One of Myanmar’s strongest allies, Beijing has connections with the key players in the conflict, including the junta, ethnic armies, the civilian National Unity Government, and Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party. It is also close to Laos, the current ASEAN chair. This puts Beijing in a prime position for peace efforts, … Read more
MAE SOT: Thailand’s foreign minister warned that his country would not tolerate any violation of its sovereignty, during a visit on Friday (Apr 12) to the border with Myanmar following days of clashes that have dislodged junta troops from their positions in the neighbouring country. Fighting between Myanmar’s military and ethnic armed groups has rocked … Read more
Over the weekend there were local reports of intense fighting by anti-junta groups near Myawaddy town, across the border from the Thai town of Mae Sot. Myawaddy is the third busiest land crossing, according to the junta’s commerce ministry, with some US$1.1 billion in goods passing through over the last 12 months. The Ministry of … Read more
The fraudulent apps ran by the two Chinese developers “affected consumers across the globe” and resulted in “substantial financial losses” to Google users, the US tech giant said in its lawsuit. 06:18 ‘It’s scary’: Asian cryptocurrency scams bilk tens of thousands of ‘brainwashed’ victims ‘It’s scary’: Asian cryptocurrency scams bilk tens of thousands of ‘brainwashed’ … Read more
RESISTANCE TO CONSCRIPTION NOT NEW Resistance to conscription is not new. The SAC spokesperson argued that Myanmar was not exceptional and that the current move “aligns with international practices”, claiming that 18 countries practised conscription. A glaring omission is that the primary purpose of conscription is for a country’s defence against external threats, not for … Read more
He cited Singapore, which has clamped down on sales of equipment for military use, and such transfers fell by 83 per cent last year, Andrews told a press conference in Geneva. But he stressed that this was not the case for Russia and China, respectively the first and second suppliers of arms to the junta. … Read more
GENEVA: The international community must take “targeted action” to restrict the Myanmar junta’s access to arms, jet fuel and foreign currency to prevent it from committing “atrocities” against its people, the UN human rights chief said on Friday (Mar 1). “I repeat my call to the international community to refocus its energy on preventing atrocities … Read more
YANGON: Myanmar’s junta is enforcing a law allowing the military to summon all men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27 to serve for at least two years, it said on Saturday (Feb 11), as it struggles to crush opposition to its 2021 coup. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military … Read more
New Delhi: The Government of India will construct a fence along the entire 1,643 km stretch of India-Myanmar border. Commenting on the development, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday, “It has been decided to construct a fence along the entire 1,643 km India-Myanmar border. To facilitate better surveillance, a patrol track along the … Read more
DHAKA: At least 95 Myanmar border guards, some of them wounded, have fled to Bangladesh over the last few days as fighting intensifies between rebel forces in Myanmar and the junta regime, officials in Bangladesh said on Monday (Feb 5). At least two people were killed in Bangladesh on Monday after mortar shells fired from … Read more
