Heavy rains hit Yangon, Myanmar

Vehicles run along a road amid heavy rain in Yangon, Myanmar, May 11, 2024. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua) Vehicles run along a road amid heavy rain in Yangon, Myanmar, May 11, 2024. (Photo by Myo …

Myanmar junta attacks monastery – at least 16 dead after airstrikes

BANGKOK/YANGON (dpa): At least 16 people have been killed in a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar in an airstrike by the military junta. Around 50 others were injured in the attack on Thursday morning in the Magwe region in the centre of the country, an eyewitness who was also involved in the rescue work told dpa on Friday.

Keep quiet on Myanmar

Reports that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra held talks with Myanmar’s ethnic rebel groups in Chiang Mai last month are causing an innumerable number of jaws to drop. Lest we forget, the 74-year-old veteran politician is still officially serving a sentence, albeit on parole. He will only be completely free in August.