Tag: military
US Withdraws From Military Exercise In Thailand
The US Pentagon has canceled ongoing military exercises with Thailand and an upcoming visit by a top Navy official as a result of the...
Myanmar Military cracks down on Mine Protest; Protestors Charged by Court
Protestors at the Letpadaung copper mine were dispersed with the use of water cannons and other riot weapons by the Myanmar military forces, leaving...
RKK Declare Cease-Fire in Deep South
Phuket Gazette | One hundred suspected insurgents led by a man allegedly involved in the 2004 military camp raid yesterday met the Fourth Army...
Burmese Lawyers Push to Save Colonial Buildings
The Irawaddy | Lawyers in Burma vowed on Tuesday to fight the sale of Rangoon’s 101-year-old High Court and a plan to convert the...
Burma Lawyers Reinstated
LA Times | The Law Society of Upper Canada and other human rights advocates have helped at least 11 lawyers from Burma who were...
Judge Orders Release of Detained Marine Veteran
WTVR | A Hopewell circuit court judge has ordered that a Marine veteran detained over anti-government Facebook posts be released from a psychiatric hospital....
Senate Approves Ban on Imports from Myanmar
The Senate has finally approved a bill that will reauthorize the U.S. ban on imports from Myanmar, along with White House authority to waive the...
Thai Security Forces Spend $30 million on Fake Bomb Detectors
Thailand security forces have spent $30 million on more than 1,500 fake bomb detectors to use against Islamist rebels despite the U.S. Embassy’s warning that...
