Myanmar’s War Reaches the Thai Border: Mae Hong Son Residents Warned After Airstrike
Myanmar airstrikes damaged buildings in Mae Hong Son. What we know, where travellers should be cautious, and the latest on talks.
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Malaria in Thailand: Where the Risks Are and How Travelers Can Prepare
Understand regional malaria risk in Thailand, why dengue is different, what bite protection helps and when to seek medical advice.
China tells Burma to stop fighting with Shan state
China wants Burma to stop fighting the different rebel and ethnics groups close to the Chinese border. China is one of the few trading partners Burma has left and normally China do not interfere but when thousands refugees start coming over the border to China they acted. China said in a press statement that they…
Thailand is a source transit destination country for human trafficking
Thailand is a source transit destination country for human trafficking according to a report made by Christa Foster Crawford. The report is very well written and Christa Foster Crawford have worked in Thailand as a NGO with this issues. She blames the current family ties with Burma and Thailand and the “big thais” that actually…
Sattahip Remains Reports: Evidence and Missing-Person Help
A careful correction of old Sattahip claims, explaining the limits of the evidence and official routes for missing-person and forensic enquiries.
Angelina Jolie in Thailand
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has asked the Thai government to be nicer to the many Burmese refuges in Thailand. Many of them are born in the camp and some even have babies in the Camp they never seen anything else. There are over 110 000 Karen and Karenni refugees on the border to Burma…
An English teacher killed in North Thailand
An English retired teacher has been killed in house in Chiang Mai. The police think the murder look like killing from a Thai Yai or any other tribe from the Thai Burmese border. The killer or killers have smashed the light and some people believe that if you do that the spirits can not see…
Burma-based Democratic Karen Buddhist Army attacked a Thai border village
Burma-based Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) attacked a Thai border village this past weekend. It looks like their were after the head of the village Mr. Boonlert because last time they try to kill him he fled. This time they tried to fire grenades when then had come in on Thai territory. Tree defence volunteers…