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British Museum to show king’s solid gold message studded with rubies

An anonymous artists worried about reprisal from the Myanmar government is also featured in the exhition.

Evening Standard

A medical heroine overseas, this humble woman slips by unnoticed at home

Rose McGready is determined in the battle to save mothers and beat malaria.

The Canberra Times

Peace and prosperity in Mekong region play pivotal role in India’s Act East policy: Jaishankar

S. Jaishankar who arrived in Bangkok from Indonesia on Saturday on an official visit, met the Myanmar foreign minister on the sidelines of the Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) Mechanism meeting.

The Hindu

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America's Myanmar policy is simply all wrong

A recent joint statement by US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi "expressed deep concern about the deteriorating situation in Myanmar" and called for a constructive dialogue to aid the country's transition toward an inclusive federal democratic system. Unfortunately, the US-led sanctions policy has undercut this goal…

Bangkok Post

Infiltrators may have fuelled Manipur crisis: Governor

Manipur Governor Uikey believes infiltrators from across the border may have fuelled the ongoing unrest in the State.

The Hindu

Sexual violence is junta’s ‘modus operandi’, Myanmar activist tells UN

People are united to end military dictatorship but international support is needed, Naw Hser Hser says

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar junta hints at extending emergency

Myanmar’s junta chief has hinted the military may further extend a state of emergency and delay promised elections, saying greater efforts were needed to end unrest.

Bangkok Post

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Southeast Asian nations renew alarm over Myanmar violence. But diplomats can't settle on a solution

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have renewed their alarm over and condemnation of the deadly air strikes and artillery shelling in Myanmar

The Independent UK

Myanmar says Aung San Suu Kyi in ‘good health’, met Thai FM

In Jakarta, ASEAN reiterates need for unified response to end crisis amid Thai attempts to ‘re-engage’ with generals.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar military regime accused of murdering political prisoners

Prison officials accused of extrajudicial killings and torture with thousands arrested for their opposition to the coup.

Al Jazeera

Divided Asean grapples to find united stance on Myanmar

JAKARTA: Asean foreign ministers were still working for a united position on the Myanmar crisis on Thursday, a day after the bloc’s ministerial meeting ended.

Bangkok Post

Airstrikes drive 3,000 Karennis to Mae Hong Son

More than 3,000 Karennis have reportedly fled across the border to Mae Hong Son province following clashes between Myanmar and the Karenni Army (KA) on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

EU rejects Myanmar’s diplomatic role and says it still doesn't recognize generals

The European Union’s top diplomat has expressed opposition to Myanmar’s upcoming role as overseer of relations between the 27-nation bloc and Southeast Asian nations and reasserted its non-recognition of the strife-torn nation’s military government

The Independent UK

4 Thais ‘duped into prostitution’ in Myanmar

Four Thai women in Myanmar have asked to be repatriated after saying they had been duped by an illegal job broker on TikTok to work as PR staff but were forced to work as prostitutes.

Bangkok Post

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Asean struggles for unity on Myanmar conflict

JAKARTA: Finding unity over how to deal with Myanmar’s junta continued to evade Southeast Asian nations on Thursday, as foreign ministers meeting in Jakarta struggled to agree on a communique that would include a reference to their neighbour’s internal strife.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar’s ‘alternative’ exams a major test amid bombs, blackouts

As it scales up its activities, Myanmar’s NUG is rolling out university entrance exams for thousands of students.

Bangkok Post

Thailand can’t turn a blind eye to a child's rights

A hasty decision by the Thai authorities to remove 126 stateless children from a school in Ang Thong province and deport half of them to Myanmar has caused a moral stir.

Newslaundry

Promised rehabilitation, Myanmar refugees are now trapped in the Manipur conflict

When a group of 81 refugees crossed the border from Myanmar to Manipur since 2021, they hoped for safety after a military coup toppled their government back home.

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Bangkok Post

Foreign minister Don confirms meeting with Suu Kyi

JAKARTA: Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai says he met with ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday, her first known meeting with a foreign envoy since she was detained following the 2021 military coup.

Al Jazeera

Thai foreign minister met Aung San Suu Kyi on secret Myanmar trip

Don Pramudwinai tells ASEAN foreign ministers he met jailed elected leader as well as coup leader Min Aung Hlaing.

The Independent UK

Thai diplomat meets with Suu Kyi in detention in Myanmar and says she wants to join talks on crisis

Thailand’s top diplomat says he met ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in detention over the weekend and she conveyed her openness to engage in talks to resolve the crisis in her strife-torn nation

The Hindu

‘Ten from Myanmar allowed to Manipur due to medical emergency’

Ten persons from Myanmar, currently admitted to a hospital in Churachandpur district of Manipur with bullet injuries, were intercepted by the Assam Rifles at the border and allowed to enter the State as it was a case of a medical emergency, according to multiple government officials.

The Independent UK

Indonesia warns nuclear weapons put Southeast Asia a 'miscalculation away' from a catastrophe

Indonesia’s top diplomat is warning of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is “one miscalculation away from apocalypse” and pressing for world powers to sign a treaty to keep the region free from such arms

The Hindu

President Macron urged to prevent India from supplying weapons to Myanmar

Justice for Myanmar urges France President Emmanuel Macron to press PM Modi during his July visit to Paris to adhere to international norms and prevent the military junta from accessing sophisticated defence technology.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar crisis to dominate Asean meeting

JAKARTA: Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) met in Indonesia Tuesday, with Myanmar's deadlocked political crisis expected to dominate discussions.

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