Militants fire on Thai village, killing two
Group of up to 15 men believed to have crossed over the border from Burma open fire on houses in Umphang district village
Migrants struggling despite Thai scheme
Majority of the 700,000 Burmese migrants who have undergone verification in Thailand are still being denied healthcare, group warns
KNU demands survey of Tavoy road
Armed group says it will continue to resist the deep-sea port project until it is convinced of minimal impact on civilians
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Fighting flares near Tavoy project
Burmese troops clash with KNLA close to the town of Myitta, through which a multi-lane highway linking Tavoy to Thailand will pass
Shan army ‘to sign ceasefire’ with govt
Recent talks between government and four other ethnic armies, including Karen, ends on promising note, although fighting continues
Burma aids migrants amid Thai controversy
Embassy issues passports to fleeing migrants as reports continue to surface of Thai police aiding Burmese militas in extortion of flood victims
Fleeing migrants lacking food, water
Up to 1,000 Burmese arrested after escaping flooding in central Thailand are being detained and struggling to access food and water
Thailand ‘protecting migrants’ as water rises
Labour ministry allows extension of visa for migrants and orders police not to harass the thousands fleeing to Burma to escape floods
Thai police nab migrant flood victims
Burmese migrants attempting to cross back into Burma as they flee extensive flooding in Thailand complain of arrest by Thai poice
Banks get nod to trade foreign currency
Five banks close to the government get licenses to operate foreign exchange bureaus as overhaul of Burma’s economy continues
Former Thai MP and Karen defender murdered
Speculation for motive of killing centers on Thatkamol Ob-om’s protests over the burning of Karen homes near Petchaburi, Thailand
Time not right for Thai push back
Thai human rights official says time not right for border refugees to be forcibly repatriated to Burma
Thais given military evacuation drill
Thai army conducts training course for villagers along the border with Burma as threat of stray artillery fire continues to unnerve
Thai, Burma police in drugs’ talks
Senior police officials head to Naypyidaw to discuss ways in which to combat trafficking across the lengthy and porous border
Thai police crack child beggar ring
Children as young as three, some trafficked, ordered by group of Burmese nationals to beg on the streets of Chiang Mai
Refugees struggle as EU cuts aid
Reduction in funding to camps along Thai border angers refugees who claim insufficient help is being given in food and livelihoods sectors
Thai police rescue 52 kidnapped Burmese
Request for help from woman whose daughter and son-in-law were kidnapped leads to discovery of 52 trafficked Burmese
Abhisit gives hope to stateless Thais
Thousands of Thais left stateless in Burma after the British colonial carve-up offered Thai citizenship, but observers remain sceptical
Burmese ‘rampage’ in Thai factory
Some 1000 migrant workers destroy vehicles and attack security guards after a fight erupts in a chicken factory in central Thailand
Fishery owners protest Thai arrests
100 protestors block roads and threaten to dump rotting fish on Ranong streets after Thai police round up Burmese migrant workers
Thailand begins migrant ‘slave’ probe
Investigation begins into the 60 Burmese migrants freed after spending up to 8 months enslaved in a Bangkok garment factory
Migrants freed from Bangkok ‘factory prison’
Around 60 Burmese migrants released after police raid a garment factory where workers had been held in slave-like conditions for months
Burmese killed in Thai road accident
Young girl among five migrants killed after overloaded truck collides with a passenger bus in popular Thai tourist resort of Phuket
Burmese caught in deadly Thai floods
Thousands of migrants working on plantations in the flood-stricken south of Thailand as authorities put the death toll at 15
