Thailand’s Ministry of Labour has issued a ministerial order setting new fees for inspections and work permits for foreign workers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam.
Thailand reduces visa, stay fees for workers from SE Asia
Thailand’s Ministry of Labour has issued a ministerial order setting new fees for inspections and work permits for foreign workers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam.
Myanmar mining ban hits flow of tin concentrates to China
China’s imports of tin concentrates collapsed in September, reflecting the suspension of mining activity in the semi-autonomous Wa state in neighbouring Myanmar.
US sanctions Myanmar’s junta-controlled state oil and gas enterprise
Sanctions imposed on Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise in US’s first direct action against junta’s main source of foreign revenue …
Myanmar team in Bangladesh for Rohingya repatriation talks
Myanmar officials arrived in Bangladesh on Tuesday to meet with Rohingya refugees as part of a long-stalled repatriation scheme now backed by China, authorities said. Bangladesh officials said Myanmar plans to take back around 3,
Overhauling A Business Model To Help Women Entrepreneurs In Myanmar And Beyond
When Matt Wallace realized his method for teaching women in Myanmar entrepreneurial skills wasn’t working, he overhauled his delivery model to emphasize coaching.
China’s Fraying Ties to Myanmar’s Tin Hub Threaten Key Supply
Ties between China and a powerful Myanmar armed group that controls a key source of tin are fraying, threatening to prolong what have already been months of supply disruption for the key metal.Most …
At Least 170 Myanmar Junta Troops Killed in Five Days of Resistance Attacks
The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Shan State and Mandalay, Sagaing, Magwe, Bago and Tanintharyi regions.
Alliance of 3 ethnic rebel groups carries out coordinated attacks in northeastern Myanmar
An alliance of ethnic rebel groups on Friday launched a coordinated offensive in northeastern Myanmar to seize military targets in areas near the Chinese border, the groups and residents of the area said.
20 Myanmar workers caught with fake entry stamps in passports
Twenty Myanmar migrant workers – 16 men and four women – were arrested in Hat Yai district on Saturday for illegal entry after fake entry stamps from the Suvarnabhumi airport immigration office were found in their passports.