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Thailand seeks control of Myanmar gas project

PTT Pcl, Thailand's state-controlled energy company, is bidding to take control of Myanmar's Yadana gas field after TotalEnergies SE and Chevron Corp exited the country to protest against the junta's continued violence against civilians since the military coup.

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PTTEP mulls Myanmar after partners pull out

PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) plans to announce next month its move after the withdrawal of its partners -- Total Energies and Chevron Corp -- from the Yadana gas production project in Myanmar.

Bangkok Post

Prominent Myanmar filmmaker arrested after a year on the run

An award-winning film director in Myanmar has been arrested almost a year after appearing on a wanted list for encouraging government employees to join in protests against military rule

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Thai wildlife group says tiger missing a leg needs help

Forest rangers in Thailand are searching a remote jungle on the Myanmar border hoping to rescue a wild tiger with a missing leg from an area where poachers have recently been operating

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'Trust' Australia will act on Russia

Foreign Minister Marise Payne has called on Russia to de-escalate its military presence alongside the Lithuanian foreign minister who's visiting Canberra.

AAP

110 job seekers arrested for illegal entry

KANCHANABURI: Patrols from the Surasee Task Force arrested 110 Myanmar job seekers who illegally entered the country through natural border crossings into Muang, Thong Pha Phum and Sai Yok districts on Monday and Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Kicking back at the regime: artists open another front in Myanmar war

With the military increasing its use of informants, rappers and artists must keep their identities secret, even from one another

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Data complaint filed against plan to sell Telenor Myanmar

A Telenor Myanmar customer has complained to Norway's data protection authority that a planned sale of the business risks a potentially dangerous breach of privacy

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Turnell remains in Myanmar detention

Cambodian PM Hun Sen says Australian economic adviser Sean Turnell has not been released in Myanmar, apologising for confusion caused by his earlier comments.

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Cambodian prime minister admits 'mistake', says Australian economist Sean Turnell still detained in Myanmar

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen had taken credit for helping to free detained Australian Sean Turnell in Myanmar, only to later admit his mistake after the junta denied releasing the economist.

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Hun Sen was mistaken about Australian's Myanmar release

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen admitted an "unintentional mistake" on Monday in taking credit for helping to free an Australian in Myanmar whom the military government said was not being released.

Bangkok Post

Cambodian leader admits error over Myanmar prisoner release

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has acknowledged that he erred when he announced that Myanmar’s military government had released an Australian economist detained for the past year

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Sean Turnell: Myanmar military denies releasing detained Australian economist

Cambodian PM Hun Sen claimed Mr Turnell had been released before later saying he had made a mistake

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Cambodia PM says he was mistaken about Australian's Myanmar release

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen admitted an "unintentional mistake" on Monday in taking credit for helping to free an Australian in Myanmar whom the military government said was not being released.

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Rakhine rebels clash again with Myanmar junta troops: spokesman

A Myanmar rebel group said Monday that junta troops attacked its fighters in breach of a ceasefire, accusing the military of trying to destabilise the only region of the country that has seen no post-coup crackdown.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta chief said Asean envoy can meet Suu Kyi party members - Cambodia

Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing agreed to arrange for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party on a future visit, a senior Cambodian official said on Monday.

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Cambodia says Myanmar frees Australian

Sean Turnell, an Australian economist and former advisor to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been freed from detention, Cambodian media reports say.

Reuters

Myanmar junta chief said ASEAN envoy can meet Suu Kyi party members - Cambodian minister

Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing agreed to arrange for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party on a future visit, a senior Cambodian official said on Monday.

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Fearing junta, hundreds of Myanmar parents disown dissident children

Every day for the last three months, an average of six or seven families in Myanmar have posted notices in the country's state-owned newspapers cutting ties with sons, daughters, nieces, nephews and grandchildren who have publicly opposed the ruling military junta.

Bangkok Post

Migrant workers get a raw deal

Societies around the world are increasingly becoming "aged societies", and Thailand itself will become a "super-aged" society by 2031 when 28% of the population will be over 60 years old.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar reaches a political impasse

Myanmar is engulfed in a civil war that is growing daily leaving diminishing options available to try to resolve it in what is a growing political impasse. For the past year, since the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, seized power, the country has been overwhelmed by violence and mayhem that is…

Bangkok Post

Myanmar tests Asean unity again

Feb 1 was a day of celebration as millions marked the beginning of the Year of the Tiger. But it was also a day of sober reflection as it reminded us about the military takeover in Myanmar exactly a year ago.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar man hangs self in detention cell

SAMUT PRAKAN: A Myanmar man detained pending deportation was found hanged in a cell at South Samrong police station in Phra Pradaeng district on Sunday morning.

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Revolutionary roads: how the army tried to crush Yangon’s most anti-coup district

The Hlaing Thayar district is at the centre of Myanmar’s protests, but brutal crackdowns and the collapse of the local garment industry have taken their toll

Bangkok Post

More border-jumpers caught in Prachuap Khiri Khan

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Sixteen illegal migrants from Myanmar seeking jobs in Thailand were arrested after crossing into Muang district on Saturday.

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