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Myanmar junta puts four democracy activists to death in first executions in decades

Among those executed was former hip-hop artist and ousted MP Phyo Zeya Thaw, who has close ties to Australia and whose death has sent a ripple of shock through the diaspora community here.

ABC News

Myanmar junta kills 4 democracy activists in first executions in decades

The UN and rights groups condemned the executions of the activists including a former lawmaker in Aung San Suu Kyi’s party.

Axios

Myanmar junta executes four democracy activists

Myanmar's military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out "terror acts", state media said on Monday, the first executions in Myanmar in decades.

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Myanmar executes four anti-coup activists, drawing outrage

Reported executions mark first use of capital punishment in the Southeast Asian country since the 1980s.

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Reaction to Myanmar's execution of four democracy activists

Myanmar's military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out "terror acts", state media said on Monday, the Southeast Asian nation's first executions in decades.

Reuters

Myanmar executes democracy activists in new turn against dissent

Myanmar’s junta has executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, state media said Monday, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in decades.

France 24

World condemns Myanmar junta for 'cruel' execution of activists

Myanmar's ruling military announced on Monday it had executed four democracy activists accused of aiding "terror acts", sparking widespread condemnation of the country's first executions in decades.

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Steel sector keeping tabs on Myanmar

Thai steel manufacturers have fresh concerns over the impact of the suspension of foreign loan payments in Myanmar on steel exports to Myanmar.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar soldiers admit burning innocent girl alive in harrowing confessions

Another soldier who has been named Thiha described how young women were detained by soldiers and then gang-raped for days amid a catalogue of horrendous human rights atrocities detailed by members of the Myanmar military

Daily Mirror

UN court rejects Myanmar challenge to genocide case

The UN's highest court ruled on Friday that a landmark case accusing military-ruled Myanmar of genocide against minority Rohingya Muslims can go ahead.

Bangkok Post

Exercise caution before the next long weekend

The benchmark SET Index moved sideways in volatile trade early this week. Thai shares tracked external gains higher on Monday to hit 1,546 points before heading down to 1,520 the following day on worries over Myanmar's partial capital controls, potentially affecting stocks with exposure in Myanmar such as MEGA, OSP…

Bangkok Post

When the environment gets sidelined

Myanmar's human, social and natural capital have been "rapidly diminishing" after the 2021 military coup, explains Win Myo Thu, a respected environmental campaigner who, for over three decades, has been working with local communities for better access to land, forest, water, food and a clean environment.

Bangkok Post

UN Court Rejects Myanmar Claims, Will Hear Rohingya Case

Judges at the United Nations’ highest court on Friday dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority. The decision establishing the International Court of Justice's jurisdiction sets the stage for hearings airing evidence of atrocities against…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Genocide case against Myanmar over Rohingya atrocities cleared to proceed

UN’s international court of justice rejects arguments advanced by military junta over crackdowns against Muslim minority group

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Al Jazeera

Myanmar genocide case to go ahead after ICJ rejects objections

Judges at the UN’s top court dismiss objections to a case alleging genocide against the Rohingya.

Reuters

World Court rejects Myanmar's objections, Rohingya genocide case will proceed

World Court judges on Friday dismissed objections by Myanmar to a genocide case brought against it for its treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority, paving the way for the case to proceed.

The Independent UK

UN court to rule on jurisdiction in Rohingya genocide case

The United Nations’ highest court is set to rule on whether to proceed with a landmark case that accuses Myanmar’s rulers of genocide against the country’s mainly Muslim Rohingya minority

Bangkok Post

North shaken by earthquakes in Myanmar

People in upper northern provinces felt tremors from about 70 earthquakes centred in Myanmar overnight, which included three shocks over magnitude 5.

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ICJ to rule on Myanmar objections to Rohingya genocide case

If the objections are dismissed, the court can begin to discuss the evidence for the alleged atrocities.

Reuters

World Court says it has jurisdiction, Myanmar genocide case to proceed

The World Court on Friday rejected Myanmar's objections to a genocide case over its treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority, paving the way for the case to be heard in full.

The Independent UK

Myanmar's economy fragile as fighting, inflation hit poor

Reports by the World Bank and other experts say army-ruled Myanmar's economy remains fragile as civil strife, inflation and onerous policy decisions add to troubles facing farmers and businesses

Radio France Internationale

French TotalEnergies group completes planned withdrawal from Myanmar

French oil and gas company TotalEnergies said on Wednesday that its planned withdrawal from Myanmar, announced six months ago, has now come into effect.

Bangkok Post

Shippers shrug at Myanmar loan rule

The Central Bank of Myanmar's order for companies and individual borrowers to suspend repayment of foreign loans, the latest in a series of steps to shore up the nation's dwindling foreign exchange reserves, is unlikely to have a significant impact on Thai exports, says the Thai National Shippers' Council (TNSC).

The Guardian - AU

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

Bangkok Post

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.

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