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YANGON — On a sunny late monsoon day in September, Myanmar’s Information Minister U Ye Htut was taking questions from local journalists and international media observers who packed the Chatrium Hotel’s ballroom in Yangon. [1]

หลังจากสำนักข่าวออนไลน์ไทยพับลิก้ารายงานข่าว “ผู้ตรวจการแผ่นดิน” ส่งหนังสือเวียน แจ้งผลการวินิจฉัยถึงนายกรัฐมนตรี, บริษัท ท่าอากาศยานไทย จำกัด (มหาชน) (ทอท.) และสมาคมการค้าร้านค้าปลอดอากรไทย กรณี ทอท. [2]

Recent years have seen dramatic changes to Burma’s media landscape, with the previous quasi-civilian government taking steps to unshackle a press corps long muzzled by successive military regimes dating back to 1962. [3]

BANGKOK—An American sentenced to two-and-a-half years in Thai prison for translating a banned biography of the country’s king and posting the content online has been freed by a royal pardon, the US Embassy said on Wednesday. [5]

Thailand's score on Freedom House's latest "Freedom in the World" report dropped by two points, from 36 to 34. [6]

BANGKOK, 29 March 2012 – A group of academics and journalists claimed that the Thai society limits freedom of expressions, asking for the public to be more open to different opinions. [7]

The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company (IFC) monopolized inland river trade during the colonial period in Myanmar (then Burma). Originally, the company was based at No. [8]

This blog file is now closed. For the latest developments, head over here. The Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on Feb. 24 continues, with casualties mounting on both sides. [9]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-11-20 · 68% match

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YANGON — On a sunny late monsoon day in September, Myanmar’s Information Minister U Ye Htut was taking questions from local journalists and international media observers who packed the Chatrium Hotel’s ballroom in Yangon.

[2] TH thaipublica.org · 2017-05-01 · 65% match

คิง เพาเวอร์ ส่งหนังสือถึง AOT ย้ำให้ทำตามสัญญา สวนคำวินิจฉัยผู้ตรวจการแผ่นดิน สั่งเปิด “จุดส่งมอบสินค้าสาธารณะ 60 วัน”

หลังจากสำนักข่าวออนไลน์ไทยพับลิก้ารายงานข่าว “ผู้ตรวจการแผ่นดิน” ส่งหนังสือเวียน แจ้งผลการวินิจฉัยถึงนายกรัฐมนตรี, บริษัท ท่าอากาศยานไทย จำกัด (มหาชน) (ทอท.) และสมาคมการค้าร้านค้าปลอดอากรไทย กรณี ทอท.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-05-04 · 53% match

Burma’s Media Landscape Through the Years

Recent years have seen dramatic changes to Burma’s media landscape, with the previous quasi-civilian government taking steps to unshackle a press corps long muzzled by successive military regimes dating back to 1962.

[4] MM dailymail.co.uk · 48% match

Prince William

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2012-07-11 · 42% match

US Man Jailed for Lese Majeste Freed

BANGKOK—An American sentenced to two-and-a-half years in Thai prison for translating a banned biography of the country’s king and posting the content online has been freed by a royal pardon, the US Embassy said on Wednesday.

[6] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 41% match

Freedoms fall once more

Thailand's score on Freedom House's latest "Freedom in the World" report dropped by two points, from 36 to 34.

[7] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2012-03-29 · 40% match

Academics ask for more freedom of expression

BANGKOK, 29 March 2012 – A group of academics and journalists claimed that the Thai society limits freedom of expressions, asking for the public to be more open to different opinions.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-02-27 · 40% match

The Building that Dominated Inland Water Trade in British Burma

The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company (IFC) monopolized inland river trade during the colonial period in Myanmar (then Burma). Originally, the company was based at No.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-08-01 · 39% match

Ukraine from July 8 to Aug. 1: Russian strikes kill Ukrainian grain tycoon

This blog file is now closed. For the latest developments, head over here. The Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on Feb. 24 continues, with casualties mounting on both sides.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-08-10 · 38% match

The Myth Myanmar Can Afford to Ditch

Myanmar is a country that needs a long-winded introduction as well as careful introspection.

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