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Summary: "Burmese exile groups based in Thailand have
denied any connection to the bombings in Rangoon on May 7,
2005. Most speculated, without any providing any hard
evidence, that former associates of ousted Prime Minister
Khin Nyunt and the military intelligence services might be
responsible. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stated
that 128 Thai citizens attending a Thai trade fair in Rangoon
had returned safely to Bangkok on May 8." End Summary.
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US Embassy, Bangkok, via Wikileaks
Date of publication:
2005-05-09
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Summary. "The next trial hearing in the death of Ma Suu, a
17-year-old Burmese migrant worker who was allegedly murdered by her
employer, will be on March 8-9, 2006. Ma Suu left Burma to seek
work in Thailand, and found a job as a domestic servant for a
wealthy Thai military officer in 2001. While it remains unclear
whether Ma Suu was originally trafficked across the border, her
ensuing employment situation clearly amounts to a trafficking case.
Held against her will in an abusive employment situation, she
escaped and notified police, only to be returned to her employer and
eventually killed. She died on July 16, 2002 from extensive
beatings and acid burns. The public prosecutor, with help from the
Thai Law Society, is seeking cooperation from key witnesses, but
fear of retribution -- and the defendant?s high ranking military
status -- has caused some to hesitate in cooperating." End Summary.
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US Embassy, Bangkok, via Wikileaks
Date of publication:
2006-02-24
Date of entry/update:
2011-09-07
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Summary: Thailand is not prepared to support the
proposal to bring Burma before the UN Security Council. The
Thai MFA believes that other ASEAN members also will not
support the proposal, although none are willing to leap to
Burma?s defense with the vigor that Burma has requested.
End summary.
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US Embassy, Bangkok, via Wikileaks
Date of publication:
2005-10-13
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2011-09-07
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Summary. "About 1,000 Karen refugees have recently
arrived from Burma at a refugee camp in northern Thailand,
reportedly as a result of SPDC military activities aimed at
creating a security cordon around its new capital at
Pyinmana. Consistent with long-standing policy, the Thai
have kept the border open to these new arrivals. A USG
determination for refugee resettlement purposes that the
Karen National Union (KNU) is a terrorist entity could
undermine our ability to argue for a continuation of this
policy should that ever become necessary." End summary.
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US Embassy, Bangkok, via Wikileaks
Date of publication:
2006-03-16
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2011-09-07
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"On July 3, Poloff spoke by telephone with
Minister-Counselor Kallayana Vipattipumiprates of MFA?s East
Asia Affairs Department regarding the RTG?s position on the
proposed UN Security Council Resolution on Burma. Kallayana
stated that the RTG is working with ASEAN member states "and
others" to try to come up with a "viable alternative" to the
resolution. He said that the RTG wants the Burmese to take
some concrete step forward, but feels that Burma "must be
offered some carrot, not just the stick." He said that the
RTG is working to get the Burmese government to open a
dialogue with ASEAN to discuss precisely what actions the
regime could take to demonstrate progress..."
Source/publisher:
US Embassy, Bangkok, via Wikileaks
Date of publication:
2006-07-03
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2011-09-07
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Summary: "On August 3, Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart
discussed with Ambassador Prime Minister Thaksin?s "sudden
and puzzling" trip to Burma the previous day. Surakiart said
that he was "personally appalled" by the trip and confirmed
that there was no advance planning. He claimed to have only
learned of the trip on the morning of Tuesday, August 1. He
said that Thaksin met privately with Than Shwe and Maung Aye
while the rest of the Thai delegation met with their
respective counterparts. According to Surakiart, the main
message that Thaksin hoped to deliver was that Thailand and
ASEAN want to draw Burma out of its self-imposed isolation,
and that in order to do so, Burma needs to keep ASEAN
informed of what it is doing and be willing to open up more
to the international community." End Summary.
Source/publisher:
US Embassy, New Delhi, via Wikileaks
Date of publication:
2006-08-03
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2011-09-07
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Summary. "During an April 18-23 visit by PRM Bureau
DAS Kelly Ryan, the Thai government gave its approval for a
multi-year program to resettle Burmese refugees residing in
camps along the Thai-Burma border to the United States. DAS
Ryan told Thai officials that the United States wanted to
begin this program in the Tham Hin camp, was prepared to
offer resettlement to all eligible registered refugees in
camp, and would be able to begin processing before the end of
¶2005. Thai National Security Council head General Winai
expressed some concern that such a program could pull more
Burmese into Thailand and asked the United States to pursue
the program as discreetly as possible. DAS Ryan agreed that
it was important to try and deter a pull factor and said that
the USG viewed Tham Hin as a pilot and would make decisions
about how best to proceed in resettling refugees from the
other camps after further analysis. The Thai also told Ryan
that the long-delayed Provincial Admissions Boards for
screening Burmese refugees would begin operations in May.
