Myanmar’s junta chief met with his Thai counterpart at a Myanmar beach resort on Thursday for talks that will likely focus on military relations and stability issues along their 1,500-mile (2,415-kilometer) border, according to sources in the country.T…
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Junta and Arakan Army swap prisoners in Rakhine state
Myanmar’s military and the ethnic Rakhine Arakan Army have exchanged prisoners as a seven-week ceasefire still holds.The Jan. 15 prisoner swap took place near Rakhine state’s Ponnagyun township, a local witness, who did not want to be named for securit…
Read MoreHRW: Rohingya Refugees Suffer Widespread Police Abuse
An elite Bangladesh police unit is engaged in the rampant extortion, harassment and wrongful arrests of the Rohingya refugees it has been tasked with protecting, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) operates in camps housin…
Read MoreASEAN chair Indonesia to set up special envoy office on Myanmar
ASEAN chair Indonesia will set up a special envoy’s office to deal with the post-coup crisis in Myanmar but not allow that country to hold the regional bloc hostage, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said Wednesday. As holder of the Association…
Read MoreJunta airstrike kills 5 Chin National Front soldiers
A junta military airstrike on the Chin National Front headquarters in Chin State killed five of its soldiers and injured at least 10, locals told RFA.Five fighter jets attacked the headquarters at Camp Victoria in Thantlang township even though there…
Read MoreMyanmar junta meets with ethnic rebels to garner support for 2023 elections
Myanmar’s junta met with three armed ethnic organizations over the weekend as part of a wider campaign to enlist support for an upcoming general election dismissed by democracy watchdogs as a military ploy to maintain power.Leaders from the United Wa…
Read MoreMyanmar court sentences 116 Rohingya refugees for violating immigration laws
A court under the jurisdiction of Myanmar’s military junta has sentenced 116 Rohingya refugees to between two and five years in prison for traveling without documents after they left camps in Bangladesh and Rakhine state to try to get to…
Read MoreInmate killed, 8 in critical condition following crackdown at Myanmar Prison
Prison guards in Myanmar on Friday shot and killed a political prisoner and wounded more than 60 other people – including eight critically – after inmates protested their beating of the victim a day earlier, Radio Free Asia has learned….
Read MoreThai women tell of being trafficked, caught up in prostitution inside Myanmar
Promises of high-paid entertainment jobs lured the three Thai women to Myanmar, but they found themselves trapped into prostitution in Shan state near the Chinese border before they escaped, they said in telling the stories about their ordeal. Sisters A…
Read MoreLost in Laos: Systemic problems are far greater than one new leader can solve
On 30 December, Lao Prime Minster Phankham Viphavanh (72) resigned ostensibly on health grounds, but amidst an economy in sharp decline and saddled in foreign debt. He is succeeded by the scion of one of the country’s two political dynasties, Deputy…
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