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Myanmar frees US citizen as part of mass prisoner release: Myanmar authorities announced on Thursday that they are releasing an American citizen along with three ...
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Japanese filmmaker detained in Myanmar returns home, expresses gratitude - The Mainichi
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Japanese filmmaker detained in Myanmar returns home following junta amnesty: Toru Kubota, 26, was among four foreign nationals granted amnesty, along with 5 ...
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Myanmar frees US citizen as part of mass prisoner release: Myanmar authorities announced on Thursday that they are releasing an American citizen along with three ...
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Japanese filmmaker detained in Myanmar returns home, expresses gratitude - The Mainichi
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Japanese filmmaker detained in Myanmar returns home following junta amnesty: Toru Kubota, 26, was among four foreign nationals granted amnesty, along with 5 ...
japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/11/18/national/filmmaker-myanmar-return/
Myanmar’s Junta Recaptures Town That Was a Significant Gain for Rebels: Resistance soldiers were forced to leave Myawaddy, a key trading center on the border ...
nytimes.com/2024/04/24/world/asia/myanmar-junta-rebels-myawaddy.html
Myanmar transfers democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest: Citing the need to protect fragile detainees, including former PM Suu Kyi and ex-president ...
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Trapped inside a Myanmar labour camp running online scams: Ravi was held in a labour camp run by Chinese-speaking gangsters, forced to run romance scams.
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Myanmar rebels target stranded junta troops near Thai border: (Reuters) -- Fighting raged at Myanmar's eastern frontier with Thailand on Saturday, witnesses ...
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Quick Glance: Refugees Flee Violence in Southeastern Myanmar
- Thousands of people from Myanmar’s Kayin (Karen) State have fled to Thailand to escape the fighting between the junta and ethnic Karen troops.
- The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) captured the last military outpost in Myawaddy, leading to retreat and reinforcement by junta forces.
- The battles intensified, causing an influx of refugees crossing the Moei River into Thailand, with Thai authorities offering humanitarian aid.
- Thailand is fortifying its border defenses and providing assistance to refugees as the situation remains tense along the border.
Myanmar’s figurehead vice president, a rare holdover from Suu Kyi's civilian government, steps down
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Myanmar troops withdraw from border town following clashes: Myanmar junta troops stationed in an embattled border town have withdrawn from their positions ...
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US report: ‘Ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya took place last year: The annual US human rights report also says that Uyghurs remain in internment camps in China.
rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/rohinya-ethnic-cleansing-04222024152550.html
Myanmar regime sends Russian aircraft to bomb lost territory: BANGKOK -- From their perch in Thailand, air force officers track radar blips of the busy skies ...
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World seeing near breakdown of international law amid wars in Gaza and Ukraine, Amnesty says
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Insight: In a rebel-held Myanmar town, fragile unity pushes junta to the brink: Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized from the ...
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Myanmar instability hampers India's bid to send home refugees: Fighting between Myanmar's rebel forces and the ruling junta has delayed India's effort to send ...
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Myanmar border hub residents flee to Thailand amid gunfire, explosions: Residents of a Myanmar trade hub fled across the border to Thailand on Tuesday amid the ...
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Myanmar rebels say they have repelled junta push to take back border town: A resistance group fighting Myanmar's military rule said on Sunday its fighters had ...
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Why the War in Myanmar Matters: A devastating, yearslong civil war is heating up, but it still hasn’t attracted broad international notice.
nytimes.com/2024/04/20/world/asia/myanmar-civil-war-consequences.html
Myanmar’s junta is losing ever more ground: Our correspondent spent three days with one rebel group
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Safe-haven gold snaps record highs, heads for fourth weekly gain: Gold prices climbed on Friday to hit a historic peak as central bank purchases amid ...
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A 99-million-year-old bedbug that lived in Myanmar discovered by Israeli researchers
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Myanmar refugees take shelter in Thailand's Mae Sot: Mae Sot has become an uneasy refuge for Burmese on the run, akin to Cold War-era Berlin or Casablanca.
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KDDI, Sumitomo Corp. announce loss in Myanmar telecom business: TOKYO -- Japanese telecommunication operator KDDI announced on Wednesday that its subsidiary in ...
