh...
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