Southeast Asia – THAILAND MYANMAR Burmese junta profits at the expense of 1.3 million migrant workers in Thailand (Thailandnews.net)

THAILAND MYANMAR Burmese junta profits at the expense of 1.3 million migrant workers in Thailand (Thailandnews.net)
The two governments agree to clarify the procedures for registration of Burmese people in Thailand. The Burmese junta has so far claimed the withdrawal of the documentation at home to monitor illegal …

Malaysia’s CIMB may list on Thai market in June (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
BANGKOK, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s CIMB Group Holdings , owner of CIMB Thai Bank , could launch a public offering worth $136 million in the Thai market in June, the president of its Thai unit said.

Cambodian PM visits disputed Thai border temple (Malaysian Mirror)
PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia -Cambodian Premier Hun Sen visited a disputed border area with Thailand Saturday, angering the neighbouring nation amid an ongoing diplomatic spat.

At her Thai border clinic, Cynthia Maung treats victims of war from her native Burma (The Christian Science Monitor)
Dr. Cynthia Maung escaped from Burma two decades ago and now trains others at her clinic in Thailand to help refugees from the violence in her homeland.

Changes sought by East Timor’s new anti-corruption chief (ABC Radio Australia)
East Timor’s new Anti-Corruption Commissioner, Aderito Soares, says better co-ordination is needed with the country’s Prosecutor’s Office to avoid adding to the existing backlog of graft cases.

Cambodia Calls Google Maps Misleading Over Thailand Border Dispute (Search Engine Land)
Cambodia blasts Google map of disputed Thai border from Reuters reports Cambodia is the latest country upset with Google over how they draw the border on Google Maps. Cambodia s prime minister, Hun Sen, wrote a letter saying Google was radically misleading, professionally irresponsible and devoid of truth and reality.

At her Thai border clinic, Cynthia Maung treats victims of war from her native Burma (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
After two decades, the ramshackle scrap-wood hut here that Cynthia Maung turned into a temporary clinic for destitute refugees is still in use.

02/05/2010 13:55 THAILAND MYANMAR Burmese junta profits at the expense of 1.3 million migrant workers in Thailand (AsiaNews.it)
by Weena Kowitwanij The two governments agree to clarify the procedures for registration of Burmese people in Thailand. The Burmese junta has so far claimed the withdrawal of the documentation at home to monitor illegal departures from the country.

Australia to increase Burma aid (BBC News)
Australia increases its aid to Burma, saying the country cannot be allowed to decay while awaiting political change.

Thai-Cambodian Border Tension Eases As Hun Sen Returns (Bernama)
SURIN, Feb 8 (Bernama) — Tension along the Thai-Cambodia border seemed to ease after Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen cancelled his schedule to visit Ta Muen Thom temple ruins here and returned to Phnom Penh on Monday, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.

ASIA LOCAL BONDS- Philippine, Indonesian ylds rise, Thai softens (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
By Saikat Chatterjee

Philippine police kill eight armed men (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Police shot dead eight armed men after they tried to burst through a checkpoint southeast of the Philippine capital on Monday, authorities said.

Cambodia blasts Google map of Thai border (CIOL)
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Cambodia has hit out at Google over what it called a “radically misleading” map of the disputed Thai-Cambodia border, accusing the world’s biggest search engine of being “professionally irresponsible”.

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