Five Hong Kongers have been arrested for allegedly setting up job scams in which victims were lured to Southeast Asia and then held against their will, police announced Sunday.In recent months, victims have reported traveling to countries such as Myanm…
– A total of 12 people were injured last night, when a 22-wheeled lorry hit a passenger bus in south-eastern Myanmar’s Kayin state.The accident occurred on an Asian Highway at 4:15 p.m. local time, involving a passenger bus, carrying Myanmar workers, h…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday urged the Cambodian government to open the naval base it is modernizing with Chinese funds, saying use of the site would pose a threat to Southeast Asia if used for China’s defense.Blinken, in Phnom Penh…
More than 1.2 million people are now displaced across Myanmar, including over 866,000 people displaced by the conflict and insecurity, since the military takeover in Feb, 2021, said a UN spokesman, yesterday.The remaining 346,000 people were displaced…
A Japanese video journalist has been detained by security forces in Myanmar while covering a protest of military rule in the country’s largest city, pro-democracy activists said Sunday.Toru Kubota, a Tokyo-based documentary filmmaker, was arrested on S…
Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said Malaysia condemns the execution of four activists by Myanmar’s junta and sees the action as a crime against humanity. Saifuddin said this on Tuesday during a press conference after meeting with the Sp…
— The UN human rights chief condemned the execution of four prisoners, including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party and a prominent activist, as “cruel and regressive”.“I am dismayed that despite appeals from across the world, the military…
Why would Myanmar’s junta risk fueling more anger at home and outrage abroad through its execution on Monday of four activists, including two icons of the democracy movement? The answer might be found in its failing fortunes on the battlefield amid a deepening civil war. Myanmar state media announced Monday the execution of Ko Jimmy, a veteran activist since the 1988 uprising against military rule, and Phyo Zeya Thaw, a popular rap artist turned politician. Two other lesser-known activists were also put to death. The four had been arrested for their anti-junta activism and violating the counter-terrorism law. In January, the four were
