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Ex-UN head Ban Ki-moon calls for end to Myanmar violence

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate end to violence in Myanmar after a surprise meeting with the military leaders of the violence-plagued Southeast Asian nation

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Ex-UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on surprise Myanmar trip

Ban Ki-moon visits military-run Myanmar on behalf of a group of former leaders who engage in peacemaking.

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Former UN chief Ban returns to Myanmar, meets ruling general

Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met Myanmar's military ruler on Monday, media reported, part of a trip aimed at promoting peace in a country racked by conflict since a coup two years ago.

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Top election official in Myanmar assassinated by guerrillas

A top election official in Myanmar has been fatally shot in Yangon in the latest attack attributed to militants opposed to military rule

The Independent UK

Foreign minister Don meets Myanmar junta chief

Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai visited the capital of Myanmar on Friday for talks with Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military junta, according to the Global New Light of Myanmar.

Bangkok Post

Gen Z guerillas are fighting in a brutal civil war that everyone is ignoring

Secunder Kermani gains rare access to meet some of the young people battling Myanmar’s military junta

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Myanmar Supreme Court agrees to hear some Suu Kyi appeals

A legal official says Myanmar’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s convictions and requests for reduced sentences in several cases in which she was charged with corruption, election fraud and violating the official secrets act

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Myanmar Supreme Court to hear appeal of jailed former leader Suu Kyi

The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar will hear an appeal by deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions for corruption and violating election and state secrets laws, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Reuters

New alliances form in Myanmar struggle

At dusk in northern Myanmar, fighters from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) patrol their frontlines and mark the positions of junta troops, their decades-long conflict with the military fraught with new risks since the coup two years ago.

Bangkok Post

Chinese Companies Reportedly Halt Rare Earth Mining in Myanmar After Protests

Protests broke out in Myanmar’s Kachin State following the Kachin Independence Organization’s decision to grant Chinese companies permission to mine in the area near the border with China’s Yunnan Province.

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Tin market spooked by Myanmar supply worries

LONDON: Tin prices have leapt higher on news of a possible production halt in Myanmar, the world’s third-largest producer of the metal.

Bangkok Post

Military Violence in Myanmar Is Worsening Amid Fierce Resistance and International Ambivalence

The escalating violence in Myanmar can be attributed to a miscalculation by the military regime over the resistance of the people and the ambivalence from the international community.

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‘Our country is sick’: survivors in shock after deadly Myanmar airstrike

On 11 April 168 people were killed in deadliest attack since coup as locals were celebrating opening of village hall

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Thai diplomacy has come full circle

After eight arduous years, Thai diplomacy has come full circle. With 26 days to go before the next general election on May 14, the international community is wondering whether there will be any change in the country's overall diplomatic outlook. Since the dark days leading up to the intervention in…

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Members of the Myanmar diaspora in Australia say they are frustrated with the government's current sanctions

Myanmar's military government releases thousands of prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday, just days after airstrikes targeting rebels killed civilians in the country's north-west.

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Myanmar army rulers free 3,000 prisoners in holiday gesture

Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the traditional lunar New Year holiday, but it was not immediately clear if those released included the thousands of political detainees

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Myanmar junta says over 3,000 prisoners pardoned for New Year

Myanmar's junta released 3,113 prisoners, including 98 foreigners, to mark the country's traditional New Year on Monday, according to a statement from the military government published on pro-military Telegram channels.

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Myanmar's junta pardons over 3,000 prisoners for New Year -statement

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Military violence in Myanmar is worsening amid fierce resistance and international ambivalence

In the early days of a brutal 2021 military crackdown on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar, members of the nascent resistance movement began asking “how many dead bodies” it would take for the world community to act.

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Myanmar air strike deaths reach at least 170

The death toll from an air strike on a village in central Myanmar has risen to at least 170, according to a person involved in cremating bodies and local media reports.

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Raw deal for refugees

As Thais celebrate Songkran this week, many of our neighbours in Myanmar are facing agony as their junta government ramps up airstrikes on armed rebel bases along the border.

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About 12,000 Myanmar refugees left Tak

TAK: About 12,000 Myanmar refugees left this border province for their homeland in Myawaddy this week after they had taken shelter on the Thai soil over the past week, according to the Thai army.

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Asean condemns Myanmar air strike

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) "strongly condemns" recent air strikes in Myanmar in which dozens of people were reported killed, said a statement issued Thursday by Indonesia, the current Asean chair.

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ASEAN ‘strongly condemns’ deadly Myanmar air attack

Regional bloc calls for an end to violence as media reports say up to 100 people may have died in Pa Zi Gyi village.

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