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Exports of meth pill precursor sodium cyanide to be iced

The cabinet will be asked to suspend exports of sodium cyanide for several months after large quantities of the precursor for methamphetamine pills were found to have been shipped to Myanmar, a major meth producer, authorities say.

Bangkok Post

Chinese boxing promoter arrested for call-scam slavery

Police have arrested a Chinese boxing promoter on charges of entrapping Thais into working for a brutal gang of call scammers based in Myanmar's Myawaddy border township.

Bangkok Post

189 illegal Myanmar migrants deported from Ranong

RANONG: A group of 189 Myanmar nationals who had entered Thailand illegally to find jobs were sent back to their homeland from this southern coastal province on Friday.

Bangkok Post

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Telenor looks to support at-risk Myanmar users

OSLO: The Norwegian telecom firm Telenor says it is exploring ways to provide support to users in Myanmar who continue to face digital security risks after its exit from the country this year.

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Myanmar warns ASEAN that pressure would be counterproductive

Military-ruled Myanmar says it will not ‘be bound’ by outcome of meetings by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Al Jazeera

ASEAN foreign ministers urge more progress in Myanmar crisis

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have acknowledged that their efforts to bring peace to Myanmar haven’t succeeded and agreed to increase their determination to end violence in the country, where a military takeover last year set off a crisis that threatens to destabilize the region

The Independent UK

ASEAN reaffirms 'five-point consensus' peace deal on Myanmar - chair

ASEAN's chair Cambodia said in a statement on Thursday that a meeting to discuss the crisis in Myanmar reaffirmed the importance and relevance of a peace agreement known as the five-point consensus.

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Asean to hold Myanmar to 'concrete' timetable

JAKARTA: Asean foreign ministers agreed on Thursday to hold Myanmar to a “concrete” but unidentified timeline for making progress on a plan to end violence in the troubled country.

Bangkok Post

Explainer-Why is ASEAN holding a special meeting on Myanmar?

Foreign ministers from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are meeting on Thursday to discuss an intensifying crisis in Myanmar, 18 months after agreeing a peace plan with its military rulers.

Reuters

Myanmar warns any ASEAN pressures would create 'negative implications'

Myanmar's military government warned on Thursday that any pressure from its Southeast Asian neighbours to put a time frame on a peace plan would create "negative implications".

Reuters

As with Ukraine, a coalition should pressure Myanmar's junta, U.N. expert says

Russian weapons being used in Ukraine are also killing people in Myanmar, an independent U.N. expert said on Wednesday, urging countries to form a coalition - just as they have on Moscow over Ukraine - to target and pressure Myanmar's military junta.

Reuters

UN urges Malaysia to stop forced return of refugees to Myanmar

The UN human rights chief urged Malaysia on Wednesday to stop forcing refugees to return to Myanmar, expressing concern over the continued deportation of more than a hundred Myanmar nationals despite some being at risk of persecution in their home country.

Bangkok Post

Man arrested for marrying two sex dolls in bizarre wedding at holiest Buddhist site

Cult leader Zarni Aung, 26, dressed the hyper-realistic sex dolls in traditional garb and married them to each other in a bizarre wedding at Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda - Myanmar's holiest Buddhist site

Daily Mirror

Southeast Asian foreign ministers hold special Myanmar talks

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are holding a special meeting on Thursday to discuss ways to deal with a growing crisis in Myanmar, where a military takeover last year set off violence that threatens to destabilize the region

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World has left Bangladesh to shelter 1m Rohingya refugees alone, says minister

Official criticises international community for doing ‘absolutely nothing’ to press Myanmar’s junta to guarantee a safe return

Al Jazeera

Myanmar crisis deepens, UN envoy warns of ‘catastrophic toll’

More than 13.2 million people do not have enough food in Myanmar and 1.3 million are displaced, UN envoy says.

The Independent UK

UN envoy: Myanmar crisis deepens, taking 'catastrophic toll'

The U_N_ special envoy for Myanmar is warning that the political, human rights and humanitarian crisis in the military-ruled Southeast Asian nation is deepening and taking “a catastrophic toll on the people.”

Bangkok Post

Asean chair alarmed over escalating Myanmar violence

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is gravely concerned about escalating violence in Myanmar, the bloc's chair Cambodia said, in remarks ahead of a special meeting of its foreign ministers on Thursday to discuss the crisis.

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Reuters

ASEAN chair warns over Myanmar violence; U.S. urges more pressure

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is gravely concerned about escalating violence in Myanmar, the bloc's chair Cambodia said ahead of a special meeting of its foreign ministers on the crisis.

ABC News

Australia's Kachin community reeling after deadly attack on concert in Myanmar

In response to the attack, Independent federal MP Zoe Daniel calls on the government to impose immediate targeted sanctions against the military junta to prevent its "campaign of terror".

Daily Mirror

Musicians and singers among 80 killed in air strike on concert amid war crime accusations

Three military jets flew overhead and dropped bombs on the outdoor concert in Myanmar on Sunday, it was reported, killing local singers and officers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)

Reuters

Malaysia's deportation of Myanmar refugees violates international law - UN

The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) urged Malaysia on Tuesday to stop deporting refugees back to Myanmar, saying it had received reports of hundreds of such cases over the past two months.

Reuters

Myanmar military defends deadly air strike after accusations of war crime

Myanmar's military has defended air strikes on a concert organised by an ethnic minority force as a justified response to attacks in the area, after opponents accused the junta of targeting civilians and conducting war crimes.

Al Jazeera

Death toll from air raids in Myanmar’s Kachin reported to hit 80

Myanmar military says the air raids targeted a Kachin armed group and dismisses reports of civilian deaths as ‘rumours’.

The News Lens

Myanmar: Junta Air Strike Kills Dozens, Rebel Group Says

The Kachin Independence Organization says the Myanmar military carried out air strikes on a concert to celebrate the group's founding. The attacks reportedly killed some 80 people, including musicians and civilians.

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