General Winai indicated that the Thai government was looking
favorably at establishing the site currently being used to
process Hmong for U.S. resettlement as a more permanent
facility for Burmese resettlement processing. DAS Ryan
lauded the Thai decision to permit expanded vocational and
educational training for Burma border camp refugees and urged
the Thai to permit income generation as well. DAS Ryan also
urged the Thai to permit UNHCR access to Chinese dissident Lu
Decheng." End summary.
Source/publisher:
US Embassy, Bangkok, via Wikileaks
Date of publication:
2005-05-09
Date of entry/update:
2011-09-07
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SUMMARY: "On January 4, Poloff and Econoff met
with Mr. Damrong Kriakruan, the Burma desk officer at the
Thai MFA. Damrong confirmed press and NGO reports that the
state-owned power company EGAT Plc has signed a memorandum of
agreement (MOA) with Burma,s Ministry of Electric Power on
December 9, 2005 to conduct a joint two-year feasibility
study with respect to construction of a dam on the Salween
(Thanlwin) River at Hat Gyi inside Burma,s Karen State.
Consistent with EGAT,s strategy of securing access to
low-cost electric power from neighboring nations, the project
is envisioned as one of five hydroelectric power projects
involving Burma. The MFA expressed its awareness of the
sensitivity of projects involving Burma and asserted that the
MOA involves completion of the above feasibility study only.
EGAT apparently has yet to obtain long-term financing for
actual construction. Thus, the reason for conducting the
study now is to allow Thailand to keep its energy supply
options open. The Embassy expects both EGAT and Thailand,s
energy bureaucrats to pursue the development of electric
power generating capacity in cooperation with Burma because
they expect any potential outcry to be less bothersome than
the opposition certain to arise in response to large-scale
power generating projects within Thailand. Poloff commended
ASEAN on their decision to send the Malaysian FM to visit
Rangoon to check up on Burma,s progress with "democratic
reform", and also for making a request to meet with ASSK.
Damrong noted that Burma had not responded to official
Malaysian requests to set dates for the visit, and suggested
that Burma,s response to Malaysia vis--vis a proposed
meeting with ASSK might be seen as a gauge of how willing
Burma is to cooperate with ASEAN." END SUMMARY
Source/publisher:
US Embassy, Bangkok, via Wikileaks
Date of publication:
2006-01-06
Date of entry/update:
2011-09-07
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Summary: "The appointment of a new foreign minister,
Kantathi Suphamongkhon, will not substantially change
Thailand?s "constructive engagement" policy towards Burma,
according to a key Foreign Ministry (MFA) official
responsible for Burma. Kantathi has already publicly (and
privately) made clear that Thailand will not join a movement
to thwart Burma from assuming the ASEAN chairmanship in 2006
if it has not implemented democratic reforms before then.
The MFA official said the Burma chairmanship issue will be
discussed informally in Cebu, but he doubted that other ASEAN
governments -- despite some recent statements -- were serious
about pressuring Burma on that issue. On related matters,
the "Bangkok Process" appears dead because the SPDC does not
want to engage potential critics while it still has not
achieved any reform progress with which to respond. The Thai
believe that the European Union (EU) is on the verge of
softening its policy towards Burma." End Summary.
Source/publisher:
US Embassy, Bangkok, via Wikileaks
Date of publication:
2005-04-01
Date of entry/update:
2011-09-07
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SUMMARY: "During a visit to Bangkok, Paulo Sergio
Pinheiro, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma,
expressed frustration with Burma?s ruling State Peace and
Development Council (SPDC) and called upon the Burmese junta
to clarify what steps they plan to take in the democratic
reform process. The Special Rapporteur met separately with
the Thai Foreign Minister (FM) Kantathi Supamongkhon and the
Bangkok diplomatic community. The Thai FM expressed his hope
to Pinheiro that National League for Democracy (NLD) leader
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) be freed next year when elections
might be held following the ratification of a new Burmese
constitution. Pinheiro said that he hoped neither the US or
the EU would agree to a possible ASEAN compromise with the
SPDC which would allow Burma to assume the ASEAN chairmanship
in 2006, but only if the meetings take place in another
country." END SUMMARY.
Source/publisher:
US Embassy, Bangkok, via Wikileaks
Date of publication:
2005-06-21
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2011-09-07
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Ambassador delivered Reftel demarche to MFA
Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn. In addition,
Post delivered demarche to working-level contacts in MFA?s
Department of East Asian Affairs, Department of American
Affairs, and Department of ASEAN Affairs. While none of
these contacts had an immediate response, Permanent Secretary
Krit said that he hopes the US will inform and work closely
with the RTG Mission to the UN in New York on this matter.
Source/publisher:
US Embassy, Bangkok, via Wikileaks
Date of publication:
2006-06-02
Date of entry/update:
2011-09-07
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"In recent years, Myanmar-Thailand relations have experienced a surge of positive bilateralism due to their common membership in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). However, the thaw in relations still leaves the boundary dispute between two countries largely unresolved. A major clash occurred in February 2001 and tension on the border still prevails. It?s critical to look at the history of this boundary dispute, problems that fester on the border and what implications these could have on Thai-Burma?s effort to demarcate the boundary? Whether the improving economic relations have lessened the tensions or not? What will be the likely future in terms of finding a solution? ..."