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Southeast Asians Don’t Really Care About the Myanmar Crisis: A recent survey of regional elite opinion shows a surprising lack of regional concern about the ...
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Burma: Military carries out heavy air strikes on town on border with Thailand: At least 130 bombs have reportedly been dropped on the rebel-held commercial town ...
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Reuters World News: Myanmar's rebels and other top stories: Iran signals to Washington that it will respond to Israel's attack on its Syrian embassy in a way ...
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ASEAN Calls Again for End to Myanmar Violence As Conflicts Flare: Foreign ministers from the Southeast Asian bloc have spoken out following the fall of Myawaddy ...
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Ethnic Mon groups announce anti-junta alliance in southern Myanmar: The Mon State Revolutionary Force and Mon State Defense Force were formed after the 2021 coup ...
rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/mon-groups-alliance-04172024161315.html
Delays, extortion and forced ID changes common for Muslims at government offices: Imagine being suddenly given a new nationality or ethnicity by a government ...
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China's military plans more drills near Myanmar border: China will hold air defence and live-fire drills near its border with Myanmar from Wednesday ...
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Thai PM says issue of Myanmar dialogue remains sensitive: Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Tuesday there were sensitive issues to consider regarding ...
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Thai PM says Myanmar regime 'losing strength': Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin told Reuters now is a good time to open talks with Myanmar as the military ...
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Southeast Asians Don’t Really Care About the Myanmar Crisis: A recent survey of regional elite opinion shows a surprising lack of regional concern about the ...
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China and ASEAN need to work together on Myanmar crisis: Observers: Beijing, for its efforts, has been unable to hold Myanmar’s military or armed groups to a ...
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Myanmar’s New Taxation and Conscription Policies Are Likely to Increase Irregular Migration
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Photographer documents disappearing face tattoos of Myanmar's Chin women: BANGKOK --- The woman's eyes are closed. She looks content, perhaps there is a ...
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🔊 Thousands of people are crossing into Thailand from Myanmar as fighting intensifies between the army and rebel groups. Hear more on Reuters World News daily ...
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Thailand denies Myanmar officials on Myawaddy evacuation flight: BANGKOK -- The Thai government on Tuesday said it remains neutral in the intensifying three-year ...
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Reuters World News: Myanmar's rebels and other top stories: Iran signals to Washington that it will respond to Israel's attack on its Syrian embassy in a way ...
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CNN verifies gruesome videos: Myanmar's military burns men alive: Since the military seized power in Myanmar in 2021, opponents of the government have been ...
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In Myanmar, young people are fleeing the country or hastily arranging shotgun weddings to avoid conscription
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/potential-conscripts-in-myanmars-war-are-avoiding-the-draft/103645960
Innovative prostheses offer hope on Thai-Myanmar border: MAE SOT, Thailand -- In a small workshop in western Thailand, Aung Tin Tun puts the finishing touches to ...
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Half of Myanmar’s people forced into poverty by civil war, UN report finds | CNN: Once considered among the most promising economies in Southeast Asia ...
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🔊 Anti-junta rebels have seized a key border town in Myanmar. Listen to @DevjyotGhoshal on what this latest defeat means for the military government ...
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Elon Musk postpones India visit | Solomon Islands' Pro-China PM wins : Watch in the top headlines of the hour: - Elon Musk postpones India visit - Myanmar ...
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12 injured in bomb blasts in Myanmar's Mandalay during Thingyan water festival: Twelve people were injured in bomb blasts during the Thingyan water festival in ...
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Myanmar troops retreat to Thai border bridge after days of fighting: Deteriorating situation in Myawaddy adds to pressure on generals who seized power in a 2021 ...
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Myanmar junta slams UN's 'one-sided' human rights claims: YANGON: Myanmar's junta on Tuesday (Apr 9) slammed the United Nation's (UN) ...
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Far from home: Rohingya families mark Eid in Indonesia: In a makeshift shelter in western Indonesia, Rohingya refugees meticulously groom themselves ...
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ASEAN says ‘deeply concerned’ over escalating Myanmar violence: BANGKOK: Regional bloc ASEAN said it is “deeply concerned” about a recent upsurge in fighting in ...
