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The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi and Australian adviser handed three years’ jail after secret trial

Myanmar junta’s sentencing of ousted leader and economic adviser Sean Turnell described as ‘cruel injustice’

The Guardian - UK

Australian economist Sean Turnell sentenced to three years in prison in secret trial in Myanmar

Australian economist Sean Turnell has been sentenced to three years in a Myanmar jail for violating the country's official state secrets act.

ABC News

Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi, Australian economist for 3 years - source

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Thursday jailed deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her former economic adviser, Australian Sean Turnell, for three years for violating a secrets law, a source familiar with the proceedings said.

Reuters

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Myanmar beauty queen lands in Canada

A Myanmar beauty queen, who had spoken out against military rule in her country and became stranded at Suvarnabhumi airport, landed in Toronto on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Meta owes Rohingya reparations for Myanmar violence, says Amnesty

Facebook owner failed to tackle hate speech against Rohingya despite repeated warnings, says rights group.

Al Jazeera

Rohingya seek reparations from Facebook for role in massacre

For years, Facebook, now called Meta, has pushed the narrative that it was a neutral platform in Myanmar that was misused by malicious people and failed to moderate violent and hateful material adequately

The Independent UK

Myanmar beauty queen lands in Canada after Thai airport limbo

A Myanmar beauty queen, who had spoken out against military rule in her country and became stranded at Thailand's airport, said she was relieved but remained defiant after landing in Toronto on Wednesday.

Reuters

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U.S. has considered reinforcing arms embargoes against Myanmar military -State Dept official

(Corrects to make clear O'Brien said U.S. has considered reinforcing arms embargoes against Myanmar military)

Reuters

Model fearing Myanmar military heads to asylum in Canada

A fashion model from Myanmar who feared being arrested by the country’s military government if she was forced back home from exile has flown to Canada, which she says has granted her asylum

The Independent UK

Midwives review – a Muslim and a Buddhist grapple with childbirth in strife-torn Myanmar

Sombre documentary shot over five years follows two healthcare workers as they deliver babies in a brutally divided society

The Guardian - UK

95 illegal migrants arrested on western border

KANCHANABURI: Ninety-five Myanmar migrants were arrested by Thai authorities after they illegally crossed the border into this western border province on Wednesday morning.

Bangkok Post

Two van loads of illegal migrants caught in Phatthalung

PHATTHALUNG: Highway police arrested 71 illegal Myanmar migrants travelling in two vans that were stopped and searched in Muang district on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Kamnan arrested for smuggling Chinese men

CHIANG RAI: A kamnan, or tambon chief, in Mae Fah Luang district of this northern border province was arrested while transporting nine Chinese men who had illegally entered the country from Myanmar, police reported.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar beauty queen granted asylum in Canada

A former Myanmar beauty queen held at Suvarnabhumi airport after she was barred from entering the country last week has been granted refugee status in Canada.

Bangkok Post

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The Independent UK

US expands, extends Myanmar immigration status to May 2024

The Biden administration has expanded and extended temporary legal status for several thousand people from Myanmar living in the U.S. until May 2024

Bangkok Post

Aussie ties out of the woods, raring to go

'Thais that bind: secret mission ends Aussie's torment," read the front page headline of The Australian on Nov 22, 2020. It was referring to Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, the British-Australian academic arrested in late 2018 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard as she was about to leave Tehran over an espionage charge.…

Bangkok Post

Myanmar beauty queen who criticised junta granted asylum

A former Myanmar beauty queen detained at Suvarnabhumi airport after she was barred from entering the country last week has been granted refugee status in Canada.

Bangkok Post

Bridging the gap

Cross-border trade between Thailand and neighbouring countries is thriving, thanks in part to expanded infrastructure connectivity.

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The Hindu

Over 40,000 refugees from Myanmar based in 60 camps set up in Mizoram, says Rajya Sabha MP

The parliamentarian said that the State government has registered around 30,000 refugees and there were close to 60 camps where the refugees were staying in

Bangkok Post

Han Lay drama brings crisis home

Since the political turmoil in Myanmar unfolded two years ago, the resulting catastrophe has remained largely contained within its border. However, recent developments have shown the crisis is now just around the corner, and as such, the Thai government's inaction, as well as the wider Asean community's lack of real…

The Independent UK

Live updates: U.N. General Assembly

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she wants an immediate end to the war in Ukraine, as well as the related sanctions, for the sake of lives and livelihoods of the people across the world

Al Jazeera

Malaysian PM laments lack of UN action on Myanmar crisis

Thousands have been killed since Myanmar’s military seized power in February 2021 from Aung San Suu Kyi’s government.

Bangkok Post

Tycoon's assets under probe

The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) is examining assets confiscated from Myanmar tycoon Tun Min Latt who was arrested in Bangkok last Saturday on charges of conspiring to traffic narcotics and money laundering as it widens its net on a drug ring.

Bangkok Post

Former Myanmar beauty queen 'not sent back'

Former Myanmar beauty queen, Thaw Nandar Aung, aka Han Lay, was on Friday relieved to learn that she will not be sent back to Myanmar.

The Independent UK

Model who criticized Myanmar's military fears repatriation

A model from Myanmar denounced her country’s military rulers last year from the stage of a beauty pageant in Thailand

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