Myanmar South East – Emergency Overview Map: Number of people displaced in South East since Feb 2021 and remain displaced (As of 19 September 2022)

Legal

September 22, 2022September 23, 20220

In the South-East, the number of IDPs increased from 289,800 last week to 291,700 this week. Similar to the previous week, Kyaukkyi Township in Bago Region (East) continues to experience the most displacement with about 1,300 new IDPs verified. They reported

S.Korea, Japan hold first bilateral talks since 2019, seek stronger ties

General

September 22, 2022September 23, 20220

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held their first one-on-one talks on Wednesday and agreed on the need to improve relations dogged by historical disputes. The meeting took place in New York on the sidelines of

Fake lubricant and dry cell batteries worth over ฿4m seized by Thai police

General

September 22, 2022September 23, 20220

Police from the Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) seized fake lubricating oil, worth over a million baht, from a warehouse in Chaloem Phra Kiat district of Thailand’s central province of Saraburi today (Thursday). Police found 20 tanks containing fake lubricant and

Cambodia increases minimum wage to U.S. $200 per month

Sales

September 21, 2022September 22, 20220

Authorities in Cambodia have set the country’s 2023 minimum wage to U.S. $200 per month, but labor leaders told RFA the $6 increase is not enough to keep pace with inflation. The Minimum Wage Council decided on next year’s salary in

Virologist claims 70 percent of Thais may have been infected with COVID-19

Medical

September 21, 2022September 22, 20220

Up to 70% of the population of Thailand may have been infected with COVID-19, as most cases have not been officially recorded because they were asymptomatic or had only mild symptoms, according to Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre

Thailand to issue COVID-19 reclassification measures this Friday

Medical

September 21, 2022September 22, 20220

The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) is expected to announce a series of measures this Friday, in line with the reclassification of COVID-19 as an “infectious disease under watch”, as Thailand officially moves into a post-pandemic era from October

Thailand sets May 7, 2023 as the tentative date of next general election

Domestic Affairs

September 21, 2022September 22, 20220

Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has tentatively designated May 7th next year as the date for the next general election, if the House of Representatives is not dissolved by the prime minister before the end of its four-year term on March

Harvested rice fields in Chao Phraya River basin to be used as water retention areas

General

September 21, 2022September 22, 20220

Rice fields in the Chao Phraya River basin, on Thailand’s central plains, will be turned into temporary water retention areas after farmers have completed their harvest at the end of this month, said Surasee Kittimonthon, secretary-general of the Office of

To discuss the enhancement of Muay Thai cooperation and express Thailand’s readiness to support for Muay Thai to be included in the 3rd European Games

September 20, 2022September 21, 20220

On 20 September 2022, Mr. Nattapong Suwanpakdee, Charge d'affaires a.i., paid a courtesy call on Her Excellency Anna Krupka, Secretary of State of Sports and Tourism of Poland to discuss the enhancement of Muay Thai cooperation and express Thailand's readiness

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