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‘We’re a single village’: India seals Myanmar border, dividing families: Families, trade and life in this pocket of northeast India knew no national borders ...
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Teacher, other villagers lead arson attack on Kachin village: Nearly 400 houses, school in Tar Ma Hkan village state burned to the ground.
rfa.org/english/multimedia/myanmar-teacher-torches-village-04102024095704.html
‘Rohingya’ a powerful word that many in Myanmar fear: Myanmar has an unfortunate claim to hosting the world’s longest civil war, stemming from the Tatmadaw’s ...
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Chevron hands Myanmar gas field stake to junta, Thailand's PTTEP: U.S. energy company Chevron has quit the Yadana natural gas field in Myanmar ...
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Couple sells tea from Myanmar labeled as Taiwan product | Taiwan News | Apr. 16, 2024 13:59
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May Phaw’s dangerous escape from Myanmar: ‘I have a son to save’: Civilians displaced by the Southeast Asian country’s three-year civil war face a journey ...
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Clashes continue at Myanmar border hub for second day: Myanmar’s military and an ethnic minority armed group clashed for a second day around a trade hub on the ...
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Four killed and 12 injured in rocket attacks in Myanmar's Pyin Oo Lwin: Four people were killed and 12 others injured in rocket attacks in Pyin Oo Lwin of ...
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Student from Myanmar drowns in New Taipei river after bet | Taiwan News | Apr. 17, 2024 18:11
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Thailand leads push for six-nation visa to attract more tourists: The plan is meant to ensure seamless mobility for travelers among neighboring countries.
japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/08/thailand-six-nation-visa-tourists/
Manchu Manoj and Bhuma Mounika blessed with a baby girl; Lakshmi Manchu thinks she looks like her
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Is Myanmar junta now recruiting Rohingyas to fight rebels?: Rohingyas living in Myanmar’s Rakhine State say that their camps were visited by junta soldiers in ...
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173 return home from Myanmar prisons: A total of 173 Bangladeshi citizens, who have been held imprisoned in Sittwe (Akyab), the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine ...
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Kubota sees 'no need' for pessimism if Trump wins, executive says: TOKYO -- The heavy machinery industry could experience potential upsides ...
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Over four kilos of heroin seized in eastern Myanmar: Myanmar authorities have seized 4.4kg of heroin in the country's eastern Shan state ...
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173 Bangladeshi nationals to return home from Myanmar: The largest return of Bangladeshi citizens from Myanmar took place as 173 'verified Bangladeshi' today en ...
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Thailand proposed ASEAN meeting on Myanmar conflict - Asia & Pacific - The Jakarta Post
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ASEAN Calls Again for End to Myanmar Violence As Conflicts Flare: Foreign ministers from the Southeast Asian bloc have spoken out following the fall of Myawaddy ...
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Southeast Asia hit by extreme heat wave: In Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines, temperatures are reaching 40° or even 45°C.
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Festive flavours of Asia: From Songkran in Thailand to Thingyan in Myanmar, we are joined by our neighbours in celebrating the new year. Needless to say ...
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VIDEO: Burmese queue to enter Thailand amid border clashes:
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24 more BGP members take shelter in Bangladesh: Twenty-four more members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police took shelter in Bangladesh in the last two days amid ...
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ASEAN embassies celebrate traditional New Year Festival | kuwaittimes: ASEAN embassies celebrate traditional New Year Festival - Kuwait - KUWAIT: Embassies in ...
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Clashes in Myanmar: 13 more BGP members in Bangladesh: "Currently 274 BGP members are in BGB custody."
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Two Bangladeshi fishermen injured in BGP firing in Teknaf: At a time when Bangladesh is providing shelter to members of Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) fleeing ...
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India needs to protect its strategic stakes in 'unstable' Myanmar
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Will Myanmar's military junta collapse? - Academia - The Jakarta Post: Will Myanmar's military junta collapse? - Academia - The Jakarta Post
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46 more BGP members take refuge in Bangladesh: Forty-six more members of Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) have taken shelter in Bangladesh last night amid the ...
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