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Myanmar junta court delays verdict in Suu Kyi corruption trial

A Myanmar junta court on Monday postponed giving its first verdict in the corruption trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a junta spokesman told AFP, a case which could see the Nobel laureate jailed for 15 years.

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Friendship Bridge bomb heightens fear

MAE SOT, TAK: A car bomb went off at the foot of the first Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge on the Myawaddy side of the border opposite Mae Sot district late on Saturday night, a security source said on Sunday.

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi in court ahead of corruption trial verdict - source

Myanmar ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was in court on Monday accused of funnelling charity money into a real estate investment, a source familiar with her trial said, one of nearly a dozen graft cases against her carrying lengthy jail terms.

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Manipur event imagines ‘Nagas without borders’

Student body brings Nagas from across the northeast and Myanmar together near Thuingaleng Muivah’s birthplace

The Hindu

Oman secures release of 14 foreigners held in Yemen: Ministry

Oman’s foreign office says people freed include a British man, seven Indian nationals, a Filipino and a Myanmar citizen.

Al Jazeera

Oman Secures Release of 14 Foreigners Held in Yemen

Oman facilitated the release of 14 foreigners who were held in Yemen and transferred them from Sanaa to Muscat on Sunday, Oman's foreign ministry said. The people freed included a British man, his wife and child, seven Indian nationals, a Filipino, an Indonesian, an Ethiopian and a Myanmar national, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Car bomb rocks Myawaddy, putting Mae Sot on security alert

MAE SOT, TAK: A car bomb went off at the foot of the first Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge on the Myawaddy side of the border opposite Thailand's Mae Sot district late on Saturday night, prompting Thai security units to be put on alert, according to Thai media reports.

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Cabbie held in rape of Myanmar teen

A taxi driver has been charged with raping 17-year-old girl from Myanmar after luring her with an offer of a job and taking her to a love motel, where he handcuffed and assaulted her and photographed the acts.

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Illegal migrants en route to Malaysia arrested in Songkhla

SONGKHLA: Eleven Myanmar nationals hoping to get work in Malaysia were arrested near the Thai-Malaysian border in Sadao district.

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Myanmar junta wants peace talks with ethnic rebels

Myanmar's junta chief on Friday called for face-to-face peace talks with the country's established ethnic rebel groups, as the military struggles to crush newer anti-junta militias that have sprung up to fight the coup.

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Myanmar exempts foreign entities from exchange rules after business outcry

Myanmar's central bank has announced a broad exemption of foreign entities from a controversial new policy requiring foreign exchange to be converted into local currency, a rule that triggered panic among business groups and residents.

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Myanmar plans energy investments, struggles with power outages

Myanmar's junta government plans to increase investment in the energy sector, seeking to shore up the supply of power as the country grapples with lengthy daily blackouts, its information minister said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar exempts foreign businesses, NGOs from forex rules

Myanmar officials say the military-led government will exempt approved foreign investors, embassies, United Nations agencies and non-government organizations from its rules requiring conversion of foreign exchange into the local currency

The Independent UK

Smuggler's pickup overturns, illegal migrants caught

A pickup truck overturned fleeing a checkpoint search, as 38 illegal migrants from Myanmar and two of three drivers hired to smuggle them were arrested in Mae Sai and Mae Fa Luang districts of Chiang Rai early on Thursday.

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Hundreds of Rohingya Escape Malaysia Detention, Six Dead

Hundreds of Rohingya migrants from Myanmar broke out of a detention center in northern Malaysia on Wednesday with six killed on a highway as they escaped, authorities said. Many Rohingya arrive in Malaysia by boat after enduring harrowing, months-long sea journeys.

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6 Rohingya dead, hundreds flee after riot at Malaysian detention camp

KUALA LUMPUR: Six Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, including two children, have died after being hit by vehicles on a Malaysian highway as hundreds fled an immigration detention centre where a riot broke out early on Wednesday, officials said.

Reuters

Six Rohingya dead, hundreds flee after riot at Malaysian detention camp

Six Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, including two children, have died after being hit by vehicles on a Malaysian highway as hundreds fled an immigration detention centre where a riot broke out early on Wednesday, officials said.

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‘Using citizenship as a weapon’ Myanmar military targets critics

The regime has stripped the citizenship of 33 critics since March in a move that violates international law.

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The Independent UK

Myanmar military government denies rumors of fuel shortages

Myanmar’s military government is denying that the country is suffering from a shortage of fuel, after rumors about low supplies of gasoline and diesel led to panic buying and long queues at service stations in several cities

Bangkok Post

Myanmar returns two Thai fishermen

RANONG: Two Thai men caught fishing in Myanmar territorial waters three weeks ago were handed over to Thai officials at an immigration office in Kawthaung province, Myanmar, on Monday, Thailand Maritime Enforcement Command Centre Region 3 announced on Tuesday.

Reuters

In rare comments, Myanmar's Suu Kyi urges people to 'be united' - source

Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for unity among her people, according to a source familiar with her legal proceedings, in rare remarks since her overthrow in a military coup last year.

Bangkok Post

Doubt raised over labour plan

While some 600,000 Thais remain unemployed, the government has approved a plan to bring in about 170,000 additional migrant workers as requested by businesses yearning for manpower as they resume operations.

Al Jazeera

No political prisoners released in Myanmar holiday amnesty

Military releases 1,619 prisoners to mark the traditional new year holiday, but no political prisoners were freed.

The Independent UK

Myanmar's military chief pardons prisoners to mark holiday

Myanmar’s military government has begun releasing more than 1,600 prisoners to mark the traditional new year holiday, but they didn’t include any political detainees despite the country’s ruling general vowing to bring peace this year

Reuters

Myanmar junta says 1,600 prisoners to be freed in holiday amnesty

Relatives of hundreds of prisoners gathered outside Myanmar's Insein Prison on Sunday after the military government announced the release of 1,600 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the Southeast Asian nation's new year.

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