Tanvi Pate
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Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (Delhi)
Date of publication:
2010-07-08
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2010-11-16
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"Two temporary refugee camps established during June 2009 in Tha Song Yang District, Tak Province,
Thailand, to provide refuge for villagers that fled increased conflict and exploitative abuse in Pa?an District
have now been all but entirely abandoned. The camps were home to more than 2,409 refugees as
recently as January 2010; over the last two months, the camp populations have dwindled as small groups
have departed one by one. On March 31st and April 1st, the last residents of the Nong Bua and Mae U Su
sites left in two large groups, of 24 and 102 families respectively. This report details the circumstances of
the refugees? departure, including interviews that indicate refugees left because of a persistent campaign
of harassment by soldiers of the Royal Thai Army (RTA), who pressured the refugees to return to Burma
in spite of warnings that safe return is not currently possible. The report also details the dangers returned
refugees may face, including risks from landmines as well as violent and exploitative abuse by the DKBA
and SPDC Army. This section also includes details regarding the death and injury of two young boys that
accidentally detonated an unexploded M79 round they found outside the village of Mae La Ah Kee on
March 31st 2010. Highlighting the risks returned refugees may face, the boys came from a family that had
been forced out of the Mae U Su site by RTA soldiers at the end of the rainy season 2009."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG #2010-F3)
Date of publication:
2010-04-01
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2010-10-12
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"On April 21st 2010 DKBA soldiers from Battalion #7 of Brigade #999 crossed into Thailand and burned three huts in the Thai village of Hsoe Hta in Tha Song Yang District, Tak Province. The raid was ordered by Batallion #7 Column Commander Bpweh Kih, who believed that the villagers had been in contact with the KNLA and were withholding information about four DKBA soldiers who had recently deserted from a DKBA camp at Bpaw Bpah Hta, Pa?an District. The incident falls into a broader recent pattern of cross-border violence and killings by the DKBA, often against suspected KNLA supporters; it also gives substance to statements made by deserters during interviews with KHRG that indicate they would be summarily executed if recaptured by the DKBA..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG #2010-B7)
Date of publication:
2010-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2010-10-10
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I Thai perceptions of Burma;
II Ties with Thailand: a short history;
III Border trade from 1948–1999;
IV Evolution of Thailand?s constructive engagement policy;
V Thai-Burmese technical cooperation 123VI Key issues;
VII New Thai policy towards Burma;
VIII Conclusions.
"...Thai-Burmese relations have reached a critical juncture. Never before have Thai policy-makers
expressed such frustration over bilateral ties, especially over the issue of narcotics suppression.
Before the extensive political reform in Thailand in 1997, Thai-Burmese ties were mainly driven by
personal friendship. For instance, the leaders of the armed forces from the two countries met often and
resolved conflicts on an ad hoc basis and through gentlemen?s agreements. That helped explain why
certain problems could be settled quickly and other problems dragged on. It must be noted that some
of the issues settled through political expediency have returned to haunt the leaders of the two
countries. In the past, strong military ties omitted and obliterated other key policy-makers including
the Foreign Ministry, the National Security Council, the Interior Ministry and other related
organizations. But with reform, the Foreign Ministry took the lead in the formation and execution of
Burma policy.
The international community would like to see Thailand take a firm stand against the Burmese junta.
As in the Cambodian conflict between 1978 and 1992, Thailand was able to provide leadership during
the 14-year conflict and was a prime mover behind ASEAN solidarity and policy initiatives.
Unfortunately, during the crucial days of Burma–ASEAN relations between 1995 and 1997, when key
ASEAN decisions were made, Thailand was troubled by political uncertainty at home. However, the
political reform that has taken place since 1997 should serve as political bedrock.
However, when the government under Prime Minister Thaksin Sinawatra came to power in early
2001, he turned the Burmese policy upside down. With strong support from his coalition partner,
Defense Minister Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, he has followed a policy of appeasement to further
economic ties and, in particular, gain cooperation in narcotics suppression.
The long-term prospects of joint anti-narcotic suppression and proposed demarcation of the border
remain doubtful. With an absolute majority in the house, the Thaksin government is likely to continue
the current policy which stimulates cross border trade regardless of political conditions inside the
country..."
Kavi Chongkittavorn
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International IDEA
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2001-12-14
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Thailand?s policies toward Burma will change if the planned election installs a new regime with a seemingly democratic face.
When the Burmese government allowed foreign envoys to meet with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in May 2009, she reportedly whispered into the ear of the Thai envoy, ?I would like to thank Thailand for its support for my fight for democracy in Burma. I will visit Thailand one day to show my appreciation.?
