Businesses in Myanmar’s Mandalay say workforce in some sectors has halved as junta conscription teams hunt down young men for depleted military.
Thai PM says sensitive issues at play in Myanmar dialogue, must address all sides
There were sensitive issues in initiating talks between Myanmar’s junta and anti-junta groups, Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said after a cabinet meeting that discussed the escalating …
Chevron hands Myanmar gas field stake to junta, Thailand’s PTTEP
U.S. energy company Chevron has quit the Yadana natural gas field in Myanmar, a spokesperson said on Monday, more than two years after it condemned violence and human rights abuses there and announced …
Ethnic guerrillas in Myanmar look set to seize an important town on the Thai border from military
Guerrilla fighters from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority are claiming to be close to seizing control of a major trading town bordering Thailand …
Thailand plans Schengen-style visa for Asia: How does it impact you?
Thai Prime Minister is in discussion with Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Vietnam for a Schengen-style visa programme …
Myanmar’s army massacred Rohingyas. Now it wants their help
Nearly seven years after the Myanmar military killed thousands of Muslim Rohingyas, in what the UN called “textbook ethnic cleansing”, it wants their help.From interviews with Rohingyas living in …
Watch: Rohingya conscripts seen at Myanmar military camp
Footage seen by the BBC shows Rohingya men at an army training camp, being taught how to use rifles. Several recruits said that army officers had ordered young Rohingya men living in camps for the …
Myanmar army loses border town in another big defeat
The military regime which seized power in Myanmar three years ago has suffered another big defeat, this time on the eastern border with Thailand.Troops had suffered weeks of attacks by ethnic Karen …
U.N. taps ex-Australian foreign minister as special envoy for Myanmar
BANGKOK — The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Julie Bishop, a former Australian foreign minister, as his next special envoy for Myanmar. The position has been vacant …
Former Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop named UN Myanmar envoy
UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on April 5 appointed former Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop as his new envoy for Myanmar, his office said in a statement. As civil …