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Aust economist to go on trial in Myanmar

Australian Sean Turnell, an economist and adviser to deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, is to go on trial for violating a state secrets law.

Australian economist to go on trial in Myanmar for state secrets breach

A court in military-ruled Myanmar will hear the case against an Australian economist and adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi for violating a state secrets law, a source familiar with the proceedings said on Friday.

More illegal job seekers arrested in Chiang Rai

More illegal job seekers arrested in Chiang Rai

Twenty-three more job seekers from Myanmar were arrested after they crossed the border into Mae Fa Luang and Mae Sai districts of Chiang Rai late Thursday night and early Friday.

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Myanmar court gives Turnell trial go-ahead

A legal official says Australian economist Sean Turnell and his co-defendants have been formally indicted in Myanmar, allowing their trial to continue.

Myanmar court gives go-ahead for Australian's secrets trial

A court in Myanmar has ruled that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Australian economist Sean Turnell and three other defendants to continue their trial on charges of violating the official secrets law

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Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads

Facebook has failed another test of its ability to detect blatant, violent hate speech in advertisements submitted to the platform by the nonprofit group Global Witness

The Independent UK

U.N. calls for justice after fatal shooting of Myanmar WHO worker

(Corrects typo in headline in word "shooting")

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Thai cops seize meth hidden in replica Easter Island statue

Thai cops seize meth hidden in replica Easter Island statue

Bangkok (AFP) - Thai authorities have seized 200 kilograms of crystal meth hidden inside a replica Easter Island statue awaiting shipment to Taiwan, police said Thursday.

Police bust school for phone scammers

Police bust school for phone scammers

CHIANG MAI: Police have raided commercial premises in San Sai district where a "school" was allegedly training jobless people to work as phone scammers from bases in Myanmar.

Myanmar condemns ‘reckless’ statements on activists’ executions

Myanmar condemns ‘reckless’ statements on activists’ executions

If death sentences against the two political opponents of the coup are carried out they will be the first since 1988.

Al-Qaeda in Indian subcontinent threatens to attack India after Prophet controversy

Al-Qaeda in Indian subcontinent threatens to attack India after Prophet controversy

The group is believed to have members in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and has carried out attacks against atheists and doctors.

Myanmar's shadow government to create its own police force

Myanmar's shadow government to create its own police force

A parallel government opposed to military rule in Myanmar announced on Tuesday it was forming its own police force, in its latest effort to hamper the junta's efforts to govern after a coup last year.

Myanmar calls foreign outrage over activists' death sentence 'reckless and interfering'

Myanmar's ruling junta has condemned what it called "reckless and interfering" foreign statements about a rare execution order against two prominent opposition figures, accusing them of aiding terrorism by demanding their release.

A ‘silver’ moment to propel a Bay of Bengal dream

A ‘silver’ moment to propel a Bay of Bengal dream

After 25 years, BIMSTEC can do much better as a grouping, addressing shortcomings in trade and connectivity

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Myanmar junta slams France over 'illegitimate' snub, threatens ties

Yangon (AFP) - Myanmar's junta on Monday expressed its "utmost indignation" at a French diplomatic snub describing it as an illegitimate government, warning it could threaten bilateral ties.

Illegal migrants caught after car crash

KANCHANABURI: Police arrested a total of 66 illegal job seekers from Myanmar in Thong Pha Phum district early Monday morning, eight of them after the car they were in crashed during a police chase.

More Myanmar job seekers caught en route to Malaysia

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Forty-five illegal Myanmar migrants were being detained at Wat Mae Setthi in Ron Phibun district on Monday after being seen hiding in a rubber plantation on Friday.

A night with Myanmar’s wizards

We go into the world of the weizza, people believed to have gained magical powers through years of meditation.

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Assassination now weapon of choice for guerrilla groups in Myanmar

The gunman entered the small government office in central Myanmar, walked up to the man in charge and shot him four times in the head. “You are the ward administrator!” the gunman shouted, according to a brief video clip that captured part of the shooting.

Nearly 60 Rohingya found abandoned on Thai island: police

Bangkok (AFP) - Fifty-nine Rohingya people have been discovered on a Thai island, saying they were abandoned by traffickers en route to Malaysia, a senior police officer said Sunday.

60 Rohingya found abandoned on Thai island: police

Bangkok (AFP) - Fifty-nine Rohingya people have been discovered on a Thai island, saying they were abandoned by traffickers en route to Malaysia, a senior police officer said Sunday.

Myanmar villagers accuse junta troops of burning spree

Bangkok (AFP) - Myanmar junta troops have torched hundreds of buildings during a three-day raid in the country's north, local media and residents said, as the military struggles to crush resistance to its rule.

Myanmar democracy activists' death sentences upheld, junta says

Myanmar's military government said on Friday that appeals by two prominent democracy activists against their death sentences had been rejected, paving the way for the country's first executions in decades.

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Myanmar court says Suu Kyi election fraud trial can continue

A court in Myanmar has ruled there is sufficient evidence for the trial of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on an election fraud charge to continue

Myanmar junta says will carry out first judicial executions in decades

Yangon (AFP) - Myanmar's junta will execute a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both of whom were convicted of terrorism, in the country's first judicial executions since 1990, a spokesman told AFP on Friday.

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