The return of the Democrat Party to power in Thailand should have lifted Suu Kyi?s spirits because it was under Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai?s Democrat Party-led government (1997-2001) that relations between Thailand and Burma?s became strained as Thailand expressed the right to voice concerns over the political situation in Burma under its ?flexible engagement policy.?
Pavin Chachavalpungpun
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"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 18, No. 4
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2010-03-31
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2010-04-19
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"This paper proposes a new historical interpretation of pre-modern relations between Burma and Siam by analyzing these relations within the historical context of the formation of Burmese states: the first Toungoo, the restored Toungoo and the early Konbaung empires, respectively. The main argument is that the conflictive conditions leading to the military confrontation between Burma and Siam from the 16th to 19th centuries were dynamic. The changing nature of Burmese states? conflict with Siam was contingent firstly on the internal condition of Burmese courts? power over lower Burma and secondly on the external condition of international maritime trade.
The paper discusses this in seven parts:
1. Introduction;
2. Previous studies: some limitations;
3. Post-Pagan to pre-Toungoo period;
4. The first Toungoo empire: the outbreak of Burmese-Siamese warfare;
5. The restored Toungoo empire: Mandala without Ayutthaya;
6. The early Konbaung empire: regaining control of Ayutthaya; and
7. The early Konbaung empire: Southward expansion to the Malay Peninsula."...Keywords: Burma; Siam; warfare; state formation; Toungoo; Konbaung
Pamaree Surakiat
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Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore Working Paper 64
Date of publication:
2006-03-31
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2010-03-12
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"...The Halockani incident cannot be viewed as an
isolated event. It needs to be understood in terms of
the history of boundary delimitation and
demarcation between Burma and Thailand (or more
precisely Siam) and in terms of contemporary,
regional political developments, i.e. in ASEAN and
bilateral economic developments between Burma
and Thailand..."
Ananda Rajah
Source/publisher:
IBRU Boundary and Security Bulletin October 1994
Date of publication:
1994-09-30
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2009-02-28
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"Thai prime ministers have frequently treated Burma as a bargain basement for shady business deals. Will Abhisit be any different?
HERE?S some good news: Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand?s new prime minister, says he shares the West?s desire for change in Burma.
Of course, this doesn?t mean that his government is about to impose sanctions on Burma?s recalcitrant rulers. But it does signal a welcome departure from the approach of some of Abhisit?s predecessors, who treated Burma as a bargain basement for shady business deals, rather than as a nation of people desperate to rid themselves of tyranny..."
Aung Zaw
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"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 1
Date of publication:
2009-01-31
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2009-02-16
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"Why the fate of Thailand?s fugitive ex-premier has captured attention in Naypyidaw...
BURMA?s generals must be following with more than passing interest the drama of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra?s flight into exile.
It lies beyond the wildest imagination to believe they could ever join their erstwhile business crony in seeking refuge in the West. Nevertheless, in a world where the cat?s cradle of international treaties and alliances of convenience is constantly changing, the number of countries where they are assured of a welcome is possibly shrinking..."
Jim Andrews
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"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 16, No. 9
Date of publication:
2008-08-31
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2008-11-13
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A Thaksin-style foreign policy means more cooperation, less pressure on the generals...
"Burma?s ruling generals are probably smiling over what has happened in Thailand in recent months.
The People Power Party, a reincarnation of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra?s Thai Rak Thai party, won the elections in December. The new Thai government?s diplomacy is unlikely to be different from Thaksin?s business-oriented diplomacy before he was ousted.
The junta no doubt views new Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej as a proxy for Thaksin. That?s one reason to make them smile.
But in terms of the two political systems, Burma and Thailand are no longer the same, following Thailand?s democratic election after more than one year of military-backed rule..."
Kyaw Zwa Moe
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"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 16, No. 3
Date of publication:
2008-02-29
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2008-04-27
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Samak?s trip to Burma in March was reminiscent of a Thai government delegation 20 years ago ...
"THAILAND?S ?neighborly engagement? policy with the Burmese junta seemed to have paid off after Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej returned from an official visit to Naypyidaw with a basket full of sweet business deals.
The Thai premier came away from his trip to Burma in March not just a richer, but also a wiser man. During his stay in the regime?s capital, Samak got the lowdown on the country?s ?road map to democracy? straight from the horse?s mouth—Snr-Gen Than Shwe himself..."
Aung Zaw
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"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 16, No. 4
Date of publication:
2008-03-31
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2008-04-27
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Media has helped bridge the gap between ethnic cousins the Thais and Burma?s Shan minority, but old suspicions linger on
Ampika Jirat
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"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 14, No. 4
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2006-03-31
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2006-12-28
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In building a new ?Friendship Bridge,? Thailand and Burma hope to consign their troubles to the past and increase cross-border trade...
"Burma?s Foreign Minister Nyan Win and his Thai counterpart, Kantathi Suphamongkhon, shook hands and smiled warmly. The January 22 opening of the second ?Friendship Bridge?—connecting the Thai town of Mae Sai and, across the river in Burma, Tachilek—would help promote cross-border contact and ?alleviate? the tense relationship between the two countries, they said. It should also provide a massive boost to trade relations between the traditionally wary neighbors..."
