Fight back or flee? Myanmar draft forces hard choices on youth
(Reuters) – Weeks after Myanmar’s military government announced a nationwide draft, two young women from far-flung parts of the Southeast Asian country headed to the …
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US charges Japanese crime leader with trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities on Wednesday charged the leader of a Japanese crime syndicate with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar for expected …
Myanmar rebel group claims control of town bordering India, Bangladesh
(Adds acronym of rebel group that took control of Laukkai town in paragraph 6) (Reuters) -An ethnic armed group in the western Myanmar state of …
Myanmar is now world’s largest source of opium, UN says
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Myanmar has become the world’s largest source of opium, thanks to domestic instability and a decline in cultivation in Afghanistan, the United …
Myanmar military meets rebel groups with China’s help – junta spokesperson
(Reuters) -Representatives from Myanmar’s ruling military have held talks, facilitated by China, with three armed rebel groups leading an anti-junta offensive, state media reported a …
Chinese navy ships visit Myanmar amid heightened security tensions
BEIJING (Reuters) – Three Chinese navy ships have arrived in Myanmar on a goodwill visit as part of renewed Chinese defence engagement amid Chinese concern …
Foreigners, aid workers moved to safety from Myanmar fighting
(Reuters) – Hundreds of foreigners working in Myanmar, including U.N. agency staff, have been moved to safety as an insurgency against military rule gathers pace, …
Myanmar Supreme Court rejects jailed Suu Kyi appeals
(Reuters) – The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar has rejected appeals against six corruption convictions for the jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according …
UN rights expert urges US to go further with sanctions against Myanmar junta
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights expert for Myanmar on Wednesday called on the United States to further tighten sanctions on …
Chinese rare earth prices hit 20-month high on Myanmar supply worry
BEIJING/HANOI (Reuters) -Chinese rare earth prices jumped to their highest in 20 months, as mining suspension in major producer Myanmar sparked stockpiling ahead of the …
Exclusive-British police investigate exiled former Myanmar envoy for trespass
By John Geddie (Reuters) – British police are investigating Myanmar’s former ambassador to the United Kingdom for trespassing on a diplomatic residence in London that …
U.N. humanitarian chief appeals to Myanmar generals for greater aid access
(Reuters) – The chief of the United Nations humanitarian relief agency has urged Myanmar’s ruling military to allow greater access to 18 million people in …
Malaysia probes disappearance of Myanmar democracy activist and her family
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police said on Tuesday they had opened an investigation into the disappearance this month of a Myanmar democracy activist and …
Blinken to press ASEAN to take tougher line on Myanmar, China – official
By David Brunnstrom and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington hopes to rally Southeast Asian nations to take tougher action against Myanmar’s military junta and …
Exclusive-Thailand seeking to re-engage Myanmar junta with ASEAN meeting – letter, sources
By Panu Wongcha-um, Poppy McPherson and Ananda Teresia BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s caretaker government is proposing to “fully re-engage” Myanmar’s military rulers and has invited ASEAN …
Myanmar shadow govt welcomes ASEAN peace talks but distrusts junta
(Reuters) – Myanmar’s shadow government welcomes efforts by ASEAN chair Indonesia to kickstart peace talks in the strife-torn Southeast Asian nation but is deeply distrustful …
Rohingya say will not go home to Myanmar to be stuck in camps
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh said on Saturday they would not return to Myanmar to “be confined in camps” after making …
Political prisoners among 2,000 pardoned by Myanmar junta
(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military government on Wednesday pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners, state media reported, among them a journalist and what activists and media said …
Norway sovereign wealth fund excludes Korea Gas, India’s GAIL over Myanmar link
(Reuters) – The Norwegian central bank on Thursday excluded two oil and gas companies from its $1.4-trillion wealth fund, the world’s largest, citing ethical concerns …
Myanmar junta says military carried out deadly attack on rebel ceremony
(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military said on Wednesday it carried out a deadly attack on a village gathering organised by its insurgent opponents this week and …
At least 50 killed as Myanmar military attacks rebel gathering, say media and militias
(Reuters) – At least 50 people were killed in central Myanmar on Tuesday in an air strike by the military on an event attended by …
Thousands flee into Thailand after fighting between Myanmar military, rebels
(Reuters) – Fierce fighting between the Myanmar military and armed ethnic rebels has forced about 5,000 people to flee across the country’s border into Thailand …
Myanmar economy to remain “severely diminished” amid conflict -World Bank
(Reuters) – Myanmar’s economic growth remains “severely diminished” and GDP is expected to increase just 3% in the fiscal year to September, the World Bank …
U.N. expert calls for coordinated action against Myanmar junta
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar on Monday called on the international community to coordinate sanctions …
At least 22 people killed in suspected massacre at Myanmar monastery
(Reuters) – At least 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar last week, according to a doctor’s …
