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US aid freeze is new threat for ailing Myanmar refugees on Thai border
A team of doctors and nurses battled to revive Adabi, an 86-year-old Myanmar refugee fighting long-standing heart problems and pneumonia, as her daughter watched tearfully in a hospital in northwestern Thailand.
Thailand Sets Six-Month Timeline for Myanmar Border Power Cut, Begins Review
The Thai government has set a six-month timeframe for its power cut measure along the Thai-Myanmar border, part of its crackdown on scam networks and drug-related crime.
Thailand orders power cut to Myanmar in blow to scam centres
THAILAND will cut off electricity, Internet access and oil supplies to some areas in Myanmar suspected to house cyber scam operations, widening a crackdown after a high-profile trafficking of a Chinese actor put a spotlight on criminal activities across the Thai borders.
Thailand announces electricity, oil, and internet cutoff to call center gangs in Myanmar
BANGKOK – After chairing a National Security Council (NSC) meeting on cutting electricity to Myanmar border areas to curb transnational crime and call-centre scams, Defense Minister Phumtham Wechayachai announced that the meeting had resolved to cut electricity, internet, and fuel supplies starting at 9am on February 5.
Thailand cuts power supplies to Myanmar border towns in effort to curb scam rings
Thailand on Wednesday cut off power supplies to areas in Myanmar where scam networks operate, following a public outcry demanding government action to tackle the problem.
Thailand cuts power to Myanmar border areas linked to scam centers
Thailand on Wednesday (February 5) suspended electricity, internet and fuel supplies to some border areas with Myanmar in an effort to thwart the operation of scam centers there, amid growing pressure on the illegal compounds that have ensnared vast numbers of people of multiple nationalities.
US foreign aid suspension forces closure of refugee camps in Thailand
Seven refugee camps on the Thailand-Myanmar border, mostly funded by the US, have been forced to close down. Kalka-Shimla Railway: A scenic ride through nature, its technical marvels and breath-taking view,
No way home for Myanmar migrants stuck in Thai limbo 4 years after coup usurped Aung San Suu Kyi
Four years after a coup, Myanmar remains in a civil war, driving thousands to seek refuge in Thailand, where they struggle to ...
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US aid freeze leads to suspension of health care to Myanmar refugees in Thailand
About 106,000 long-term refugees live in nine camps along Thailand’s western ... news site serving the Karen community, ...
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OPINION – Sino-Thailand relations and implications for the combat against scam syndicates
On the joint combat against scam syndicates, securing Thailand’s support is essential for China to combat cross-border scam ...
China’s Xi and Thailand’s leader vow to crack down on scam networks that plague Southeast Asia
China’s leader Xi Jinping and visiting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra have vowed to crack down on the scam ...