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The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

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.

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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.

Bangkok Post

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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.

Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

Newsroom.co.nz

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.

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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.

Reuters

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…

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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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Southeast Asia leaders struggle with Myanmar crisis at summit

ASEAN leaders blocked Myanmar’s military ruler, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, from attending the meeting in Cambodia.

Reuters

ASEAN leaders seek measurable indicators, timeline for Myanmar peace plan

Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) decided on Friday that the bloc should ensure there were measurable indicators and a specific timeline for implementing a peace plan agreed with Myanmar's junta after "little progress".

The Independent UK

Cambodian leader cautions against post-COVID complacency

Cambodia’s prime minister has cautioned fellow Southeast Asian leaders against complacency, saying that even though economies are gradually recovering as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, there is much work to be done

Al Jazeera

Myanmar’s coup is faltering. Activists want tougher ASEAN action

The scale of violence in Myanmar is second only to one other conflict in the world – the war in Ukraine.

Bangkok Post

Asean inaction on Myanmar decried

A human rights group has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to reject a proposal that effectively allows the Myanmar military junta to continue participating in all but a handful of events held by the 10-country bloc.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Boosts Southeast Asia Ties with Peace Accord

Ukraine signed a peace accord Thursday with Southeast Asian nations, a largely symbolic act that comes as Kyiv seeks to shore up international support in isolating Russia. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba signed the “Treaty on Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia” as the annual summit of the Association of…

ABC News

Australia to prioritise humanitarian visas for Myanmar nationals fleeing military coup

The government says it will send $135 million in aid and prioritise onshore protection visas for people from the South-East Asian nation.

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