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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

Ko Adang, or Adang Island, in the southern border province of Satun, is set to be developed as a world-class tourism destination, like Langkawi in Malaysia, [1]

In its latest battlefield victory, an ethnic alliance that has been waging war against the regime across northern Shan State seized full control of Kunlong, a strategically located town in northern Shan State, on Sunday after a 12-day offensive. [2]

RANGOON — Prominent activists from the 88 Generation Students group have asked that China renegotiate all of its investment contracts in Burma, with new deals forged in a more transparent way. [3]

Civilians were reportedly killed when their vehicle was hit by an artillery shell just outside Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone in northern Shan State, on Wednesday, according to a local source. [4]

KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian police have added a North Korean diplomat to the list of suspects linked to the Feb. 13 death of Kim Jong Nam amid growing suspicions the killing was executed at Pyongyang's order. [5]

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[1] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2023-03-24 · 100% match

Adang Island in Satun to be developed as world-class tourism destination

Ko Adang, or Adang Island, in the southern border province of Satun, is set to be developed as a world-class tourism destination, like Langkawi in Malaysia,

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-11-13 · 81% match

Myanmar Ethnic Alliance Seizes Strategic Town of Kunlong From Junta

In its latest battlefield victory, an ethnic alliance that has been waging war against the regime across northern Shan State seized full control of Kunlong, a strategically located town in northern Shan State, on Sunday after a 12-day offensive.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-05-18 · 79% match

China Urged to Revisit Its Burma-Related Investment Contracts

RANGOON — Prominent activists from the 88 Generation Students group have asked that China renegotiate all of its investment contracts in Burma, with new deals forged in a more transparent way.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-11-23 · 71% match

Civilians Killed as Car Struck by Shell Outside Laukkai in Myanmar’s Shan State

Civilians were reportedly killed when their vehicle was hit by an artillery shell just outside Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone in northern Shan State, on Wednesday, according to a local source.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-02-23 · 37% match

Pyongyang looms large in killing as diplomat link emerges

KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian police have added a North Korean diplomat to the list of suspects linked to the Feb. 13 death of Kim Jong Nam amid growing suspicions the killing was executed at Pyongyang's order.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-08-07 · 34% match

North Korea vows 'thousands-fold' revenge on US over sanctions

MANILA -- North Korea on Monday lashed out at the U.N. Security Council's tougher new sanctions, saying the resolution infringes on its sovereign right to engage in normal trade and other economic activities.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-01-30 · 33% match

Prominent ruling party lawyer shot dead at Yangon airport

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- A prominent lawyer and legal adviser to Myanmar's ruling party was shot dead along with a taxi driver outside Yangon's international airport on Sunday, just after returning from a government-sponsored visit to Indonesia.

[8] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-04-03 · 33% match

Journalist Soe Yazar Tun, sentenced to four years of hard labour, has been released

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-04-02 · 32% match

‘China Get Out of Myanmar’ Say Pro-Democracy Supporters

Pro-democracy supporters in Myanmar have called for the Chinese Embassy in Yangon to be closed, after China again blocked an attempt on Thursday by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to impose sanctions on the military regime in an attempt to

[10] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2016-04-11 · 32% match

Michelle Yeoh named UN Goodwill Ambassador

New York (AP) – The United Nations Development Program says it has named Malaysia-born actress Michelle Yeoh as a Goodwill Ambassador focusing on global development and disaster recovery.

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