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.

Myanmar displaced now at 3 million: UN

The number of displaced people in Myanmar has reached three million, the United Nations said, the vast majority forced to flee their homes by conflict unleashed by the military’s 2021 coup. The coup …