Myanmar Junta Frees Political Prisoners and Journalists
By The Irrawaddy Tue, June 30, 2021 Myanmar Now reporter Kay Zon Nway (left) hugs a relative outside Insein Prison in Yangon on Wednesday. / The Irrawaddy Myanmar’s regime released […]
Vietnam, Laos sign series of agreements in Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith’s visit
Minh Vu HANOI TIMES Mon, June 28, 2021 Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith. Photo: VGP An agreement on the strategic cooperation for 2021-2030 […]
Singapore YouTuber Preetipls tells racists to ‘Buck it up’ in new rap song because ‘Shanmugam asked for our views’
Obbana Rajah THE INDEPENDENT SINGAPORE June 21, 2021 Racists! Buck it up! SINGAPORE – Coming back with another rap video to the same tune as the ‘F*ck It Up’ one […]
Myanmar’s Unrest Triggers Rise in Golden Triangle Drug Trade
By CTN News Chiang Rai Times Wed, June 2, 2021 As Myanmar slumps deeper into chaos, and armed rebel groups hunt money to stockpile guns to fight the army known […]
Vaccine passports expected to be hot topic at ASEAN Summit
Sar Socheath Khmer Times Thu, June 10, 2021 The Thai Ministry of Public Health shows a sample of a Covid-19 vaccine passport. Bangkok Post Some prominent Cambodian think-tank intellectuals have […]
Global Medical Charity MSF Told to Close Operation in Myanmar’s South
By The Irrawaddy Wed, June 09, 2021 MSF in Myanmar. / MSF Myanmar Facebook Myanmar’s regime has suspended the humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) operations in Dawei, Tanintharyi Region, […]
Factories Shuttered in Myanmar’s First Special Economic Zone Amid Post-Coup Turmoil
By The Irrawaddy Wed, June 09, 2021 Thilawa Special Economic Zone in Yangon’s Thanlyin Township. / MJTD Almost a quarter of all factories in the Japan-backed Thilawa Special Economic Zone […]
Myanmar’s National Unity Government ‘Deeply Concerned’ With China
By The Irrawaddy Tue, June 08, 2021 Myanmar military chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meet in Naypyitaw on Tuesday. / Tatmadaw Information Team NAYPYITAW […]
Myanmar Junta to Sell More Timber in Search for Hard Currency
By The Irrawaddy Mon, June 8, 2021 Illegal timber seized under the NLD government. / Forest Department Myanmar’s military regime will hold further timber auctions on June 23 and 24 […]
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