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Myanmar trade unions facing extinction after coup, UN agency says

Groups assisting workers and migrants have faced violence and arbitrary arrest since February 2021 coup, report says.

Al Jazeera

Wheels of Justice Turn Slowly for Displaced Rohingya People

The International Court of Justice in July allowed a case to proceed alleging that Myanmar performed acts of genocide against the Rohingya after dismissing objections by the junta.

The News Lens

Rohingya refugees cannot be forgotten

I have spent nearly 30 years exposed to emergencies and humanitarian crises. Yet, standing at our "hospital on the hill" in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, now the world's largest refugee camp, I was taken by the sheer scale of this makeshift setting. A jumble of humanity packed together in precarious bamboo…

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Rohingya crisis fund is 'well short of needs' - UN refugee agency

An appeal to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is "well short of needs", the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, as refugees called on donors not to forget the crisis ahead of the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar.

Reuters

Rare earths processor buys rights to mine in Greenland

One of the world’s few rare earths processors outside China has bought exploration rights to mine in Greenland, opening an avenue for diversifying supplies of the minerals critical for advanced and green technologies

The Independent UK

‘Like an open prison’: a million Rohingya refugees still in Bangladesh camps five years after crisis

Myanmar’s crackdown in 2017 forced a vast wave of refugees across the border into already crowded and unsafe camps – the result of decades of international political paralysis

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar's Rohingyas: 5 years of crisis

Myanmar's military launched a ferocious crackdown against the country's Rohingya Muslim population in 2017, driving more than 740,000 refugees into neighbouring Bangladesh.

Bangkok Post

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UN envoy and SAC: more than tit for tat

When the United Nations Secretary-General's special envoy met recently with the military junta leader of a pariah state, the expectation was probably that it would start with an exchange of pleasantries and then be followed by some serious discussion. Of course, nobody would know what the two touched upon during…

Bangkok Post

Executions in Myanmar

The window of opportunity is narrow, but India must help bring stability

The Hindu

Explained | What is India’s policy on the Rohingya?

Can refugees who feel threatened in their home nation be deported? What are the government’s obligations?

The Hindu

Myanmar's Suu Kyi could return home after verdicts, junta chief says

Myanmar's junta chief said on Friday he would consider allowing deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be moved to house arrest from prison but only after verdicts in a litany of cases against her have been reached.

Reuters

Myanmar junta may talk to Suu Kyi ... after her trial

Myanmar’s military chief said on Friday the junta is open to negotiations with ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the crisis sparked by its coup — after her trials in a junta-run court have concluded.

Bangkok Post

Bodies of abducted Myanmar teens found near Mizoram border

The two siblings are wards of a commander of the pro-democracy People’s Defence Force

The Hindu

Hong Kong task force tackles SE Asian scams

HONG KONG: Law enforcement authorities in Hong Kong have set up a task force to track down and help trafficked residents ensnared by “boiler room” scams in Southeast Asia that have become a growing scourge.

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Myanmar ready to import Russian oil

Military-ruled Myanmar plans to import Russian gasoline and fuel oil to ease supply concerns and rising prices, a junta spokesperson said, the latest developing country to do so amid a global energy crisis.

Reuters

Myanmar to import Russian oil, military says

Al Jazeera

UN envoy tells Myanmar military to halt executions, end violence

Noeleen Heyzer held direct talks with army chief, but was unable to meet jailed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The Independent UK

Bangladesh PM tells UN that Myanmar must take Rohingya back

Bangladesh’s leader has told a visiting U.N. official that hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh must return home to Myanmar, where they had fled violent persecution

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'Hell' of WWII Burma campaign described by Japanese survivors

At age 101, Eisaku Yamamoto continues to share his story about the devastation of war from Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, where he lives. He was on the battlefields during World War II fighting for Japan in its campaign in Burma, the Southeast Asian country now officially called Myanmar. He was among…

The Hindu

‘India is buying Ukrainian blood by purchasing Russian crude oil’: Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba

Ukraine expected more practical support from India, said Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba

Bangkok Post

Migrants killed, injured when pickup hits tree

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A pickup truck carrying 33 migrant workers from Myanmar crashed into a roadside tree after a rear tyre burst, killing three passengers and seriously injuring five others, on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta hits back at Asean after being barred from meetings

Myanmar's military leadership on Wednesday lashed out at the Asean grouping of Southeast Asian countries for excluding its generals from regional gatherings, accusing it of caving to "external pressure".

Al Jazeera

India denies it will provide homes to Rohingya in capital

Hours after a federal minister says refugees will be given apartments in New Delhi, home ministry denies media reports.

Reuters

Myanmar junta hits back at ASEAN after being barred from meetings

Myanmar's military leadership on Wednesday lashed out at the ASEAN grouping of Southeast Asian countries for excluding its generals from regional gatherings, accusing it of caving to "external pressure".

Bangkok Post

Rohingya refugees in India's capital to be given flats, security

NEW DELHI: Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in India's capital will be allotted apartments and provided with police protection, a government minister said on Wednesday, signalling a change in the stance towards members of the Muslim minority.

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