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Blow to Myanmar’s military rulers as 11 Southeast Asian nations refuse to recognise sham junta-run election

Military-backed party wins overwhelming parliamentary majority in first election since 2021 coup

The Independent UK

China executes 11 members of mafia family that ran Myanmar scam centres

The Ming family for years exerted near-total control over Laukkaing, a town in northern Myanmar’s Shan State

The Independent UK

China executes 11 people linked to Myanmar scam operation

Beijing has stepped up cooperation with south-east Asian nations to crack down on the multibillion-dollar industry

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Homicide, fraud, gambling dens: Why did China execute 11 members of a family?

Eleven members of the powerful Ming family, involved in large-scale scam centers and gambling operations in Myanmar, have been executed in China. Sentenced for crimes including homicide and fraud, their downfall signifies a major outcome of China's crackdown on cross-border criminal networks. The family's operations generated billions and led to…

The Times of India

ASEAN's top diplomats under pressure to end Myanmar war and manage South China Sea disputes

Southeast Asia’s top diplomats are holding their first major meeting in the central Philippine city of Cebu under growing pressure to beat a deadline to conclude talks on a nonaggression pact with China this year and push a peace plan that has so far failed to end Myanmar’s civil war

The Independent UK

5 years on from the junta’s coup, Myanmar’s flawed elections can’t unite a country at risk of breaking apart

Five years ago, on February 1 2021, Myanmar’s top generals decapitated the elected government. Democratic leaders were arrested, pushed underground or forced into exile.

The Conversation

Interpol arrests more than 3,700 suspects in global trafficking crackdown

A global crackdown on human traffickers and migrant smugglers coordinated by Interpol has led to the arrest of more than 3,700 suspects and aided over 4,400 potential trafficking victims around the world

The Independent UK

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Myanmar uses 'ghost ships' to import aviation fuel for deadly air attacks, Amnesty says

Amnesty International says Myanmar's military is using evasive tactics to import aviation fuel for air attacks in its civil war

The Independent UK

Military-backed party secures Myanmar election win with opposition excluded

Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party has claimed victory in the country's first election since the army seized power in 2021

The Independent UK

‘This is a fake election’: Polls close in Myanmar but voters have little doubt junta proxy will prevail

After arresting political opponents, banning the most popular party and using violence to crush dissent, the military’s proxy is on course to win by a landslide

The Guardian - AU

He left Myanmar to study in Michigan. Trump’s travel ban cut short that dream

The ban was one of several ways the Trump administration made life harder for international students

The Independent UK

Military-backed party set for victory as Myanmar’s ‘sham’ election concludes

Junta leader expected to assume presidency when new parliament meets

The Independent UK

Myanmar military proxy expected to win landslide in widely denounced election

Voting ends in month-long poll derided internationally as sham designed to cement army’s grip on power

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar holds its last election round with the army already certain to keep control over government

Voting has begun in the final round of Myanmar’s general election, concluding a monthlong process

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‘Displaying the cloth like this showed its true beauty’: Aung Chan Thar’s best phone picture

A beautiful lake, gorgeous fabric: how could the Myanmar photographer resist?

The Independent UK

Fire at Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh destroyed homes and displaced thousands of Rohingya

A massive fire this week has destroyed hundreds of makeshift homes in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, displacing more than 2,000 people

The Independent UK

ASEAN won't endorse election in military-ruled Myanmar, Malaysia says

Malaysia-s foreign minister says The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not endorse elections in military-ruled Myanmar

The Independent UK

Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 20 years imprisoned – she must be freed

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Nobel Peace Prize winner’s continued incarceration is a burning injustice that must be righted – she is the only democratic hope for Myanmar

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The Independent UK

Myanmar military-backed party extends lead ahead of final election round

Myanmar’s military-backed party has extended its lead after the second round of voting in the country's election, according to official figures

The Independent UK

At top UN court, Myanmar denies deadly Rohingya campaign amounts to genocide

Myanmar insists its military campaign against the Rohingya ethnic minority was a legitimate counter-terrorism operation, not genocide

The Independent UK

Renewed calls for Aung San Suu Kyi to be released after she completes 20 years ‘buried alive’ in Myanmar detention

IN FOCUS: Myanmar’s democracy icon has now spent two decades incarcerated or under house arrest. Shweta Sharma reports on another grim milestone for a country wrecked by brutal military rule and embroiled in a spiralling civil war

The Independent UK

Myanmar's military government claims a record seizure of illicit drugs at production sites

Myanmar's military government has announced its largest-ever seizure of illicit drugs and production equipment

The Independent UK

Myanmar turned lives of Rohingya Muslims into ‘nightmare’, international court told on first day of genocide trial

Case centres around Myanmar military’s operations in 2016 and 2017 that sent over 700,000 Rohingya refugees fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh to escape persecution

Euronews

Case on whether Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya opens at UN court

The Gambia filed the case at the International Court of Justice in 2019, arguing a so-called "clearance operation" by Myanmar's military in 2017 violated the 1948 Genocide Convention.

The Guardian - UK

‘Big step forward’: Myanmar military faces Rohingya genocide case at UN court

Survivors of violence hope proceedings will bring justice a step closer and set a precedent for future genocide allegations

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