Thai-burma: Border Tension

The border dispute cooked up last week by Burma against Thailand is a sham and shameful. The Rangoon generals, claiming great anger over Thai military manoeuvres along the northern frontier, replayed their 2001 tantrum and closed the border

DAILY NEWS

  • Ministers make slow progress on border reopening
  • More armed clashes forecast
  • Thaksin refuses to face Burma reality
  • Thai policy on Burma `hurting democracy'
  • Thai govt defends history revision
  • Thailand to rewrite History for neighbours
  • Analysts Express Concern Over Thai-Burma Agreements
  • Bangkok moves to appease generals
  • Press told to be critical
  • Press freedom a casualty of Thailand-Myanmar row
  • Rights group urges Thailand, Myanmar to lift journalist blacklists
  • Burma to understand free press of Thailand
  • Thailand bans foreign press from Burma border
  • Burma's history points the way
  • Anti-Thai pitch annoys people in Burma
  • Thaksin vows to maintain policy, Military action may be used as `last resort'
  • Chavalit puts halt to army radio attacks
  • Chavalit says writer `enemy of all Thais'
  • Apology demanded from Burma
  • Verbal jousting no good, says Surin
  • Thai-Bashing Scholar Shunned in Rangoon
  • Thaksin demands action from Myanmar over press articles
  • Thai army radio fires first salvo at junta
  • Burma's big mouth is a lady after all
  • Thaksin slams Reuters criticism
  • Chavalit launches war of words
  • Chavalit opts out of talks with Burma
  • Myanmar Newspaper: Impossible to Maintain Good Neighborhood With Thailand
  • Two Thai soldiers hurt by stray mortar rounds on Myanmar border
  • Myanmar Holds Mass Rallies to Denounce Thailand
  • Burma told to beware of touchy issues
  • Analysts call for clear-cut policy
  • Thai PM says he did not refer to buffer state
  • Chavalit urges government of reconciliation in Burma
  • Thai PM flayed for Burma gaffe
  • Thai `Buffer state' policy against Burma to end
  • Burma Barks For Home Audience
  • Junta deploys warships in disputed seas
  • Thai PM slammed for being too soft on Myanmar
  • Myanmar anti-Thai rally draws over 20,000
  • Yangon lashes out, calls Thai leaders "bare-faced liars"
  • Myanmar accuses Thailand of aiding ethnic rebels, bans mention of Thailand in private press
  • Thai troops fire into Myanmar as tensions smoulder
  • Army must obey orders, says Thai PM
  • Myanmar silent on Thai defense minister's proposed visit
  • Burma bans on publishing Thai-related articles and advertising
  • Myanmar says "terrorist groups" exacerbating Thai border tensions
  • Chavalit tells troops to fire flares, not shells
  • Thailand-Burma trade suffers from border closure
  • Thaksin says matters will be resolved soon
  • Thai Third Army chief: We didn't help Shan
  • Rangoon paper heaps blame on Thai army
  • Thai military checkpoint attacked
  • Thai army angered by pull-back
  • Thai PM downplays conflict as Myanmar seals border
  • Thailand Denies Military Fires Artillery Shells Into Myanmar
  • Myanmar to Close Checkpoints on Thai-Myanmar Border
  • Thai army hits Wa hard in dawn raid
  • Myanmar alleges Thai army supports ethnic rebel attacks
  • Thai army trades fire with Myanmar drug force
  • Controversy abounds over druglord's whereabouts
  • Thai military set to attack Burma drug army
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    SPECIAL EDITION

  • Thailand accused of dancing to Myanmar's tune
  • Thailand's Myanmar 'appeasement' blasted
  • Ban on journalists acts against Burma
  • It's not easy making friends
  • Burma drums up border tension
  • History is no place for hysteria
  • Thai-Myanmese feud shows misunderstanding
  • Treading softly, blundering on
  • Border Disorder
  • Thai PM overplays 'love thy neighbour' policy
  • The personal touch versus Realpolitik
  • Centuries of distrust divide Burma and Thailand
  • Thaksin the weakest link over Burma
  • Thai-Burmese ties: Tough task for Thaksin
  • Bluster has many possible roots
  • He Who "Spurns Mother and Yearns for Aunt"
  • Silence before Burmese abuse
  • Pathetic effort to cling to power
  • Maung Aye visit: just a photo-op?
  • Border tension on the burner again
  • Attempts by the Burmese junta surprised analysts
  • Firm hand needed with the Burmese
  • Bangkok shakes hands with Myanmar junta
  • Chavalit has his way
  • Burmese are just rattling our cage
  • If Thaksin fails in Rangoon, it could mean war
  • Never been enslaved, but real slave
  • Words of loving kindness
  • A Decade of Thai-Burma Relations