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As long as Myanmar’s junta enjoys the support of Russia and China, there is little chance that the UN would support the idea of a no-fly zone.

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New pragmatism on the rise in Asean

While the Myanmar quagmire will continue to dominate Asean's agenda under Cambodia and future chairs, one must not forget that the current chair must also deal with a myriad of challenges across all sectors of the grouping's ongoing cooperation. The much-awaited foreign ministerial retreat last Thursday has once again shown…

Bangkok Post

EU slaps sanctions on 22 officials over Myanmar human rights abuses

The European Union is imposing sanctions on several top officials in Myanmar including government ministers, election officials and top military brass over ongoing human rights abuses

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Myanmar Seeks to Have Rohingya Case Thrown Out of UN Court

Lawyers for Myanmar's military rulers on Monday sought the dismissal of a case that accuses the Southeast Asian nation of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority, saying the United Nations’ top court lacked jurisdiction. Public hearings at the International Court of Justice went ahead amid questions about who should represent…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN court to open hearings in Rohingya genocide case

Myanmar’s shadow civilian administration has called on the United Nations’ top court not to allow the country’s military rulers to represent the Southeast Asian nation at hearings into a case accusing the country of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority

The Independent UK

World Court Myanmar genocide case clouded by representation dispute

The World Court started to hear preliminary arguments on Monday in a case brought against Myanmar demanding that it halt alleged acts of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, with representatives of the junta appearing for Myanmar.

Reuters

Myanmar junta takes place of Aung San Suu Kyi at Rohingya hearing

Military, which seized power in February 2021, seeks to throw out UN case alleging it committed genocide

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Myanmar junta urges Asean envoy not to engage with 'terrorist' groups

Myanmar's military government has criticised calls for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' special envoy to the conflict-torn country to meet bodies that oppose last year's coup, which the junta has declared as "terrorist" groups.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta urges ASEAN envoy not to engage with 'terrorist' groups

Reuters

‘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.

Bangkok Post

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.

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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.

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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.

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

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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.

The Hindu

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.

Dynamite News

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.

Bangkok Post

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.

Reuters

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.

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

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