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Myanmar says UN envoy illegitimate ahead of credentials decision
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (410+ words) YANGON (AFP): Myanmar’s military-backed government said Sunday their UN ambassador — loyal to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi — is occupying the office illegitimately, as the organisation prepares to weigh his replacement. Myanmar has been embroiled in civil war since a…...
Human rights in Myanmar hitting a ‘new low’: UN
2+ week, 5+ day ago (375+ words) GENEVA (AFP): The already dire human rights situation in Myanmar has plunged to a “new low”, particularly for minorities, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. The UN human rights office denounced the “ever-worsening brutal abuse” of the Rohingya minority, and…...
Myanmar: The Architecture of Statelessness
3+ week, 6+ day ago (103+ words) How Myanmar stripped the Rohingya of citizenship, leading to mass expulsions and a genocide case at the ICJ. The Rohingya of Myanmar have faced decades of discrimination and forced displacement, and a case alleging genocide now sits before the International…...
US and ASEAN chair call for unconditional release of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (287+ words) MANILA (Reuters): The US State Department and the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Friday reiterated their calls for the unconditional release of Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners. On Monday,…...
Myanmar’s former junta chief on first Thailand trip as civilian leader
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (621+ words) BANGKOK (AFP): Myanmar’s ex-junta chief Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Bangkok Thursday for his first visit to Thailand as civilian leader, as he seeks a return to the diplomatic fold for his pariah state. As a general, he led a…...
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi meets Red Cross official, government says
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (186+ words) BANGKOK (Reuters): Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday, a spokeswoman for the Myanmar government said, amid concerns over the health of the 81-year-old. The…...
Top diplomats gather for security forum in Southeast Asia
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (381+ words) MANILA (Reuters): Top diplomats from Asia, Europe and North America gathered on Thursday for the security-focused ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila, where ministers were expected to issue calls for a peaceful settlement after renewed and intensifying hostilities in the Middle…...
Philippine Foreign Secretary says ASEAN must work together
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (99+ words) Philippine Foreign Secretary says ASEAN must work together Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must work together to shield external pressures, as the group holds a summit in Manila. More from the same…...
China detains US seismologist who has studied North Korean nuclear tests
2+ mon, 10+ hour ago (238+ words) WASHINGTON (Reuters): A Chinese-born American seismologist who has published US-funded work on detecting North Korean nuclear tests has been detained in China for nearly two years and faces trial on spying charges, according to his wife, US lawmakers and two…...
Exclusive: Infiltrating Myanmar’s scam syndicates
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (89+ words) Southeast Asia’s cyberscam industry has trafficked at least 300,000 people from more than 60 countries, and stolen trillions of dollars from victims across the world. In this global exclusive, 101 East exposes how the industry is run with impunity. This two-year investigation reveals…...