Clive Parker
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"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 14, No.2
Date of publication:
2006-01-31
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2006-05-01
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Boxing goes back to basics on the Thai-Burmese border...
"The whining notes of an amplified oboe, pounding drums, the smell of liniment and whisky, four dangling 800-watt globes hanging from poles under a tree in a monastery, bandaged fists, blood, guns, money, and an audience of Burmese, Thai, Karen, Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, soldiers, monks, migrants and refugees.
"I come to the boxing to cheer my people,"I love my nationality. I love my native country."
Aung Naing fled the Burmese military regime and is now a refugee in Thailand. "This is why I like to come to the boxing.
Here we do not have slave" he says.
Katchii, the form of boxing found on the Thailand??Burma border, is muay thai kick-boxing stripped back to its basics. Gone are traditional pre-fight dances, gone are point-awarding ringside judges, and gone are the gloves. Crepe bandages wrap knuckles to stop hands from breaking upon impact, and victory is by knockout or (in) voluntary retirement..."
Timothy Syrota
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 14, No3
Date of publication:
2006-02-28
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2006-05-01
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Old enmities still weigh on Thai-Burmese relationship...
"The recent visits to Burma by Thailand?s foreign minister, Kantathi Suphamongkhon, and the supreme commander of the Thai armed forces, Gen Chaisit Shinawatra, appear to indicate that relations between the two neighbors are back to normal.
A question mark had hung over the state of ties between Burma and Thailand following the downfall of prime minister Gen Khin Nyunt last October, a purge that effectively closed the channel of communications between the two countries. Thailand now seems to be intent on reestablishing communications with the generals.
Several key issues, such as drug suppression, border demarcation and the identification of Burmese migrants in Thailand, have still to be solved in a permanent settlement between the two countries. Yet the drug issue alone—a national agenda item in Thailand—is sure to remain intractable, given the importance of the narcotics trade to the economic life of the junta?s allied ethnic armed Wa, who provide a buffer between the Burmese army and the Shan, another ethnic community..."
Aung Lwin Oo
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"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 13, No. 10
Date of publication:
2005-09-30
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2006-04-30
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If the Thai prime minister adopted a more principled stance on Burma, it would improve Thailand?s image... "The SPDC?s recent diplomatic retreat on the Asean chairmanship is likely to affect the fluctuating geopolitical dynamics of South and Southeast Asia. Although Burma may now be nudged closer to China?s embrace, with India as a rival suitor, Asean has staked its position. For Thailand to play a leading role befitting its frontline status, akin to its efforts vis-a-vis Cambodia throughout the 1980s, it needs to firm up its Burma policy. If Thailand?s firmer posture elicits constructive changes in Rangoon, Bangkok will earn international credibility. If nothing changes in Rangoon, the international community will still respect Thailand. A more principled stance on Burma would also allow Thaksin to keep the domestic criticisms of his conflicts of interest at bay. This is a win-win-win proposition that would enhance Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai?s bid to be the next UN secretary general. It would also elevate Thaksin?s statesmanship and international stature in his stumbling but ongoing quest for regional leadership."
Thitinan Pongsudhirak
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"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 13, No. 8
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2005-07-31
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Grenzgefecht fordert zwei Tote - Drogenkrieg?
"Beziehung auf dem Tiefpunkt"
Rising tensions in the border regions of Thailand and Myanmar
Thomas Berger
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AG Friedensforschung an der Uni Kassel
Date of publication:
2001-02-16
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-01
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"In the absence of war, ancient Thai-Burmese conflicts are relived and revived through statue-building...
The King Bayinnaung statue glowers down malevolently on the Thai border town of Mai Sai from higher ground in Tachilek, Burma just across from the river that marks the frontier. His bronze likeness also stands atop a hill at Burma?s southernmost Victoria Point, surveying Thailand?s Ranong Province across the estuary. The long-dead monarch is revered in Burma as a great warrior-king who conquered Siam.
Thais, however, remember Bayinnaung as a brutal foreign invader who, on capturing Ayudhaya in 1569, looted the Siamese capital of its treasure, white elephants and many thousands of slaves.
The provocative Burmese monument to the conquest of Siam is not a relic from a period of heightened tensions between the two countries. It was unveiled in 1996 as cooperation and business links between Bangkok and Rangoon were stronger than at any period since before World War II..."
Rungrawee Chalermsripinyorat
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 12, No. 3
Date of publication:
2004-02-29
Date of entry/update:
2004-06-09
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"The Thai prime minister risks jeopardizing long-term relations by doing business with Burma?s military rulers...
Many observers have tapped Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to be Southeast Asia?s next preeminent leader. One thing that may trip up the Thai PM on his road to regional leadership, however, is his tack on Burma. Thaksin?s friendly approach towards Burma?s military regime just may mar his efforts to win the respect of other world leaders.
