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Myanmar exempts foreign entities from exchange rules after business outcry

Myanmar's central bank has announced a broad exemption of foreign entities from a controversial new policy requiring foreign exchange to be converted into local currency, a rule that triggered panic among business groups and residents.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar plans energy investments, struggles with power outages

Myanmar's junta government plans to increase investment in the energy sector, seeking to shore up the supply of power as the country grapples with lengthy daily blackouts, its information minister said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar exempts foreign businesses, NGOs from forex rules

Myanmar officials say the military-led government will exempt approved foreign investors, embassies, United Nations agencies and non-government organizations from its rules requiring conversion of foreign exchange into the local currency

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Smuggler's pickup overturns, illegal migrants caught

A pickup truck overturned fleeing a checkpoint search, as 38 illegal migrants from Myanmar and two of three drivers hired to smuggle them were arrested in Mae Sai and Mae Fa Luang districts of Chiang Rai early on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Hundreds of Rohingya Escape Malaysia Detention, Six Dead

Hundreds of Rohingya migrants from Myanmar broke out of a detention center in northern Malaysia on Wednesday with six killed on a highway as they escaped, authorities said. Many Rohingya arrive in Malaysia by boat after enduring harrowing, months-long sea journeys.

Asharq Al-Awsat

6 Rohingya dead, hundreds flee after riot at Malaysian detention camp

KUALA LUMPUR: Six Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, including two children, have died after being hit by vehicles on a Malaysian highway as hundreds fled an immigration detention centre where a riot broke out early on Wednesday, officials said.

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Six Rohingya dead, hundreds flee after riot at Malaysian detention camp

Six Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, including two children, have died after being hit by vehicles on a Malaysian highway as hundreds fled an immigration detention centre where a riot broke out early on Wednesday, officials said.

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‘Using citizenship as a weapon’ Myanmar military targets critics

The regime has stripped the citizenship of 33 critics since March in a move that violates international law.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar military government denies rumors of fuel shortages

Myanmar’s military government is denying that the country is suffering from a shortage of fuel, after rumors about low supplies of gasoline and diesel led to panic buying and long queues at service stations in several cities

The Independent UK

Myanmar returns two Thai fishermen

RANONG: Two Thai men caught fishing in Myanmar territorial waters three weeks ago were handed over to Thai officials at an immigration office in Kawthaung province, Myanmar, on Monday, Thailand Maritime Enforcement Command Centre Region 3 announced on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

In rare comments, Myanmar's Suu Kyi urges people to 'be united' - source

Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for unity among her people, according to a source familiar with her legal proceedings, in rare remarks since her overthrow in a military coup last year.

Reuters

Doubt raised over labour plan

While some 600,000 Thais remain unemployed, the government has approved a plan to bring in about 170,000 additional migrant workers as requested by businesses yearning for manpower as they resume operations.

Bangkok Post

No political prisoners released in Myanmar holiday amnesty

Military releases 1,619 prisoners to mark the traditional new year holiday, but no political prisoners were freed.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar's military chief pardons prisoners to mark holiday

Myanmar’s military government has begun releasing more than 1,600 prisoners to mark the traditional new year holiday, but they didn’t include any political detainees despite the country’s ruling general vowing to bring peace this year

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Myanmar junta says 1,600 prisoners to be freed in holiday amnesty

Relatives of hundreds of prisoners gathered outside Myanmar's Insein Prison on Sunday after the military government announced the release of 1,600 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the Southeast Asian nation's new year.

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Myanmar Junta Says to Free 1,600 Prisoners in New Year Amnesty

Myanmar's junta said it will release more than 1,600 prisoners from jails across the country on Sunday to mark the Buddhist new year, without specifying whether those being pardoned were protesters or common criminals. The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government was…

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Myanmar junta releases 1,600 prisoners for Buddhist new year, but no mention of detained Australian Sean Turnell

Families of detained Myanmar protesters have their hopes dashed after political prisoners are not included in some 1,600 people released by the junta to mark the Buddhist new year.

The Independent UK

Biden to host Southeast Asian leaders for May 12-13 summit

The White House says President Joe Biden will host leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian nations in Washington next month for a summit

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Al Jazeera investigation ‘Myanmar’s State of Fear’ wins top award

This is Myanmar’s State of Fear, was one of just 12 winners chosen from more than 600 entrants.

The News Lens

The Problem With Postcards From Myanmar

Myanmar is opening up to foreign tourists, but it’s not just Covid-19 that poses a risk.

Tribune News Service

On Gardening: Persian Shield is beautifully exotic

Recently I stumbled across a plant recipe called "This is the Life." Not only was it a collection of some of my favorite plants, it was a wake-up call to an old favorite: the Persian Shield. Known botanically as Strobilanthes dyerianus, it is native to Myanmar and has 8-inch-long iridescent…

The Guardian - UK

Deportation of Rohingya woman from India sparks fear of renewed crackdown

Hasina Begum was separated from her family and forced to return to Myanmar despite her refugee status. Hundreds of others now face expulsion

Reuters

Troops burn villages in Myanmar heartland, seek to crush resistance

Rubble and ashes, overlooked by a single golden pagoda, are almost all that remain of the wood and brick houses most people had built for themselves in the quiet riverside village of Bin in the Buddhist heartland of central Myanmar.

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar jailed more writers in 2021 than any other country, says rights group

Exclusive: Junta detained at least 26 intellectuals last year as it sought to suppress opposition

Reuters

Myanmar New Year celebrations dampened by protests, boycotts

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar have urged residents to boycott the country's traditional New Year celebrations, as activists and Buddhist monks defied security forces by staging small protests against last year's coup in some areas.

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