The Burmese embassy in Thailand will begin issuing temporary passports for children of registered migrant workers on Thursday, according to a government spokesperson. (more…)

Former Thai Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh paid a visit to Naypyidaw this week, where he talked about opportunities to invest in Burma with Vice President Sai Mauk Kham. (more…)

Indonesian anti-terror police exchanged fire Wednesday with four men holed up in a house suspected of involvement in a plot to bomb the Myanmar embassy. (more…)

The National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism unit is hunting for a 23-year old bomb maker, ‘SI’, in connection with a plan to bomb the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta. (more…)

One of the terrorist suspects who allegedly planned to bomb the Myanmar Embassy on Thursday is believed to have used Facebook to recruit fellow bombers. (more…)

In the lead up to the foiled terrorist attack on the Burmese Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesian Islamic terrorist leader Abu Bakar Bashir warned of launching jihad—holy war—against Burma’s government over its treatment of Muslim minorities. (more…)

He said Thai gangs were hiding illegal workers on the islands, which had given rise to new problems over territory claims.
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Instead of focusing only on profit from ‘development’, the Thai govt should also be helping to solve Myanmar’s deep-rooted problems
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Two years after political and economic reforms began opening up Burma, giant regional neighbor Indonesia is only just beginning to wake up to the investment potential.
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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will meet Myanmar President Thein Sein on Thursday the sidelines of the current ASEAN summit in Brunei to update him on her country’s progress on the Dawei Special Economic Zone, according to Thailand’s The Nation, quoting Sihasak Phuangketkeow, the permanent secretary of the Thai Foreign Ministry. (more…)

Myanmar President Thein Sein hosted Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the Credentials Hall of the Presidential Palace on Tuesday evening following a day when the two countries signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and discussed bilateral trade.
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will Thursday meet Myanmar President Thein Sein on the sideline of Asean Summit to update him the progress of arrangement on the Dawei project, Foreign Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Sihasak Phuangketkeow said.
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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived in Burma for a two-day official state visit on Tuesday, during which he was expected to raise the issue of anti-Muslim violence with Burmese President Thein Sein.
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Burmese migrants, who have arrived ‘legally’ in Thailand under a bilateral agreement intended to boost labour flows between the two countries, continue to be systematically exploited and abused by their Thai employers, activists have warned.
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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra paid a visit to Burma over the Buddhist New Year, where he met with the commander-in-chief of Burma’s armed forces.
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The police of Mauk district, Tangerang regency, detained on Monday 16 migrants from Myanmar who were hiding on an offshore floating fish trap. (more…)

“Telkom’s loss was understandable since the company does not have much international experience” – Indonesian style excuse! If you don’t have experience, hire professional employees or consultants. Indonesia is completely uncompetitive on the International market and getting even less competitive.
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The European Union (EU) should renew its suspension of sanctions against Myanmar but stop short of a total lifting of restrictive measures, ASEAN Parliamentarians said today, citing serious human rights concerns and the failure of the Myanmar government to meet EU benchmarks for reform.
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Myanmar will send officials to Thailand to help investigate whether about 2,000 Rohingya migrants now being sheltered in Thailand are from Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state.
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The rape and sexual harassment of three stateless Rohingya Muslim women caused last week’s deadly brawl between Burmese and Rohingya refugees at an immigration centre on Sumatra, an Indonesian police report said.
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