While many leaders are piling on the criticism, isolating the junta and championing speedy change, Thaksin is defending the generals, investing in the country and promising piecemeal progress. His administration has also cracked down on Burmese who seek economic and political refuge in the kingdom, raising concerns about a conflict of interests and Thailand?s ability to act as an honest broker to Burma?s political standoff..."
Aung Zaw
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 11, No. 9
Date of publication:
2003-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2004-01-10
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The Thai-language press must be less emotional and more responsible and objective when covering Burma...
"The Thai-language mainstream press rarely publishes news about Burma. And when it does, rarely is the coverage constructive.
That Thailand?s media should harbor such deep resentments against its next-door neighbor is peculiar, and its reasons are rather complex.
About a dozen Thai-language and two major English-language daily newspapers dominate the market. Of course, many differences between the two should be expected, but when it comes to covering Burma, the Thai- and English-language papers are worlds apart..."
Wandee Suntivutimetee
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 11, No. 8
Date of publication:
2003-09-30
Date of entry/update:
2003-12-06
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"Burmese and Thai officials are using an alluring tactic in an attempt to heal a rift in bilateral
relations.
Thailand?s government and members of its business sector have worked hard with the Burmese government
to mend ties since relations deteriorated over a series of border skirmishes between the two countries last
February.
While the countries have engaged in several bilateral diplomatic exchanges, private initiatives sponsored by
members of the government and business sector are employing cultural diplomacy as a means to promote
business interests..."
John S. Moncreif, Greta Khiel
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 10, No. 1
Date of publication:
2001-12-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Thai views of Burma revisited... The spectre of Ayutthaya and a century of nation-building still cast long shadows over Thailand?s perception of its neighbor, even as the notion of the nation-state faces obsolescence in the global marketplace.
Min Zin/Chiang Mai
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 8. No.8
Date of publication:
2000-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Thailand?s CEO-like Prime Minister is having a hard time getting relations with Burma back to business as usual.
John S. Moncreif/Bangkok
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 9. No. 3
Date of publication:
2001-03-31
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2003-06-03
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A changing balance of power along the Thai-Burma border has forced Thailand to re-think its buffer zone policy.
As long as anybody can remember, Burma�s armed ethnic groups operating along the Thai-Burmese border have always provided a buffer between the two nagging neighbors.
First, it was the Karen rebels who had taken the fight to the outskirts of Rangoon a half century ago following independence. This has been followed by the Burmese students� exodus by the thousands to the Thai border following a bloody crackdown in 1988. Then, the Mon rebels were crushed to pieces half a decade ago to make way for a lucrative gas pipeline running from Burma�s Yadana gas field to Thailand. Now, only a handful of Shan and Karen groups, some of whom have surrendered in return for amnesty, function as the buffer zone between the Thai and Burmese armies..."
Don Pathan
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 10, No. 4, May 2002
Date of publication:
2002-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Background and comment on Gen. Khin Nyunt?s visit to Thailand
Larry Jagan
Source/publisher:
BBC
Date of publication:
2001-09-04
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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"People from Burma have become the major group of displaced persons in Thailand. Most of them are currently being sheltered
along the Thai-Burma border, particularly in the Thai provinces of Mae Hong Son, Tak, Kanchanaburi and Ranong. It is
estimated that there are some 40,000 children from Burma under the age of 15 accompanying their parents. In addition,
thousands of unaccompanied children are driven across the border by the desperate circumstances in Burma. ..."
Nyo Nyo
Source/publisher:
"Legal Issues on Burma Journal" No. 10 (Burma Lawyers' Council)
Date of publication:
2001-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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"The recent border clashes between Burma and Thailand have brought the issue of Thai-Burma relations into focus. The earlier
mass exodus of refugees from Burma to Thailand did not cause panic. The voluminous drug inflow into the kingdom also did not
shake the Thais, although the sex trade and import of HIV and Aids roused Thai conscience. The on-and-off border clashes were
taken in their strides. But the last straw in the camel?s back was the intentional insult hurled at the Thai monarchy, the most
revered institution in Thailand, by allegations made through a series of articles published in the state-run The New Light of
Myanmar. The Burmese junta has shown its complete contempt for Thai policy makers. No country has ever done that before.
Prime Minister Thaksin said that his government is reviewing its Burmese policy. But does it have one? The ruling political party
has one conception, the opposition has another, the bureaucracy yet another, and the military of course has the prime one?hence,
four different approaches. When a nation?s national security is at stake, this situation is lamentable..."
B.K. Sen
Source/publisher:
"Legal Issues on Burma Journal" No. 9 (Burma Lawyers' Council)
Date of publication:
2001-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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April 11, 2001 -- The recent offer by Defense Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh to assist Burma has indicated an attempt to shift Thai policy toward its western neighbor. Yet this shift may spell disaster for both Burma and Thailand.
