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Kicking back at the regime: artists open another front in Myanmar war

With the military increasing its use of informants, rappers and artists must keep their identities secret, even from one another

The Guardian - UK

Data complaint filed against plan to sell Telenor Myanmar

A Telenor Myanmar customer has complained to Norway's data protection authority that a planned sale of the business risks a potentially dangerous breach of privacy

The Independent UK

Turnell remains in Myanmar detention

Cambodian PM Hun Sen says Australian economic adviser Sean Turnell has not been released in Myanmar, apologising for confusion caused by his earlier comments.

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Cambodian prime minister admits 'mistake', says Australian economist Sean Turnell still detained in Myanmar

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen had taken credit for helping to free detained Australian Sean Turnell in Myanmar, only to later admit his mistake after the junta denied releasing the economist.

ABC News

Hun Sen was mistaken about Australian's Myanmar release

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen admitted an "unintentional mistake" on Monday in taking credit for helping to free an Australian in Myanmar whom the military government said was not being released.

Bangkok Post

Cambodian leader admits error over Myanmar prisoner release

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has acknowledged that he erred when he announced that Myanmar’s military government had released an Australian economist detained for the past year

The Independent UK

Sean Turnell: Myanmar military denies releasing detained Australian economist

Cambodian PM Hun Sen claimed Mr Turnell had been released before later saying he had made a mistake

The Independent UK

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Cambodia PM says he was mistaken about Australian's Myanmar release

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen admitted an "unintentional mistake" on Monday in taking credit for helping to free an Australian in Myanmar whom the military government said was not being released.

Reuters

Rakhine rebels clash again with Myanmar junta troops: spokesman

A Myanmar rebel group said Monday that junta troops attacked its fighters in breach of a ceasefire, accusing the military of trying to destabilise the only region of the country that has seen no post-coup crackdown.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta chief said Asean envoy can meet Suu Kyi party members - Cambodia

Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing agreed to arrange for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party on a future visit, a senior Cambodian official said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Cambodia says Myanmar frees Australian

Sean Turnell, an Australian economist and former advisor to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been freed from detention, Cambodian media reports say.

AAP

Myanmar junta chief said ASEAN envoy can meet Suu Kyi party members - Cambodian minister

Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing agreed to arrange for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party on a future visit, a senior Cambodian official said on Monday.

Reuters

Fearing junta, hundreds of Myanmar parents disown dissident children

Every day for the last three months, an average of six or seven families in Myanmar have posted notices in the country's state-owned newspapers cutting ties with sons, daughters, nieces, nephews and grandchildren who have publicly opposed the ruling military junta.

Reuters

Myanmar reaches a political impasse

Myanmar is engulfed in a civil war that is growing daily leaving diminishing options available to try to resolve it in what is a growing political impasse. For the past year, since the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, seized power, the country has been overwhelmed by violence and mayhem that is…

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Migrant workers get a raw deal

Societies around the world are increasingly becoming "aged societies", and Thailand itself will become a "super-aged" society by 2031 when 28% of the population will be over 60 years old.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar tests Asean unity again

Feb 1 was a day of celebration as millions marked the beginning of the Year of the Tiger. But it was also a day of sober reflection as it reminded us about the military takeover in Myanmar exactly a year ago.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar man hangs self in detention cell

SAMUT PRAKAN: A Myanmar man detained pending deportation was found hanged in a cell at South Samrong police station in Phra Pradaeng district on Sunday morning.

The Guardian - UK

Revolutionary roads: how the army tried to crush Yangon’s most anti-coup district

The Hlaing Thayar district is at the centre of Myanmar’s protests, but brutal crackdowns and the collapse of the local garment industry have taken their toll

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More border-jumpers caught in Prachuap Khiri Khan

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Sixteen illegal migrants from Myanmar seeking jobs in Thailand were arrested after crossing into Muang district on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar villagers accuse junta of burning homes

Myanmar villagers and anti-coup fighters have accused troops of burning hundreds of homes in the country's restive northwest, as the junta seeks to crush resistance to its rule.

Bangkok Post

One year post-coup: Light ahead after darkness?

On 1 Feb 2021, the dreams of many people in Burma (Myanmar) were shattered overnight. Since then, I, along with everyone else in my country of over 55 million people, have been living in darkness.

The Independent UK

Myanmar piles on 11th corruption charge against Suu Kyi

Police in Myanmar have filed an 11th corruption charge against Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s elected leader who was ousted from power by a military takeover a year ago, State media reported that Suu Kyi was being charged under a bribery law that carries a maximum prison term of…

Bangkok Post

138 Myanmar job seekers caught on western border

KANCHANABURI: Another 138 job seekers from Myanmar were caught for illegal entry in Kanchanaburi province on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar court postpones hearings in Suu Kyi's trial

A court in military-run Myanmar postponed two hearings this week in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, a source with knowledge of proceedings said on Friday, after media reported the ousted leader had not been feeling well.

Reuters

Myanmar court postpones hearing in Suu Kyi's trial-source

A court in military-run Myanmar postponed a hearing in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi this week, a source with knowledge of proceedings said on Friday, after media reported the ousted leader had not been feeling well.

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