Singapore to work with Indonesia, ASEAN, UN to push Myanmar peace plan – PM
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday the city-state would work with Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries, as well …
Smuggled note exposes violence against women in Myanmar jail -lawyers, activists
(Reuters) – In early February, four members of an anti-junta group in the Myanmar city of Mandalay said they received a secret, one-page, handwritten note …
EU imposes sixth set of sanctions on Myanmar officials, firms over coup
(Reuters) – The European Union on Monday imposed a sixth round of sanctions on Myanmar over the 2021 military coup that overthrew elected leader Aung …
Chevron agrees to sell Myanmar assets and will exit country
By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. oil major Chevron Corp on Friday said it had agreed to sell its assets in Myanmar to Canadian …
U.S. says it seeks ways to limit Russian military supplies to Myanmar junta
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is deeply concerned about Russia’s supply of military equipment to Myanmar’s junta and will continue to seek …
Myanmar invited to regional military meeting co-chaired by United States
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Myanmar military, which has been accused of ethnic cleansing against the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority, has been invited to take part …
Exclusive: Myanmar junta chief family assets found in Thai drug raid – document
By Panu Wongcha-um and Poppy McPherson BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai officials found assets belonging to adult children of Myanmar’s junta leader during a raid on …
Myanmar court to deliver final verdicts this week in Suu Kyi trials
(Refiles to add dropped word “with” in paragraph 1) (Reuters) – A court in military-ruled Myanmar will deliver its final verdicts in cases against deposed …
U.N. Security Council likely to vote Wednesday on Myanmar
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council is likely to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution demanding an immediate end …
U.N. shelves bid by Afghan Taliban, Myanmar junta for representation
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly on Friday approved postponing – for the second time – a decision on …
Afghan Taliban administration, Myanmar junta not allowed into United Nations for now
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A decision on whether the Afghan Taliban administration and the Myanmar junta can send a United Nations ambassador …
Malaysia court lifts stay on deportation of 114 Myanmar nationals
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Malaysian court on Tuesday lifted a stay on the deportation of 114 Myanmar nationals, raising concerns among rights groups they …
Canada adds sanctions on Russia, Iran, Myanmar over human rights
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Canada on Friday imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, Iran and Myanmar, citing alleged human rights violations by their governments. The …
Released Australian adviser supports sanctions against Myanmar officials
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia should sanction Myanmar’s military government and the regime’s bankers, Sean Turnell, the Australian economist and adviser to deposed leader Aung San …
Australian Turnell freed in Myanmar, arrives in Thailand -Australian government
(Reuters) -Australian economist Sean Turnell was freed from prison in Myanmar on Thursday and has arrived in Thailand, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on …
Toru Kubota, Japanese film maker held in Myanmar, has been freed – Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toru Kubota, a Japanese film maker held by authorities in Myanmar since being arrested in July, has been freed, Kyodo news agency …
Air strike during Myanmar concert kills at least 50 – media, opposition
(Reuters) -An air strike killed at least 50 people at a concert in Myanmar held by an ethnic minority group in conflict with the ruling …
Myanmar army helicopters fire on school, killing 13-media, residents
(Reuters) – At least 13 people including seven children were killed when army helicopters shot at a school in Myanmar, media reports and residents said, …
Russia, Myanmar not invited to Queen Elizabeth’s funeral – source
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has not invited representatives from Russia, Belarus and Myanmar to attend Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral due to be held next Monday, …
Malaysia urges ASEAN states to engage Myanmar junta’s rivals
By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK – Malaysia wants a clear endgame in Myanmar’ faltering peace process and is advocating direct engagement by ASEAN states with the …
Lack of trust, political will shackling Myanmar peace process, ASEAN envoy says
PHNOM PENH -A lack of trust and political will is stifling Myanmar’s peace process and the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN will keep shunning its ruling …
Myanmar junta frustrating everyone over peace plan – Malaysia minister
PHNOM PENH – Myanmar’s ruling military has been uncooperative and has frustrated everyone in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with its lack of …
Pleas for help as Myanmar awaits high-profile executions
(Reuters) – The wife of pro-democracy figure Kyaw Min Yu, sentenced to be executed on the orders of Myanmar’s ruling generals, says that if her …
Myanmar junta can’t beat rebels, should restore democracy – U.S. diplomat
BANGKOK – Myanmar’s junta likely cannot to defeat the rebels fighting its rule and should restore democracy after seizing power last year, a senior U.S. …
Myanmar central bank orders state bodies not to use foreign currencies
(Reuters) – Myanmar’s central bank has ordered ministries and local governments not to use foreign currencies for domestic transactions, to help relieve pressure on the …