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Highlighted on the agenda of a meeting with ex-Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday were the situation in Myanmar and the development of cryptocurrency, said Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
A combined force of local officials, police and military personnel in Thong Pha Phum district of Kanchanaburi province intercepted a trailer truck and arrested 169 illegal migrant workers from Myanmar
The Border Guard Force (BGF) in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township has postponed the handover, scheduled for today, of 61 people of various nationalities to Thai authorities at the Second Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot district of Tak province, claiming that they have not yet received approval from Myanmar’s junta.
Thailand’s Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has vowed today to cease supplying power to border towns in Myanmar if activities there are affecting national security.
The new Trump administration is expected to maintain the same approach to the Myanmar quagmire as its predecessor, according to former senior US official Scott Marciel.
The Justice Minister and the Corrections Department chief have today denied accusations, made by a China-born and jailed gambling tycoon who is fighting extradition to China, that he has received inhumane treatment in a Thai prison.
Cambodia's government approved a draft law that will jail for five years anyone denying atrocities, including genocide, committed by the Khmer Rouge, a spokesman said Saturday.
Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia has weighed in on the recent murder of a former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya in Bangkok, refuting accusations that his government was involved.
ASEAN member countries should work collectively to increase bargaining power when negotiating trade deals with the incoming Trump administration, following the threat to increase import taxes on goods from countries which enjoy substantial trade surpluses with the United States.
Southeast Asian foreign ministers told Myanmar's junta to prioritise a ceasefire in its civil war over fresh elections during a meeting in Malaysia on Sunday.
Beijing - China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Southeast Asian countries on Thursday to take strong measures to crack down on online gambling and telecom fraud, urging the "relevant" nations to shoulder their responsibilities.
Malaysia has named a veteran Cambodian diplomat, Othsman Hassan, as the special envoy of Myanmar ahead of the Asean Foreign Ministerial Retreat in Langkawi this weekend.
