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Myanmar warlord ‘would face arrest here’
Published on 12/02/2025
» Col Saw Chit Thu, leader of the Myanmar junta-allied Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) and his associates will be arrested if they enter Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai insisted on Wednesday.
Slain journo's camera resurfaces 16 years after death in Myanmar
Published on 26/04/2023
» 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.
Young, underground reporters ‘fight a gun with a pen’ in Myanmar
Published on 13/10/2022
» The 15-year-old reporter deleted the data from her phone and packed up her guitar as she set out to meet a guerrilla fighter in Myanmar. The instrument was mostly a decoy, there to disguise her work as a journalist. She cleared the data from her phone to protect her sources in the event of an arrest.
US concerned over Myanmar army operations in Chin state, town ablaze
Reuters, Published on 01/11/2021
» The United States has expressed concern about increased military operations in parts of Myanmar, including Chin state, where it said more than 100 homes and churches had been destroyed in the offensive.
Air strikes reported in Myanmar battle, internet cut in more areas
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2021
» Myanmar's military launched air strikes at the weekend after clashes with fighters opposed to the junta in the Sagaing region, according to media and a militia member, as phone lines and the internet were also severed in some districts.
Myanmar issue a test for the govt
News, Editorial, Published on 16/05/2021
» The situation on the Myanmar side of the border is a test for Thailand's humanitarian efforts. During the past two months, security forces have had to deal with an influx of about 3,000 ethnic villagers crossing into Thai soil to flee from a crackdown by Myanmar's military, known as Tatmadaw. Despite negative reports accusing the military of pushing them back, the government has provided them with shelter.
Myanmar news outlet says its journalist jailed for incitement
Reuters, Published on 13/05/2021
» A journalist who reported on protests against this year's coup in Myanmar has been jailed for three years for incitement, his news organisation said, among the first guilty verdicts against media workers under the ruling military junta.
In Thailand's hands
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/05/2021
» Re: "Lives in Danger," (BP Online, May 11).
Police arrest Myanmar reporters
News, Published on 12/05/2021
» Three reporters and two activists from Myanmar have been arrested in Chiang Mai for illegal entry and face possible deportation, the reporters' news organisation and local police said yesterday.
Govt seeking 'humanitarian' solution for detained Myanmar journalists
Published on 11/05/2021
» Three reporters and two activists from Myanmar have been arrested in Chiang Mai for illegal entry and face possible deportation, the reporters' news organisation and local police said on Tuesday.