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Pardon frees more than 2,100 Myanmar political prisoners

Myanmar’s ruling military council says it is releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as a humanitarian gesture

The Independent UK

Myanmar to free more than 2,000 political dissidents

Military, which has used force to stamp out opposition to its rule, says amnesty is for ‘humanitarian’ reasons.

Al Jazeera

China says Myanmar's sovereignty should be respected

China supports Myanmar in finding its own path to development and urges the international community to respect its sovereignty and help it achieve peace and reconciliation, China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Reuters

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China’s foreign minister touts ‘friendship’ on Myanmar visit

Qin Gang is the highest-ranking Chinese official to meet Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing since his power grab two years ago.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar pardons 2,153 prisoners jailed for dissent

Myanmar's junta on Wednesday announced it had pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners jailed under a law used widely in its crackdown on dissent since seizing power more than two years ago.

Bangkok Post

Chinese foreign minister meets Myanmar junta chief

China’s foreign minister met Myanmar’s junta chief on Tuesday, the military said, the highest-ranking Chinese official to meet the country’s top general since a coup more than two years ago.

Bangkok Post

China's foreign minister makes rare visit to Myanmar border

China's foreign minister has called for stability along the country's border with Myanmar and a crackdown on cross-border criminal activity during a rare visit to the volatile region

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Military construction on Myanmar’s Great Coco island prompts fears of Chinese involvement

Great Coco lies 55km from India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Beijing has denied it is involved in building a surveillance post there

The Guardian - UK

Indian girls beat Myanmar 2-1 to qualify for AFC U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers Round 2

BISHKEK: The India U17 women's team spent some anxious moments in the last 15 minutes before emerging 2-1 winners against Myanmar in its concluding AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers Round 1 tie here on Friday.

The Times of India

Two migrant labour brokers found stabbed to death

Two men working as brokers for a migrant labour smuggling gang were found dead with multiple stab wounds in dense grass in Nonthaburi on Thursday after being reported missing from a house in Samut Prakan last week.

Bangkok Post

Chinese foreman and 23 Myanmar migrants arrested for illegal work

SAMUT PRAKAN: A Chinese man entering the country on a tourist visa and 23 undocumented Myanmar migrant workers were arrested during a police raid on a construction site in Bang Phli district on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Rohingya, Yemeni and Syrian refugees plead for help in Sudan

People had fled to Sudan to escape conflict and persecution in their home countries, but are now on the move again.

Al Jazeera

‘Endless record heat’ in Asia as highest April temperatures recorded

Record figures for month recorded in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China and South Asia

The Guardian - UK

42 illegal migrants caught in Kanchanaburi

KANCHANABURI: Forty-two job seekers from Myanmar were arrested after illegally crossing the border into Sangkhla Buri district late on Wednesday night.

Bangkok Post

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Myanmar's neighbours, some Asean members hold secretive talks on crisis

Government and think-tank representatives from Myanmar and its neighbours, including India and China, held talks in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a secretive effort to de-escalate a bloody crisis in Thailand's army-run neighbour, two sources said.

Al Jazeera

Footage by Japanese journalist killed in Myanmar in 2007 released

Kenji Nagai was filming the monk-led Saffron Revolution in Yangon when he was shot by soldiers.

The Independent UK

Slain Japanese journalist's camera surfaces after 15 years

A video camera that had been missing for more than 15 years after it was dropped by a Japanese journalist who was fatally shot during a street protest in Myanmar has been handed over to his sister at a ceremony in Bangkok

Reuters

Slain Japanese journalist's last Myanmar images shared after 15 years missing

The family of a Japanese journalist killed while reporting on Myanmar's 2007 "Saffron Revolution" released his last pictures on Wednesday, sharing footage from a recently obtained video camera missing since his fatal shooting 15 years ago.

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Slain journo's camera resurfaces 16 years after death in Myanmar

When Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai was shot dead by Myanmar troops as he covered anti-military protests in 2007, his video camera disappeared, along with the last images he filmed.

Bangkok Post

Secretive talks on Myanmar held in India

Government and think-tank representatives from Myanmar and its neighbours, including Thailand, China and India, held talks in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a secretive effort to de-escalate a bloody crisis in the army-run country, two sources said.

Reuters

Myanmar's neighbours, some ASEAN members hold secretive talks on crisis - sources

Bangkok Post

Innocents to the fore in anti-war exhibition

War, peace and dreams are portrayed on canvas by an internationally renowned Myanmar artist during "Dreams" which is running at the Event Space, 4th floor of Central The Original Store, Charoen Krung Road, until May 21.

Bangkok Post

Ban Ki-moon: Myanmar military ‘must take first steps’ to peace

Former UN chief Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday called for an end to violence in Myanmar after meeting the leader of its ruling military junta, which he said “must take the first steps”.

Al Jazeera

Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon to do ‘all he can’ for peace in Myanmar

Ban calls for path to end violence and establish a ‘peaceful, democratic and legitimate government’.

Reuters

Former UN chief says Myanmar army must take first step to end violence

Former U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday called for an end to violence in Myanmar after meeting the leader of its ruling military, which he said "must take the first steps".

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