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U.S. Imposes Visa Sanctions on Myanmar and Laos Over Their Refusal to Accept Deportees
The U.S. imposed visa sanctions on Myanmar and Laos Tuesday after the nations refused to take back immigrants Washington wants to deport. The two Southeast Asian nations join the running list of countries which have delayed or declined to accept nationals slated for expulsion from ...
Persuade Myanmar to take back Rohingyas
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy Christine Schraner Burgener to persuade Myanmar to take back Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. She made the request when the special envoy on Myanmar met her at her office. Keep reading ...
Cross-border transport agreement makes progress
Myanmar and Thailand will sign an MOU for the Initial Implementation of a Cross-border Transport Agreement (IICBTA), to facilitate transport between countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) in late August. Upon signing the MOU, Myanmar will start cross-border transport activities with Thailand, said U ...
Southeast Asia Drug Use Persists Despite Death Penalty
Southeast Asian authorities are not shy about doling out the death penalty to punish drug traffickers, and yet narcotics abuse has not abated. If anything, it is on the rise, which begs the question of whether the region’s war on drugs is working. []“This unique characteristic ...
Southeast Asia`s foreign debt spirals
Six Southeast Asian countries, led by Laos, have much higher external debt levels than the developing world average, sparking concern that the region may be heading for a debt crisis. Keep reading ...
Southeast Asia's Tigers Show Slight Revival But Remain Under Pressure
According to the best estimates, some 100,000 tigers used to roam through parts of Asia. But that was more than a century ago. Today, experts estimate that worldwide only some 3,800 tigers have survived in the wild. This marks a slight improvement for the big ...
Markets called key to hi-tech agriculture
Markets play a key role in the success of high-tech agriculture in the Mekong Delta, as explained during a seminar on high-tech solutions for agriculture in the Mekong Delta held in Can Tho City on July 13. Keep reading ...
The role of Asean’s ports in China’s Belt and Road
China’s investments in deep-sea ports in Myanmar and Cambodia will provide critical links in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), but there are also concerns that they could give China undue economic leverage in the region. Keep reading ...
Crossovers without borders
While more and more foreigners enter Myanmar with their own vehicles, be they cars, motorcycles or bicycles, few Myanmar travellers can visit neighbouring countries in their own vehicles. However, things are about to change. Keep reading ...
Thousands of illegal migrant workers deported from Thailand
Poipet city, Banteay Meanchey province – The sound of vehicles and crowds were deafening across this bustling border town near the Poipet International Border Checkpoint yesterday. As a truck loaded with 40 people came to a stop at a migrant worker holding centre in the city, ...
