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Son fears Suu Kyi being used as ‘human shield’
Published on 19/04/2024
» LONDON - The son of detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi says he fears she is being used as a “human shield” in the military junta’s conflict with resistance fighters.
PTTEP stake in Myanmar gas field rises after Chevron exit
Published on 09/04/2024
» WASHINGTON - The US energy company Chevron has quit the Yadana natural gas field in Myanmar, a spokesperson said, more than two years after it condemned violence and human rights abuses in the military-run country and announced it would leave.
Junta chief says Myanmar's next elections may not be nationwide
Reuters, Published on 25/03/2024
» Military-ruled Myanmar plans to hold elections if there is peace and stability in the country, but they may not be nationwide, its top general said as the junta battles to contain a rebellion on multiple fronts.
Timeline: Ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra's life in politics
Reuters, Published on 18/02/2024
» Thailand's controversial billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday after serving six months in detention.
Vladimir Lenin's lesson for Israel and Ukraine
News, Published on 08/02/2024
» It is a century since Vladimir Lenin's death and more than three decades since his Bolshevik project collapsed. But while much of his political life was highly problematic from today's perspective, his remorseless pragmatism, as one might call it, still has purchase.
Ex-Chilean president dies in helicopter crash
New York Times, Published on 07/02/2024
» SANTIAGO - Sebastián Piñera, a former president of Chile who helped strengthen the nation’s young democracy after becoming its first conservative leader since a military dictatorship, died in a helicopter crash in Chile on Tuesday, the government said. He was 74.
Thailand confident aid effort will lead to Myanmar crisis dialogue
Published on 06/02/2024
» A new Thailand-led humanitarian initiative aims to pave the way for talks between warring camps in military-ruled Myanmar, Vice Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said, three years after a coup triggered instability and a wave of violence across the country.
Root for city workers
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/02/2024
» Re: "High-perched garbos killed as truck enters underpass", (BP, Jan 24).
Myanmar revolts against dictatorship
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 02/02/2024
» When Myanmar's military coup took place three years ago, few thought it would turn out this way. Never has a military in Southeast Asia staged a successful coup and then failed to consolidate power afterwards. Yet this is precisely what's happening in Myanmar. A fierce and determined coalition of resistance forces is in the process of prevailing over Myanmar's battle-hardened army.
‘Silent strike’ on Myanmar coup anniversary
Published on 01/02/2024
» Opponents of military rule in Myanmar staged a “silent strike” on Thursday as the country marked three years since the military coup that ousted the elected government of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.