Aung Zaw
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 9. No. 3
Date of publication:
2001-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Drug production, once the domain of insurgents fighting against Rangoon, has become the cornerstone of the mainstream economy. Burma?s reputation as a major drug producer is well earned, despite the ruling junta?s insistence that it is doing everything in its powers to combat the trade in narcotics. Aung Zaw finds out from drug-industry insiders how the business flourishes under military rule, and examines its impact on relations with Burma?s neighbors.
Aung Zaw
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol 9. No. 5
Date of publication:
2001-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Drugs and Burma: general links, reports and articles, Drugs and money laundering, Thailand-Burma relations
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Since his first official visit to Rangoon in 1988, Thai Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh has developed a habit of calling his Burmese counterparts "brothers".
Editorial
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 5. No. 2
Date of publication:
1997-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Earlier this year, a high-ranking official at Thailand?s Foreign Ministry reportedly approached his colleagues with a bold proposal: "Let?s have a media war with Burma," he declared. The rest, as they say, is history.
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 9. No. 3 (Intelligence section)
Date of publication:
2001-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Democratization in Burma will foster a more conducive environment to drug eradication and offers Thailand a remedy from the current drug epidemic.
Editorial
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 8. No. 4-5
Date of publication:
2000-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Thailand needs to consider whether Burma?s military regime is really ready to start treating its neighbor with respect.
Aung Naing Oo
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 7. No. 2
Date of publication:
1999-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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"This speech was delivered by Burmese independence hero Aung San at the Orient Club, Rangoon, on April 17, 1947�three months before his assassination. Aung San founded the Burma Independence Army in Bangkok on Dec 26, 1941."
Aung San
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 10, No. 4, May 2002
Date of publication:
2002-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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"Both sides in a recent conflict between Thai and Burmese forces appear to be testing the limits of their strained relationship..."
Aung Zaw in Mae Sai
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 9. No. 2
Date of publication:
2001-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Any attempt to understand Burma-Thai relations today must begin by recognizing the existence of misunderstandings on both
sides, open criticism of each other, friction and conflict. Why is this so?...Today, Burma and Thailand face a continuing stream of new issues and crises in their relations. With no rule of law that they
both accept, no courts to which they can turn to adjudicate their disputes, and no real will on either side to bury the long past
and create a new foundation for their relations based on trust, openness and honesty, the present state of their relations will
continue into the future."
Josef Silverstein
Source/publisher:
Legal Issues on Burma Journal No. 6 (Burma Lawyers' Council)
Date of publication:
2000-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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"Protestations of friendship aside, Thailand and Burma remain fundamentally at odds over key issues.
Thaksin Shinawatra became the first Thai prime minister to openly admit that Thailand has been practicing a buffer zone policy in regards to Burma�s ethnic nationalities. Thaksin recently said that Bangkok would abandon its policy of supporting ethnic rebels. But the question remains: Can Thailand really afford to abandon its buffer zone policy?..."
Aung Zaw
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 10, No. 4, May 2002
Date of publication:
2002-04-30
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2003-06-03
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Thai Deputy Foreign Minister M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra has taken the unusual move of writing a rebuttal to an article written by Aung San Suu Kyi calling on the regional grouping to "nudge Burma towards democracy." Below is a brief summary of their respective positions. Source: The Nation, July 13 and 16
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 7. No. 6
Date of publication:
1999-06-30
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2003-06-03
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Gen Surayud Chulanont, Thailand?s new army chief, has brought a no-nonsense approach to relations with Burma?s military regime. Now, as Thailand struggles to contain a growing drug menace originating across the border in Burma, a war of words between the two sides threatens to escalate into military conflict. Aung Zaw reports from the Thai-Burma border.
Aung Zaw
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 8. No. 7
Date of publication:
2000-06-30
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2003-06-03
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As relations with neighboring Thailand continue to deteriorate, prison authorities in Burma have revoked the prison rights of Thai prisoners, according to an informed source.
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 9. No. 4 (Intelligence section)
Date of publication:
2001-04-30
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2003-06-03
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In May, amid growing border tensions between Thailand and Burma, five artillery shells from Burma landed in the compound of the Royal Project at Doi Angkang in northern Thailand?s Chiang Mai province. It was a deliberate act ofprovocation, Thai army leaders charged. At about the same time, in Rangoon, a more powerful shot was fired in The New Light of Myanmar, the junta?s mouthpiece. In a series of commentaries, Burmese historian Dr Ma Tin Win insulted Thailand?s revered Royal Family by accusing a nineteenth-century monarch of selling out his country to Western imperialists in order to preserve his own status...
Editorial
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol 9. No. 5
Date of publication:
2001-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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"...The Opening? of the Thai-Burmese Friendship Bridge on August 15 was anticlimactic, despite the fanfare provided by a set of Burmese dancers. The bridge spans the Moei River, connecting Thai town Mae Sot, which lies on Route A-1, to the Burmese town Myawaddy. On the opening day, some 3,000 enthusiastic Thai spectators attending the opening were disappointed when informed that Burmese authorities were not yet prepared for the Thai public. According to Burmese officials, the bridge would be open for public use only when the 400-km road linking Myawaddy and Rangoon is completed..."
