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Cambodia hosts meeting on humanitarian assistance to Myanmar

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has convened a meeting in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, in an effort to organize humanitarian assistance for strife-torn Myanmar

The Independent UK

How the Karen became crucial to Myanmar’s anti-coup resistance

The Karen National Union is providing protection and training to anti-coup activists in eastern Myanmar.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar job seekers arrested near Malaysian border

SONGKHLA: Fourteen illegal Myanmar migrants heading for promised jobs in Malaysia were arrested near the southern border in Sadao district in the early hours of Thursday.

Bangkok Post

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Myanmar Supreme Court 'summarily dismisses' Suu Kyi appeal -source

The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday struck down an appeal from deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi against a five-year jail sentence she was handed last week on corruption charges.

Reuters

Record 28 countries rated ‘very bad’ in press freedom index

Myanmar and Hong Kong among worst performers while UK ranked 24th and US 42nd

The Guardian - UK

Refugees, evacuees find homes and support in the Ohio Valley

Refugee resettlement agencies in Kentucky and Ohio have helped Afghan parolees, and the region has a long history of resettling people from around the world. From 2020 through 2021, 4,577 refugees resettled in Kentucky, almost half from Democratic Republic of Congo, followed by Cuba and Myanmar. During the same period,…

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Cambodia PM appeals to Myanmar junta for access to Suu Kyi

Cambodia's prime minister has urged Myanmar's top general to allow a special Southeast Asian envoy access to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in his strongest call so far for the junta chief to demonstrate commitment to a regional peace process.

Reuters

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Myanmar regime condemns Malaysia call for ASEAN to work with NUG

Military-appointed foreign minister says Malaysia’s proposal is ‘irresponsible and reckless’.

Al Jazeera

Asean tackling aid for Myanmar people

Despite setbacks due to the unsettled domestic conditions inside Myanmar since the coup in February 2021, Asean is moving ahead to explore practical ways to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to the affected peoples of Myanmar, the number of which will soon reach one million.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar's Suu Kyi charged with bribery as new trial opens

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has gone on trial in the latest corruption case filed against her

The Independent UK

57 caught for illegal entry on western border

KANCHANABURI: Fifty-seven Myanmar nationals were arrested at a border village in Muang district of this western border province on Monday by a government patrol, police said.

Bangkok Post

Japan's Kishida in Thailand to talk about economics, Myanmar

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to talk with his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha about economic matters, upheaval in Myanmar and Russia’s war in Ukraine when they meet Monday

The Independent UK

Police raid Pattaya drug party

Sixteen people, most from China and Myanmar, were arrested and drugs seized during a police raid in Pattaya early on Saturday morning.

Bangkok Post

PTTEP quitting Yetagun gas field in Myanmar

PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) of Thailand and Petronas of Malaysia say they are withdrawing from the Yetagun natural gas project in coup-hit Myanmar.

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Chinese, Myanmar, Thais arrested at drug party in Pattaya

CHON BURI: Sixteen people, most from China and Myanmar, were arrested and some illicit drugs seized during a police raid on a commercial building in Pattaya early on Saturday morning, police said.

The News Lens

Myanmar Junta Hits Opposition Forces With Communications Blackouts

Myanmar’s junta has been cracking down on opposition forces by cutting off mobile internet service and telephone lines in strongholds of local armed groups.

Bangkok Post

Govt grateful for drug lord's deportation

Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin on Thursday thanked Myanmar authorities for repatriating Thawatchai Aomchompoo, one of Thailand's most-wanted drug suspects.

The Hindu

Myanmar’s woes

Silencing Ms. Suu Kyi will not help the junta tighten its control over a rebellious country

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300 Thai women forced into prostitution in Myanmar: escapee

About 300 Thai women have been forced into prostitution at a casino near the Thai-Myanmar border adjacent to Tak province, according to a 25-year-old woman who managed to escape.

Bangkok Post

India leads as internet shutdowns surge from Myanmar to Russia

India disrupted or blocked internet access at least 106 times last year, making it the world’s biggest offender for the fourth straight year, according to a report from digital rights advocacy group Access Now.

Bangkok Post

Illegal job seekers found hiding under cabbages in pickup trucks

Fourteen illegal job seekers from Myanmar and three Thais were arrested after the migrants were found hiding in the beds of two loaded cabbage pickup trucks in Phop Phra district of Tak.

Reuters

Explainer-Suu Kyi's uphill battle in Myanmar junta's secretive courts

A court in army-ruled Myanmar delivered a guilty verdict and five-year prison term for 76-year-old former leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday, adding to six years already handed down in trials since December.

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Daily Dose Ep 1031: Sec 144 in Roorkee, judge questions Umar's jumla remark

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from the Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Myanmar .

France 24

Malaysian authorities start 'witch hunt' for Rohingyas fleeing migrant detention centre

Nearly 500 Rohingya refugees fled a detention centre where they were being held in Malaysia on April 20. Dozens of videos show them running along the highways, panicked. Most were later arrested by police. However, on April 26, Malaysian authorities called on the local population to find the 61 Rohingya…

Tribune News Service

Myanmar court adds more jail time for Suu Kyi on corruption

A special court in Myanmar sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison in the first of several corruption charges leveled against the deposed civilian leader, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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