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ASEAN envoy says urged restraint from Myanmar military, discussed Suu Kyi access

A Southeast Asian envoy said on Wednesday he had urged Myanmar's ruling military to show restraint during offensives and was told by the junta leader there would be no access to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi while her trial was ongoing.

Reuters

Myanmar dismisses US labelling of Rohingya repression as genocide

Myanmar's government has rejected the United States' labelling of the Southeast Asian nation's military repression of the Rohingya ethnic minority as genocide, saying the country has "never engaged in any genocidal actions."

Bangkok Post

Military attacks endanger people with limited mobility in Myanmar

Over 60s and those with disabilities face greater risks as military crackdown on anti-coup movement continues.

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Trafficking case in limbo

The United States' declaration that Myanmar's military committed genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority is a major step to bringing justice to the issue.

Bangkok Post

Frustration in Myanmar over ASEAN envoy's peace mission

Small protests took place in military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday against a visit by a Southeast Asian envoy, whose peace mission has been derided by critics as a failure and an endorsement of a junta condemned by the United Nations for its harsh rule.

Reuters

More illegal border crossers caught

KANCHANABURI: A total of 40 Myanmar nationals were arrested on Sunday and Monday after illegally crossing the border into Thailand in Muang, Sangkhla Buri and Thong Pha Phum districts of this western province.

Bangkok Post

Hundreds of children detained by the Myanmar military, minister says

Whereabouts of children taken by the military since the 2021 coup are mostly unknown, according to Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe

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ASEAN envoy meets generals in controversial Myanmar visit

It is unclear whether Prak Sokhonn will meet members of the Natonal Unity Government or detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi

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Preventing a proxy war in Myanmar

While it still can, Asean must prevent a proxy war in Myanmar.

Bangkok Post

Rohingya refugees welcome US calling repression genocide

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s sprawling camps have welcomed an announcement by the U.S. calling the repression on the minority group in Myanmar a genocide

The Independent UK

US confirms Myanmar 'committed genocide’ against Rohingya

The United States officially declared Monday that violence against the Rohingya committed by Myanmar's military amounted to genocide, saying there was clear evidence of an attempt to "destroy" the Muslim minority.

Bangkok Post

US says Myanmar repression of Muslim Rohingya is genocide

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the violent repression of the largely Muslim Rohingya population in Myanmar amounts to genocide

The Independent UK

Blinken says Myanmar army committed genocide in 'widespread and systematic' attacks on Rohingya

The United States formally determined that Myanmar's army committed genocide and crimes against humanity in its violence against the Rohingya minority, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, warning that as long as a military junta was in power nobody in the country would be safe.

Reuters

'Kill more': Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya

A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority in advertisements submitted to run on its platform

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Biden administration rules Myanmar committed genocide against minority Rohingya

Myanmar’s junta has been accused of excesses against Rohingyas, including mass rapes and killings

Axios

U.S. declares Myanmar's military committed genocide against Rohingya minority

Myanmar's military launched a bloody campaign against the ethnic minority in 2017.

The Times of India

Depression over Bay of Bengal likely to intensify into cyclonic storm; moderate rain likely in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

NEW DELHI: The depression over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south Andaman Sea has moved north-northeastwards, intensified into a deep depression at 0530 hours on Monday over north Andaman Sea and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal. It lay centred at 0830 hours IST, over the same region near latitude…

Bangkok Post

Peace envoy begins Myanmar trip as opponents deride 'shameful' Asean

A special Southeast Asian envoy started meetings on Monday aimed at ending hostilities in Myanmar, a visit met with anger from opposition groups who said it showed deference to its military rulers and disdain for the will of the people.

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ASEAN envoy for Myanmar crisis arrives on first mission

Cambodia’s foreign minister arrived Monday in Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw on his mission as a special regional envoy seeking to facilitate peacemaking in the fellow Southeast Asian nation

Reuters

Peace envoy begins Myanmar trip as opponents deride 'shameful' ASEAN

Bangkok Post

Explainer: Who are the Rohingya?

The United States will Monday officially declare that Myanmar military violence against Rohingya Muslims that sent more than 700,000 fleeing amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity.

Al Jazeera

US declares Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya

Antony Blinken says evidence shows military had ‘clear intent’ to commit genocide in Myanmar.

The Independent UK

US to declare Rohingya repression in Myanmar a 'genocide'

U_S_ officials say the Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar's years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a “genocide.”

Reuters

Biden administration rules Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya

The Biden administration has formally determined that violence committed against the Rohingya minority by Myanmar's military amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, U.S. officials told Reuters, a move that advocates say should bolster efforts to hold the junta that now runs Myanmar accountable.

Bangkok Post

Japan’s Kishida, Cambodia's Hun Sen hold talks over Ukraine, Myanmar

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began talks with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen on Sunday and is expected to seek further cooperation in dealing with Russia's intensifying aggression on Ukraine.

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