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 5. No. 4-5
Date of publication:
1997-07-31
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2003-06-03
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"...Obviously, however, another consideration has taken precedence over the security of Thai citizens—namely, the profitable relationship that some high-ranking officials have formed with the Burmese regime. Rather than sacrifice such ties, Thai authorities have forced dissidents to operate underground, supported by a handful of local and international NGOs engaged in relief and educational efforts "under the radar", while extracting as much information as they can get to support their woefully inadequate efforts to defend Thailand?s border with Burma..."
Editorial
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 8. No. 2
Date of publication:
2000-01-31
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2003-06-03
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"TROIS mois après la prise d'otages à l'ambassade de
Birmanie à Bangkok - le 2 octobre 1999 - dont le dénouement
pacifique avait causé la fureur de la junte de Rangoun, les
frontières terrestres avec la Thaïlande ont été rouvertes. La
fermeture, qui avait paralysé une partie de l'économie
birmane, illustre la relation tumultueuse qu'entretiennent les
deux voisins, de plus en plus alliés bien que souvent tiraillés
par des intérêts contradictoires...Sous le sacro-saint prétexte du développement, et au nom de la lutte
contre la crise économique, les Thaïlandais risquent de donner un feu vert
aux dirigeants birmans pour poursuivre en toute tranquillité leur répression
des populations appartenant principalement aux minorités ethniques..."
André et Louis Boucaud
Source/publisher:
Le Monde Diplomatique
Date of publication:
1999-12-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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In this interview Senator Kraisak Choonhavan, head of Thailand?s Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, speaks frankly about his country?s troubled relations with Burma. Drugs top the agenda of bilateral issues, says the senator, who adds that Asean needs to reconsider how it deals with its most recalcitrant member.
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 9. No. 4
Date of publication:
2001-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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"New Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra?s plan to visit Burma is ill advised. Such a trip so soon after
taking power would send wrong signals to the junta as well as to the international community, which is
waiting to see further positive developments from the dialogue between the ruling junta and the opposition
in Rangoon..."
Editorial
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy, Vol. 9. No. 2
Date of publication:
2001-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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"Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra�s bid to forge better relations with Burma is failing in the face of renewed tensions along the two countries� volatile border.
The recent border skirmishes between Thailand and Burma are not the first to erupt between the two neighbors, and they certainly won�t be the last. And as always, this battle is also being fought in the press, where a war of words is heating up.
When Thailand�s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra came into office early last year, Thai officials held high hopes of ending the cycle of mutually damaging confrontations between these two historical enemies. Applying a personal, business-centered approach to relations with his country�s western neighbor, tycoon-turned-PM Thaksin believed he could ease long-standing tensions. So far, however, he has failed to end the violence and the seemingly endless recriminations coming from both sides..."
Aung Zaw
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 10, No. 4, May 2002
Date of publication:
2002-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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"Beginning 1999 up to March this year (2002), hundreds of thousands of Wa people, who had
impressed British travelers as ?exceedingly well-behaved, industrious, and estimable race?, were
forcibly moved to border areas adjacent Thailand. The report is about them, why and how they were
uprooted, what happened to the native people where the Wa were forced to resettle and what the
reader can do to help both categories of victims..."
Important, timely and well-produced
document, complete with maps and photos.
Source/publisher:
Lahu National Development Organization
Date of publication:
2002-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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The border war that has erupted between two members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has shown again that solidarity and good faith are not strong among its members.
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 9. No. 4
Date of publication:
2001-04-30
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2003-06-03
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Quotes from:
[Thai] Defense Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, [Burmese] Deputy Intelligence chief Maj-Gen Kyaw Win,
[Thai] Army Chief Gen Surayud Chulanont,
Lt-Gen Udomchai Ongkhasingh [Thai] Third Army Commander
[Thai] Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra,
M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, a Democrat MP and former deputy foreign minister [of Thailand],
Lt- Gen Suraphan, [Thai] defense ministry spokesman,
[Thai] Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai,
[Burmese] Defense intelligence officer Lt-Col Myint Lwin,
[Burmese] Deputy Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win,
Shan State Army (SSA) Colonel Yawd Serk,
One of Wei Hseuh-kang?s officers [Wa].
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 10, No. 4, May 2002
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2002-04-30
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2003-06-03
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"This paper will give the picture of Mon language situation in Thailand both
spoken and written language from the earliest time to the present day. The
written language will include inscriptions, palm leaf manuscripts, and
printed books..."
Paphatsaun Thianpanya
Source/publisher:
Kao Wao News Group
Date of publication:
2003-05-11
Date of entry/update:
2003-05-12
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"Kao Wao News" (from 2001), Mon (cultural, political), Thailand-Burma relations, Mon-Khmer Languages (Mon, Wa etc), Education in Mon State
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