Singapore got off to an encouraging start in the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup with 3-2 win over Myanmar, but will need much improvement if they are to advance from the group stage.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi To Hear Final Verdicts In Junta Trial
A Myanmar junta court could hand down the final verdicts in an 18-month trial of Aung San Suu Kyi next week, closing the latest chapter in the military’s decades-long battle with the democracy …
UN Security Council trying to ‘destabilize’ Myanmar – junta
Myanmar’s junta on Friday slammed a United National Security Council resolution calling for an end to violence and release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, accusing the powerful body of attempting …
Thailand’s PTT halts fuel storage project in Myanmar, citing unrest
The subsidiary, PTT Oil and Retail Business (PTTOR), holds a 35% stake in Bright Energy, a joint venture formed in 2019 with a unit under Myanmar conglomerate Kanbawza Group. Bright Energy had been …
One Woman’s Journey From Persecution in Myanmar to Sex Work in Thailand
Aomsin, from Myanmar, is a sex worker in Thailand in her 20s. She recounted her story to authors Shivaji Das and Yolanda Yu, who collected Aomsin’s and many other migrant workers’ personal histories in their book “The Visible Invisibles: Stories of Migrant Workers in Asia.
‘The junta is heartless’: Landmine victims blame Myanmar military
Myanmar’s military accused of deliberately planting landmines to target civilians as armed resistance movement grows.
UNSC resolution commends Bangladesh’s efforts for hosting Rohingyas in Bangladesh
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which has adopted it’s first-ever resolution on “situation in Myanmar”, highly commended Bangladesh’s efforts for hosting and providing humanitarian support to the Rohingyas in Bangladesh.
Myanmar: ‘If I get the first shot, I will kill you son’
“I’m sure I will kill you – if I get to fire first,” warns the father. He’s on the phone to his son, who is serving in the Myanmar military. Bo Kyar Yine joined the armed resistance after a military …
Action needed to stop carnage in Myanmar, says UN expert
While noting that the UN Security Council has adopted a resolution on Myanmar for the first time since a military coup nearly two years ago, Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of …
Posco’s Myanmar energy ties flying under ESG radar
Posco International Corp is one of the last foreign companies with a significant stake in Myanmar’s oil and gas sector, despite the industry’s ties to a military regime that has been widely condemned …