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The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

‘Important opportunity’: Myanmar Rohingya genocide case to resume

Experts say unease over military representatives appearing should not detract from securing justice for Rohingya.

Al Jazeera

UN court hearings set to resume into Rohingya genocide case

An international case accusing Myanmar of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority is returning to the United Nations’ highest court amid questions over whether the country’s military rulers should even be allowed to represent the Southeast Asian nation

The Independent UK

22 Myanmar job seekers, 4 with Covid, arrested in Hat Yai

SONGKHLA: Twenty-two Myanmar nationals were arrested in Hat Yai district of this southern province on Saturday, police said.

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226 job seekers from Myanmar caught for illegal entry

A total of 226 job seekers from Myanmar were caught for illegal entry in two locations in Muang district of Prachuap Khiri Khan early Saturday.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar asked to cooperate with Asean envoy

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has called on Myanmar to facilitate visits by its new special envoy to help defuse its political conflict, according to a statement released after a meeting of foreign ministers this week.

Bangkok Post

Suspected human trafficker arrested in Songkhla

SONGKHLA: A man wanted for alleged involvement in smuggling illegal migrants from Myanmar to Malaysia was arrested at a house in Sadao district of this southern province on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

Mitsubishi, Petronas to sell stakes in Myanmar Yetagun gas field

TOKYO/SINGAPORE: Malaysia's Petronas and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp are divesting their stakes in Myanmar's Yetagun gas field, the companies said, in the latest exits by major energy companies from the country since last year's military coup.

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Philippines, like New Zealand, rejects Myanmar in trade pact

The Philippines joins New Zealand in its decision to reject Myanmar under the world’s largest free trade pact that took effect this year

The Independent UK

Myanmar junta, ousted government fight for recognition at top U.N. court

Myanmar's military junta is to take part in hearings at the top United Nations court in The Hague next week despite a complaint from political opponents that this could give it international recognition without legal standing.

Reuters

Myanmar junta plans digital lottery to shore up state revenue

Myanmar’s military regime plans to start an online lottery in the next two months as it hunts for new revenue streams to offset a slump in tax collections from an economy battered by the pandemic and the exit of foreign companies following the coup.

Bangkok Post

Foreign naval officers complete training at Kochi Naval Base

Thirteen officers from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar and Nigeria completed Anti-Submarine Warfare Specialisation Course at Anti-Submarine Warfare School at the Naval Base here on Thursday.

The Hindu

Myanmar military razed over 4500 homes since last year's coup

Since the coup just over a year ago, Myanmar's military troops have razed at least 4,571 civilian homes, more than half of which were in the country's embattled Sagaing region, according to a media report.

Dynamite News

169 illegal migrants, four guides caught in Kanchanaburi

KANCHANABURI: A total of 169 job seekers from Myanmar were caught for illegal entry in six locations in three districts of this province on Wednesday and Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Factbox-ASEAN's five-point peace agreement on the crisis in Myanmar

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have urged Myanmar's military to follow a five-point "consensus" it agreed to last year at a crisis meeting of the bloc's leaders to address deadly unrest that followed a coup.

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The Independent UK

ASEAN foreign ministers meet dominated by Myanmar's absence

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have held their annual retreat without their counterpart from military-ruled Myanmar, who was blackballed from participating but allowed to attend online as an observer

The Independent UK

New Zealand won't engage Myanmar in largest free trade bloc

New Zealand says it will not deal with Myanmar under a major 15-nation trade agreement, the world’s largest that took effect this year, citing the deadly violence and democratic setbacks in the Southeast Asian country after the military seized power

Bangkok Post

Asean talks in Cambodia focusing on Myanmar

PHNOM PENH: Southeast Asian nations were holding talks in Cambodia on Thursday, amid divisions in the bloc over how to restore stability in Myanmar after the military coup there a year ago.

Al Jazeera

Australia and UK deepen security ties amid China worries

Two leaders say there has been ‘significant progress’ in AUKUS plan for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.

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ASEAN envoy seeks Myanmar junta blessing to meet its opponents

A special Southeast Asian envoy to the crisis in Myanmar on Thursday said he was seeking to visit the country next month and appealed to its military junta to give its blessing for him to talk with a shadow government it has labelled "terrorists".

Reuters

Norway can't stop transfer of Telenor data to Myanmar rulers-minister

The Norwegian government would be unable to prevent a transfer of customer data from telecoms operator Telenor's Myanmar unit to the Asian country's military rulers, Norway's industry minister said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar military jet crashes after 'technical failure'

A Myanmar military jet crashed Wednesday morning after a "technical failure" while flying in the country's north, the junta's information team said in a statement.

Bangkok Post

Telenor investors scrutinise Myanmar sale

OSLO: Several investors in Telenor are seeking assurances from the Norwegian telecoms company that customer data will be protected following the sale of its operations in Myanmar.

The Independent UK

Japan's Kirin to sell China joint venture to investment fund

Kirin is selling its China joint venture to an investment fund, shortly after the Japanese beer and beverage maker decided to pull out of Myanmar, where it had a beer brewery

The News Lens

Myanmar Issue Hardens Divisions in ASEAN

Analysts said a troika had emerged made up of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei, which share religious sympathies with the Muslim Rohingya and have opposed bringing the Myanmar junta into ASEAN after it was banned from attending its summits in response to the coup.

The Guardian - AU

Future Fund forced to divest $5m from sanctioned Chinese weapons company

The investment was first revealed using freedom of information laws which the Coalition is trying to prevent happening again

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