Tag: Myanmar
Hong Kong sets up task force on Southeast Asian job scams
In recent months, victims have reported being lured to countries such as Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos
UN envoy calls for end to conflict after meeting Myanmar junta
Some opponents of military rule feared the junta regime would use the visit to promote its own legitimacy
Cardinal Bo warns of escalating crackdown by Myanmar’s military junta
Cardinal Bo said the current situation “is very complex and at the same time very confusing and very unpredictable”
Myanmar junta court jails Suu Kyi for six years for corruption
Suu Kyi, 77, has been detained since the generals toppled her government in a coup on February 1 last year
China’s rare earth mining in Myanmar fuels rights abuses, pollution, says...
Global Witness found that China had outsourced much of its industry across the border to a remote corner of Kachin state
Myanmar’s military junta commits ‘crimes against humanity,’ says new report
The UN report said children in Myanmar have been tortured, conscripted and arbitrarily detained, including as proxies for their parents
Global coalition of religions assures solidarity with people of Myanmar in...
The group lauded the people of Myanmar for their “endurance as a community of believers, devoted to one another”
Philippine women’s group calls for justice for four activists executed in...
The death sentences are the first known judicial executions in Myanmar since 1988, according to Amnesty International
ASEAN ministers urge restraint after US House Speaker Pelosi’s Taiwan visit
"We hope that all sides will try their best to deescalate the tension"
ASEAN warns Myanmar against more executions
The 10-nation regional bloc has spearheaded so far fruitless efforts to restore peace to the country after a military coup last year
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