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More than 100 million people displaced worldwide, UN refugee agency says

The UN refugee agency says the world has reached a "dramatic milestone", with more than 100 million people around the world now forced to flee their homes due to persecution, war and human rights violations.

ABC News

Myanmar not part of ASEAN meet

India had been under pressure to avoid the country’s inclusion at the meeting

The Hindu

Academics call on government to let Myanmar students stay in Australia due to danger back home

Myanmar scholarship recipients must return home on completion of their studies in Australia, but senior academics say there is a risk they could be tortured if sent back.

ABC News

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Children killed, tortured in Myanmar junta's crackdown, UN expert says

Scores of children have been killed in Myanmar since last year's coup, not just in the crossfire of conflict but as deliberate targets of a military willing to inflict immense suffering, a United Nations expert said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Urgent UN appeal to Myanmar junta to halt executions

The United Nations rights chief said Tuesday Myanmar's junta has likely committed crimes against humanity and urged authorities to stop planned executions, including of prominent democracy activists.

Bangkok Post

Officials accused of aiding gun runners

Government officials arrested for alleged criminal involvement in the running of guns to Myanmar will also face an Interior Ministry investigation for serious disciplinary breaches.

Bangkok Post

Mae Sot 'perfect' for casino

Mae Sot district in Tak is "almost ready" to host an entertainment complex along the border with Myanmar, which will compete with a similar complex that opened in Myawaddy on Myanmar's side, according to a House committee.

Bangkok Post

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China’s military buildup needs to be transparent: Australia

Richard Marles tells Al Jazeera China’s military build-up is the most ambitious since the end of World War II.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar junta can't beat rebels, should restore democracy - US diplomat

Myanmar's junta likely cannot to defeat the rebels fighting its rule and should restore democracy after seizing power last year, a senior US diplomat said.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta can't beat rebels, should restore democracy - U.S. diplomat

Myanmar's junta likely cannot to defeat the rebels fighting its rule and should restore democracy after seizing power last year, a senior U.S. diplomat said.

Reuters

Thai envoy warns against 'cancel rhetoric' on Myanmar

SINGAPORE: The international community should not get “stuck in cancel rhetoric” when it comes to dealing with the military junta in Myanmar, says Thailand’s new special envoy to the country.

Bangkok Post

Cambodian leader asks Myanmar to reconsider foes' executions

Cambodia’s prime minister has urged military-ruled Myanmar to reconsider the death sentences against four political opponents, suggesting that executing them will draw strong international condemnation and complicate efforts to restore peace

The Independent UK

Australian economist to go on trial in Myanmar for state secrets breach

A court in military-ruled Myanmar will hear the case against an Australian economist and adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi for violating a state secrets law, a source familiar with the proceedings said on Friday.

Reuters

More illegal job seekers arrested in Chiang Rai

Twenty-three more job seekers from Myanmar were arrested after they crossed the border into Mae Fa Luang and Mae Sai districts of Chiang Rai late Thursday night and early Friday.

Bangkok Post

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The Independent UK

Myanmar court gives go-ahead for Australian's secrets trial

A court in Myanmar has ruled that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Australian economist Sean Turnell and three other defendants to continue their trial on charges of violating the official secrets law

The Independent UK

Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads

Facebook has failed another test of its ability to detect blatant, violent hate speech in advertisements submitted to the platform by the nonprofit group Global Witness

Reuters

U.N. calls for justice after fatal shooting of Myanmar WHO worker

(Corrects typo in headline in word "shooting")

Bangkok Post

Police bust school for phone scammers

CHIANG MAI: Police have raided commercial premises in San Sai district where a "school" was allegedly training jobless people to work as phone scammers from bases in Myanmar.

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Al Jazeera

Myanmar condemns ‘reckless’ statements on activists’ executions

If death sentences against the two political opponents of the coup are carried out they will be the first since 1988.

The Hindu

Al-Qaeda in Indian subcontinent threatens to attack India after Prophet controversy

The group is believed to have members in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and has carried out attacks against atheists and doctors.

Reuters

Myanmar's shadow government to create its own police force

A parallel government opposed to military rule in Myanmar announced on Tuesday it was forming its own police force, in its latest effort to hamper the junta's efforts to govern after a coup last year.

Reuters

Myanmar calls foreign outrage over activists' death sentence 'reckless and interfering'

Myanmar's ruling junta has condemned what it called "reckless and interfering" foreign statements about a rare execution order against two prominent opposition figures, accusing them of aiding terrorism by demanding their release.

The Hindu

A ‘silver’ moment to propel a Bay of Bengal dream

After 25 years, BIMSTEC can do much better as a grouping, addressing shortcomings in trade and connectivity

Bangkok Post

Illegal migrants caught after car crash

KANCHANABURI: Police arrested a total of 66 illegal job seekers from Myanmar in Thong Pha Phum district early Monday morning, eight of them after the car they were in crashed during a police chase.

Bangkok Post

More Myanmar job seekers caught en route to Malaysia

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Forty-five illegal Myanmar migrants were being detained at Wat Mae Setthi in Ron Phibun district on Monday after being seen hiding in a rubber plantation on Friday.

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