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The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

Former British envoy among foreign prisoners released in Myanmar

Australian academic and Japanese filmmaker also set free as part of an amnesty

Wales Online

Australia welcomes reports that Myanmar releases Sean Turnell

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong welcomed on Thursday reports of Myanmar's release of economist Sean Turnell, but made no further comment.

Reuters

Myanmar frees former UK ambassador amid mass prisoner release

State media says foreign nationals and 712 ‘political prisoners’ among those to be freed in so-called amnesty

The Guardian - UK

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Myanmar to release 6,000 prisoners, including former British envoy

YANGON: Myanmar's military said on Thursday it will release almost 6,000 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian economics adviser in a rare olive branch from the isolated junta.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar military releasing Turnell, Kubota, Bowman: Reports

Military says it is releasing and deporting Sean Turnell, Toru Kubota, Vicky Bowman and Kyaw Htay Oo as part of amnesty.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar's junta releases 6,000 prisoners, including a former British ambassador

Myanmar's military leaders have released Sean Turnell, an Australian economist and former adviser to democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, and almost 6,000 others from prison under an amnesty, state media reported on Thursday.

France 24

Myanmar releases ex-British envoy, Australian adviser, Japanese journalist

Myanmar’s military government has released foreign prisoners including Australian economist Sean Turnell, former United Kingdom ambassador Vicky Bowman and Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota. The release is part of an amnesty to mark the 102nd anniversary of its National Victory Day.

Bangkok Post

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Australian Sean Turnell to be released from Myanmar prison

Myanmar's military junta has announced it will release Australian economist Sean Turnell from prison.

ABC News

Reports: Myanmar releases 4 foreign prisoners in amnesty

Myanmar media outlets are reporting the country’s military-controlled government has announced has released an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker and an ex-British diplomat as part of a prisoner amnesty to mark the country’s National Victory Day

The Independent UK

Japanese filmmaker jailed in Myanmar to be released Thursday -Kyodo

Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota, who had been jailed in Myanmar on charges of sedition and violating immigration and other laws earlier this year, will be released on Thursday and return home, Kyodo News reported.

Reuters

Myanmar junta frees Australian economist, former UK envoy in mass amnesty

Myanmar's ruling military on Thursday freed a former British ambassador, a Japanese filmmaker and an Australian economic adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, officials said, among nearly 6,000 prisoners included in a mass amnesty.

Reuters

Second boat of over 100 Rohingya lands on Indonesian beach

Over 100 Rohingya Muslims traveling in a wooden boat have landed on an Indonesian beach

The Independent UK

Myanmar, climate and economy on agenda for U.S. VP Harris in Asia

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will discuss Myanmar, regional security, economic ties and the climate crisis during a trip to Asia that starts this week, according to a senior administration official.

Reuters

Time to foster peace

There were a few takeaways from the Asean meetings held in Phnom Penh last week. Apart from political diversions and photo-ops between world leaders with Prime Minister Hun Sen, the most welcoming news was that Timor Leste is to be a new Asean member.

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Boats carrying more than 200 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia

Two boats carrying a total of 230 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, have landed on the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province since Tuesday, authorities said, the latest among an annual exodus from northwest Myanmar.

Al Jazeera

As Malaysia prepares for an election, refugees watch warily

Refugees fear the incoming govt will stick with plans to close UNHCR offices and expand an official tracking system.

Al Jazeera

Russia’s war in Ukraine challenges old comrades in Southeast Asia

Vladimir Putin’s absence from the G20 Summit in Bali also undermines talk of a Russian pivot to the Asia-Pacific region.

Newsroom.co.nz

No shortage of 'stains on the region' at East Asia Summit

It hasn’t escaped Jacinda Ardern that conflicts and crises the world over have only increased in the years since she began attending global summits.

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Biden pledges the U.S. will work with southeast Asian nations

Biden's efforts at this year's ASEAN summit are meant to lay the groundwork for his highly anticipated face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday.

Reuters

Biden thanks Cambodia PM for stance on Russia war

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday thanked Cambodia's prime minister and chair of the ASEAN regional bloc for his critical remarks about the war in Ukraine, and said he was looking forward to democracy returning to army-ruled Myanmar.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine FM: Moscow Playing 'Hunger Games' with World

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba pressed Southeast Asian countries for political and material support in his county's fight against Russia, while accusing Moscow on Saturday of playing “hunger games” with the world by holding up shipments of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products. Kuleba told reporters on the sidelines of…

The Independent UK

UN Secretary-General: World has failed strife-torn Myanmar

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world has failed Myanmar, and is expressing hope the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will be able to pressure the member state to comply with its plan for peace over the next year

Bangkok Post

Myanmar must get 'democratic transition back on track immediately': UN

United Nations (UN) secretary-general António Guterres on Saturday urged the Myanmar junta to "immediately" restart democracy, saying it was the only way to stop the "unending nightmare" engulfing the country.

Bangkok Post

Asean leaders step up warnings to Myanmar

PHNOM PENH: Southeast Asian leaders on Friday issued a “warning” to Myanmar to make measurable progress on a peace plan or risk being barred from more Asean meetings besides its annual summit.

ABC News

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in Cambodia ahead of ASEAN and East Asia Summits

The prime minister touches down in Phnom Penh ahead of crucial talks with South-East Asian leaders likely to be dominated by China's aggression in the region and the effects of the war in Ukraine.

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