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Thousands crossed the Moei River to Thailand amid junta airstrikes around the border town of Myawaddy. / Photo by the Irrawaddy

Appeal for humanitarian aid for Burmese sheltering in Thailand

April 22, 2024
by jeerapas@thaipbs.or.th
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The anti-Myanmar junta National Unity Government (NUG) has appealed to all organisations and authorities to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Myanmar fleeing the civil war in their country,…

The graphic depicts the rotation of online gambling workers and scammers around Thailand.

Thais rescued from forced labour in Myanmar to return home on Wednesday

February 5, 2024
by Marisa Chimprabha (World)
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Ninety-two Thai nationals, lured to work in casinos in the Myawaddy district of Kayin state in Myanmar and who were rescued by Myanmar authorities, are due to return to Thailand…

Evidence of ongoing war crimes in Myanmar

August 10, 2023
by Marisa Chimprabha (World)
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In its report, released on August 8th, the UN’s Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) has highlighted that there is strong evidence of repeated war crimes in Myanmar. The IIMM…

Some 1,000 Karenni refugees flee fighting in Myanmar into Mae Hong Son

July 13, 2023
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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About 1,000 Karenni refugees fled across the Thai-Myanmar border to seek shelter in a rural village in Mueang district of the northernmost province of Mae Hong Son yesterday (Wednesday), after…

FILE – U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer attends a press conference at the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur, July 26, 2022. Human rights activists urged the U.N. Security Council on Monday, March 13, 2023 to refer Myanmar’s military rulers to the International Criminal Court and urged neighboring Southeast Asian countries to support the opposition pro-democracy movement. (Malaysia’s Department of Information via AP, File)

UN envoy: Wide resistance to Myanmar military’s repression

March 17, 2023
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Widespread popular resistance to brutal repression by Myanmar’s military shows no sign of abating across much of the country, and with both sides intent on winning by force “there is…

Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar’s armed forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends the IX Moscow conference on International Security in Moscow on June 23, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko / POOL / AFP

Myanmar says it’s committed to ASEAN peace plan, despite general’s snub

October 24, 2021
by Mintra Adair
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Myanmar’s military rulers pledged on Sunday to cooperate “as much as possible” with a peace plan agreed with ASEAN, despite a stern rebuke of the regional bloc for excluding the…

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