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The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

Coup, Covid, climate: the triple threat chasing citizens from Myanmar’s rice bowl

In the country’s agricultural heartland, threats posed to villagers across the Global South have collided head-on

The Guardian - AU

FTI, KBank gauge effect on Thai investors

The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is assessing the impact on Thai investors in Myanmar after authorities in that country ordered companies there to suspend debt payments for foreign loans.

Bangkok Post

Australian embassy spends $750,000 at luxury hotel linked to Myanmar's military junta

Official documents reveal an Australian embassy spent $750,000 at a luxury hotel built on land owned and leased by Myanmar's military junta, with activists saying taxpayer dollars should not have been used.

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Myanmar accused of war crimes over ‘depraved use’ of landmines

Amnesty says military has been laying mines on a ‘massive scale’ in eastern Kayah state.

Al Jazeera

Amnesty Intl says Myanmar army has laid landmines in Kayah

Amnesty International says Myanmar’s military has laid landmines that have killed and injured people in and around villages in Kayah, a conflict-affected region near the border with Thailand

The Independent UK

Thai firms unfazed by Myanmar move

Most Thai listed companies will experience limited impact from the Central Bank of Myanmar's order to temporarily prohibit companies and retail borrowers from repaying foreign loans to sustain the country's foreign exchange reserves as most Thai companies operating in Myanmar do not have debts in foreign currency.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar marks 75th anniversary of killing of founding father

Myanmar’s military-ruled government and its opponents are marking the 75th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San, the father of the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi

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Myanmar men arrested for ransom-murder

RANONG: Two Myanmar men have been arrested for the murder of the father of two local politicians after demanding 8 million baht ransom, police said.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar illegals caught in Prachuap

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Fifteen Myanmar men who had sneaked across the border in search of jobs were arrested by border patrol police on Monday, in Muang district of this lower Central province.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar central bank orders firms with up to 35% foreign ownership to convert forex

Myanmar's central bank has ordered companies with up to 35% foreign ownership to convert foreign exchange into the local currency, state media reported on Monday, extending a rule aimed at relieving pressure on the kyat to include more businesses.

Bangkok Post

Fear rules desolate border battleground

Many houses have their own bunkers, with some villagers even digging holes and putting layers of sandbags around them. A few houses even have concrete or wooden roofing covered with sandbags.

Bangkok Post

Brown sugar seized in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district bordering Myanmar

The seized drug is estimated to be worth about ₹6.40 crore in the international market

The Hindu

Myanmar leader shops for support, weapons in Moscow

Myanmar generals invest in Russia relationship as much of the world gives them the cold shoulder.

Al Jazeera

‘Top Guns’ in full control

The intrusion of a fighter jet from Myanmar into Thai airspace last month has provided ammunition for another political attack against the government, which insisted it has been defending the nation’s territorial integrity to its full capacity.

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi testifies in election fraud trial

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is testifying for the first time in an election fraud charge against her and two co-defendants

Bangkok Post

Myanmar suspends foreign loan repayments amid dollar crunch

YANGON: The Central Bank of Myanmar ordered companies and individual borrowers to suspend repayment of foreign loans, the latest in a series of steps to defend the nation’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves.

Reuters

Facebook-owner Meta releases first human rights report

Facebook owner Meta released its first annual human rights report on Thursday, following years of accusations that it turned a blind eye to online abuses that fueled real-world violence in places like India and Myanmar.

Bangkok Post

Bomb in Myanmar's Yangon kills 2, wounds 11

A bomb blast near a shopping mall in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon has killed two people and wounded eleven, rescue workers and local media said on Wednesday.

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Migrant worker killed, 10 injured in Songkhla crash

SONGKHLA: One Myanmar worker was killed and 10 injured when the minibus they were in was hit by a trailer truck while making a U-turn in Sadao district on Tuesday evening, police said.

Bangkok Post

RTAF tries to salvage reputation with clip

The air force has released a video clip to try to rebut criticism about the country's airspace defence capabilities following the incursion by a Myanmar fighter jet at the end of last month.

Reuters

Russia says it will deepen defence cooperation with Myanmar

(This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine.)

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta chief visits Moscow

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing visited Moscow Tuesday, Russian media reported, as the US vowed to put pressure on his military regime over a 2021 coup.

Bangkok Post

Film director's mum seeks son's release

The mother of famous action film director Ramai "Danny" Moriphan asked police to investigate his alleged abduction in Myanmar.

Bangkok Post

Film director Ramai's mum seeks son's release

The mother of famous action film director and fight choreographer Ramai "Danny" Moriphan filed a request at Royal Thai Police Headquarters on Monday, pleading with officers to investigate his alleged abduction in Myanmar.

Reuters

Myanmar's junta rolls out Chinese camera surveillance systems in more cities

Myanmar's junta government is installing Chinese-built cameras with facial recognition capabilities in more cities across the country, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

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