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CHIANG RAI — Police arrested a Myanmar man on Phahonyothin Road late at night after he was caught driving a pickup truck loaded with 8 sacks of methamphetamine, holding at least 1.6 million pills. [1]

On Dec. 27, elections will be held in Rangoon Division to determine who will fill four new seats created on the Rangoon Divisional Municipal Committee, the highest body governing the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC). [3]

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Bangkok on Tuesday night for the start of a four-day visit. [4]

The peace process in Burma may be in crisis, not least due to widespread fighting and serious human rights abuses committed mostly by the Burma Army in Kachin and Shan states. [5]

With no water to throw, Pattaya residents will have to make do with traditional rice festivals for Songkran. [6]

Pattaya officials prepared for another long weekend, learning from mistakes made during previous holidays to improve traffic and parking around Naklua markets and Bali Hai Pier Deputy Mayor Wuthisak Rermkijakarn, Santi Klongnoi, president of the Lan ... [7]

KHON KAEN— Rice farmers are taking center stage in the political battle wreaking havoc in Thailand, as the debate shifts to the government’s controversial rice-pledging policy. [8]

NAYPYIDAW — State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi made a special appearance at a pavilion in Naypyidaw during Thingyan, one of the high points that locals say has made this year’s water festival the best in recent memory for Burma’s administrative cap... [9]

Sources
[1] TH www.chiangraitimes.com · 2025-08-27 · 85% match

Chiang Rai Police Seize 2.2 Million Meth Pills in 2 Seperate Drug Busts

CHIANG RAI — Police arrested a Myanmar man on Phahonyothin Road late at night after he was caught driving a pickup truck loaded with 8 sacks of methamphetamine, holding at least 1.6 million pills.

[2] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 55% match

Burma’s Own Potemkin Village

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-12-11 · 47% match

‘It Will Be Hard As It’s the First Time Committee Members Are Elected’

On Dec. 27, elections will be held in Rangoon Division to determine who will fill four new seats created on the Rangoon Divisional Municipal Committee, the highest body governing the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC).

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2012-05-30 · 46% match

Suu Kyi Arrives in Thailand for Four-day Visit

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Bangkok on Tuesday night for the start of a four-day visit.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-02-14 · 46% match

Peace and Trust in the Karen Hills

The peace process in Burma may be in crisis, not least due to widespread fighting and serious human rights abuses committed mostly by the Burma Army in Kachin and Shan states.

[6] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2022-04-09 · 46% match

Pattaya sets Songkran rice festivals for April 17, 20

With no water to throw, Pattaya residents will have to make do with traditional rice festivals for Songkran.

[7] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2022-07-28 · 46% match

Pattaya prepares traffic, parking plans for long weekend

Pattaya officials prepared for another long weekend, learning from mistakes made during previous holidays to improve traffic and parking around Naklua markets and Bali Hai Pier Deputy Mayor Wuthisak Rermkijakarn, Santi Klongnoi, president of the Lan

[8] TH isaanrecord.com · 2014-02-18 · 46% match

Isaan farmers rally in support of government’s rice policy

KHON KAEN— Rice farmers are taking center stage in the political battle wreaking havoc in Thailand, as the debate shifts to the government’s controversial rice-pledging policy.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-04-18 · 46% match

Revived Thingyan in Naypyidaw

NAYPYIDAW — State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi made a special appearance at a pavilion in Naypyidaw during Thingyan, one of the high points that locals say has made this year’s water festival the best in recent memory for Burma’s administrative cap

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-02-08 · 45% match

Myanmar Junta Bombs Residents Trapped by Fighting in Bago Town

Residents are trapped in Zayatgyi town in Tantabin Township, Bago Region, by fighting between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and Myanmar junta troops.

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