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Myanmar burns confiscated drugs worth around $300 million

Officials in Myanmar have destroyed nearly $300 million worth of illegal drugs to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

The Independent UK

Myanmar to Maui, 2025 Emmys recognise global journalism frontlines

Investigative reports on attacks on American officials, on the activities of a gang born in a Venezuela prison on US soil, and the migrant crisis in Europe were among the stories that won big at the first night of the 2025 News and Documentary Emmy Awards on Wednesday.

Newslaundry

Aung San Suu Kyi’s supporters strive to set world record to honor her 80th birthday

Thousands of supporters of Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi have celebrated her 80th birthday by attempting a world record of birthday greeting videos

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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Marks 80th In Junta Jail

Myanmar's deposed democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 80th birthday in junta detention on Thursday, serving a raft of sentences set to last the rest of her life.

International Business Times

Leaked prison logs offer rare glimpse into Aung San Suu Kyi’s life in Myanmar prison

First details emerge of ousted leader’s life in detention under military rule

The Independent UK

Leaked footage and prison logs reveal Aung San Suu Kyi’s life in detention

Exclusive: Video and documents give rare glimpse inside daily life of the imprisoned civilian leader as she nears her 80th birthday

The Guardian - AU

Myanmar on 'path to self-destruction' if violence doesn’t end, UN envoy says

A widespread armed struggle against military rule in Myanmar began in February 2021 after generals seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

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UN envoy to Myanmar warns that violence puts country on 'path to self-destruction'

The U.N. envoy to Myanmar is warning that the Southeast Asian country is on “a path to self-destruction” if the violence doesn’t end

The Independent UK

Myanmar military junta fighter jet shot down near Mandalay, rebel group claims

Sagaing region is a stronghold of armed resistance to the ruling military junta, which seized power in February 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Euronews

Voices: Why are the British courts handing a propaganda win to the Myanmar junta?

COMMENT: The British legal system is being used to deliver a blow to democracy in Myanmar, writes Christopher Gunness. It’s now up to the attorney general and Labour government to do the right thing

The Independent UK

Four missing after multiple explosions on Singapore-flagged cargo ship off India’s Kerala coast

The four crew members still unaccounted for include nationals from Taiwan, Indonesia, and Myanmar

The Independent UK

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son aims for world record 80,000 messages to honour her 80th birthday

The pro-democracy Nobel Peace Prize winner has been in prison since a military coup in 2021

The Independent UK

Girl, 6, among group arrested for assassination of Myanmar general

Lin Latt Shwe, 6, was detained along with her mother and other suspects in the killing of retired general in Yangon.

Al Jazeera

‘We do this to survive’: Harvesting opium poppies in Myanmar’s Shan State

Poppy cultivation and methamphetamine production has surged in Myanmar amid the country’s grinding civil war.

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The Independent UK

Six-year-old girl among 16 arrested by Myanmar junta for top general’s assassination

Members of Golden Valley Warriors claimed responsibility for killing ex-military officer for assisting junta’s military operations

The Independent UK

Starmer urged to intervene in ‘never-ending nightmare’ of Aung San Suu Kyi and people of Myanmar

New report details harrowing plight of tens of thousands of political prisoners, including the country’s democratically elected leader, who was overthrown by the military in 2021

Al Jazeera

‘Everyone feels unsafe’: Border panic as Indian forces kill Myanmar rebels

An unstated border understanding between India and Myanmar’s government-in-exile has broken down, replaced by fear.

Al Jazeera

Abused, exploited: How two Africans became trapped in a cyber-scam in Laos

Southeast Asia’s multibillion-dollar cyber-scam centres lure victims from as far away as Africa.

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The Independent UK

Many survivors of Myanmar's devastating quake in March still live in leaky tents

Two months after a deadly earthquake ravaged much of central and northeastern Myanmar, recovery is just inching along, with huge numbers of people living in temporary shelters while facing the heavy rainfall and strong winds of monsoon season

Al Jazeera

Methamphetamine trafficking surges from ‘Golden Triangle’ region

UN Office on Drugs and Crime says ‘explosive growth’ in synthetic drug trade led to record regional seizures in 2024.

The Independent UK

Southeast Asia's illicit methamphetamine trade is at a record high, the UN says

A new report by U.N. experts on the criminal drug trade says the illicit trade in methamphetamine and other dangerous drugs is growing by leaps and bounds in Southeast Asia

International Business Times

Southeast Asian Leaders Meet To Talk Tariffs, Truce And East Timor

Southeast Asian leaders meet Monday for their first summit since Donald Trump's tariff policies upended global economic norms, with the trade-dependent nations expected to issue a joint message of deep concern over recent US actions.

Al Jazeera

Malaysia wants Myanmar ceasefire extended amid ASEAN ban on coup leaders

Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan urges ASEAN to support expanding ceasefire beyond the currently affected zone.

Al Jazeera

Over 400 Rohingya feared drowned in two shipwrecks off Myanmar coast: UN

UNHCR says two shipwrecks on May 9 and 10 could be the ‘deadliest tragedy at sea’ involving Rohingya so far this year.

The Independent UK

An urban guerrilla group in Myanmar claims responsibility for assassinating a retired army officer

A retired high-ranking officer in Myanmar’s military has been shot dead by a self-proclaimed urban guerrilla group near his home in the country’s biggest city

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