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Business · United StatesA Bangkok -based plastics firm has agreed to pay $20 million to settle with the U.S. over 467 “egregious” violations of Iran sanctions, the U.S. Treasury announced on Friday. SCG Plastics Co. used U.S. banks to process $291 million in sales of Iranian high-density polyethylene resin from 2017 to 2018, according to the signed settlement agreement between the firm and Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. The resin, used for product bottles and industrial items, was manufactured by an Iranian joint venture owned in part, by SCG Plastics’ parent company, SCG Chemicals and the National Petrochemical Company of Iran, which is a government entity. The settlement states that SCG Plastics used “shipping and documentation practices that obfuscated the product’s Iranian origin and Iranian parties’ involvement,” which caused banks to unknowingly process transfers in violation of OFAC’s sanctions on Iran.See the Story
Thai plastics firm will pay $20 million to settle with U.S. over Iran sanctions violations
62% Center coverage: 13 sources
Aung San Suu Kyi · Myanmar (Burma)About 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand, officials said Saturday, as fresh fighting erupted at a border town that has recently been captured by ethnic guerillas. Fighters from the Karen ethnic minority last week captured the last of the Myanmar army’s outposts in and around Myawaddy, which is connected to Thailand by two bridges across the Moei River. The latest clashes were triggered in the morning when the Karen guerillas launched an attack against Myanmar troops who were hiding near the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, a major crossing point for trade with Thailand, said police chief Pittayakorn Phetcharat in Thailand’s Mae Sot district. He estimated about 1,300 people fled into Thailand. Thai officials reported people had started crossing since Friday following clashes in several areas of Myawaddy.See the Story
About 1,300 people from Myanmar flee into Thailand after clashes broke out in a key border town
46% Center coverage: 33 sources
Christopher Luxon · ThailandThailand and New Zealand on Wednesday vowed to boost economic cooperation with an aim to triple two-way trade by 2045, as the New Zealand leader visited Thailand for the first time in 11 years.See the Story
Thailand and New Zealand vow to strengthen economic ties as they set lofty new trade goals
60% Center coverage: 10 sources
Thailand Politics · ThailandThailand’s foreign minister on Friday said he urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents, and that so far they seemed to be exercising restraint.See the Story
Thai foreign minister urges Myanmar's military to avoid attack on border
61% Center coverage: 13 sources
Srettha Thavisin · BangkokThailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday revealed details of his government’s plan to stimulate the economy by giving digital cash handouts of 10,000 baht ($275) to an estimated 50 million Thais for spending at their local businesses. See the Story
Thai prime minister unveils details of a $13.5 billion digital money handout plan
45% Center coverage: 9 sources
Thailand Politics · Myanmar (Burma)Guerrilla fighters from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority claimed Monday to be close to seizing control of a major trading town bordering Thailand, as soldiers and civil servants loyal to the military government appeared to be preparing to abandon their positions.See the Story
Ethnic guerrillas in Myanmar look set to seize important town on Thai border
49% Center coverage: 8 sources
Thailand Politics · ThailandThailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday said it will rule on whether to dissolve the political party that won the most seats in last year’s election for allegedly violating the constitution by proposing to amend a law against defaming the country’s royal family.
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Thailand’s Constitutional Court says it will rule on whether to dissolve popular Move Forward party
37% Left coverage: 19 sources