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Japan's Eneos plans to withdraw from Myanmar's Yetagun gas project

TOKYO: Japanese energy company Eneos Holdings aims to withdraw from Myanmar's Yetagun gas project in response to "social issues", a spokesperson said on Friday, amid criticism that the project is funding the southeast Asian nation's military junta.

Bangkok Post

Telenor completes Myanmar business sale

OSLO: Telenor will receive payments for the sale of its Myanmar operations over the next five years, the Norwegian telecoms company said on Friday as it announced the completion of the transaction.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar’s crimes against the Rohingya warrant UN intervention

Letter: When individual states fail to protect their own populations, the international community must be prepared to act, writes Chris Hughes

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7 illegal job seekers from Myanmar caught in Ranong

RANONG: Seven illegal job seekers from Myanmar were arrested near the border in Muang district of this southern province in the early hours of Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar army denies Rohingya genocide, says some individuals may have committed crimes

Myanmar's military did not commit genocide against minority Rohingya Muslims during 2017 operations in Rakhine state, but crimes may have been committed by personnel on an individual level, an army spokesman said on Thursday.

Reuters

Myanmar 'special command' authorised lethal attacks on civilians - report

Myanmar's junta chief created a special command a day after last year's coup that was solely responsible for deployment and operations of troops in urban areas, and authorised lethal attacks on unarmed civilians, human rights investigators said.

Reuters

Myanmar military deliberately killed civilians after coup: Report

Fortify Rights says 61 senior police and military officials should be investigated for alleged ‘crimes against humanity’

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Asean envoy urges restraint from Myanmar military

PHNOM PENH: A Southeast Asian envoy said on Wednesday he had urged Myanmar's ruling military to show restraint during offensives and was told by the junta leader there would be no access to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi while her trial was ongoing.

Bangkok Post

ASEAN special envoy sees minor progress in Myanmar mission

Cambodia’s foreign minister has claimed minor initial progress in his mission as a special regional envoy seeking to facilitate peacemaking in strife-torn Myanmar

The Independent UK

Editorial: Of course it’s genocide. Finally the US recognizes the truth about Myanmar’s Rohingya slaughter

A Rohingya mother watches as her 12-year-old son is forced to lie facedown and soldiers stomp on his head and neck. In the village of Maung Nu in Myanmar, soldiers blocked people trying to escape before the military began its attack. Soldiers sank boats full of Rohingya men, women and…

Los Angeles Times

ASEAN envoy says urged restraint from Myanmar military, discussed Suu Kyi access

A Southeast Asian envoy said on Wednesday he had urged Myanmar's ruling military to show restraint during offensives and was told by the junta leader there would be no access to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi while her trial was ongoing.

Reuters

Myanmar dismisses US labelling of Rohingya repression as genocide

Myanmar's government has rejected the United States' labelling of the Southeast Asian nation's military repression of the Rohingya ethnic minority as genocide, saying the country has "never engaged in any genocidal actions."

Bangkok Post

Military attacks endanger people with limited mobility in Myanmar

Over 60s and those with disabilities face greater risks as military crackdown on anti-coup movement continues.

Al Jazeera

Trafficking case in limbo

The United States' declaration that Myanmar's military committed genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority is a major step to bringing justice to the issue.

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Frustration in Myanmar over ASEAN envoy's peace mission

Small protests took place in military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday against a visit by a Southeast Asian envoy, whose peace mission has been derided by critics as a failure and an endorsement of a junta condemned by the United Nations for its harsh rule.

Bangkok Post

More illegal border crossers caught

KANCHANABURI: A total of 40 Myanmar nationals were arrested on Sunday and Monday after illegally crossing the border into Thailand in Muang, Sangkhla Buri and Thong Pha Phum districts of this western province.

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of children detained by the Myanmar military, minister says

Whereabouts of children taken by the military since the 2021 coup are mostly unknown, according to Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe

Al Jazeera

ASEAN envoy meets generals in controversial Myanmar visit

It is unclear whether Prak Sokhonn will meet members of the Natonal Unity Government or detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi

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Preventing a proxy war in Myanmar

While it still can, Asean must prevent a proxy war in Myanmar.

The Independent UK

Rohingya refugees welcome US calling repression genocide

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s sprawling camps have welcomed an announcement by the U.S. calling the repression on the minority group in Myanmar a genocide

Bangkok Post

US confirms Myanmar 'committed genocide’ against Rohingya

The United States officially declared Monday that violence against the Rohingya committed by Myanmar's military amounted to genocide, saying there was clear evidence of an attempt to "destroy" the Muslim minority.

The Independent UK

US says Myanmar repression of Muslim Rohingya is genocide

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the violent repression of the largely Muslim Rohingya population in Myanmar amounts to genocide

Reuters

Blinken says Myanmar army committed genocide in 'widespread and systematic' attacks on Rohingya

The United States formally determined that Myanmar's army committed genocide and crimes against humanity in its violence against the Rohingya minority, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, warning that as long as a military junta was in power nobody in the country would be safe.

The Independent UK

'Kill more': Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya

A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority in advertisements submitted to run on its platform

The Independent UK

Biden administration rules Myanmar committed genocide against minority Rohingya

Myanmar’s junta has been accused of excesses against Rohingyas, including mass rapes and killings

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