Under the guise of improving connectivity for one of Thailand's poorest provinces, China really wants to build a logistics corridor for its Belt and Road Initiative, warns Nang Hkur Mao.
Residents say only the military proxy party and one rival are visibly campaigning ahead of Sunday's vote, as turnout drive dominates Myanmar's discredited poll.
In this week's talk, our editors argue that reviving the deeply unpopular, profoundly destructive Myitsone Dam project is the price the junta must pay for China's support.
While the regime is threatening people to force them to vote, resistance groups are intimidating them in order to prevent them from casting their ballot, warns UN human rights chief.
The four, who lacked valid documentation, confessed they had been ordered to smuggle the bulky cargo drones home to Myanmar in pieces and deliver them to their "boss."
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