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'Tread carefully' on South China Sea
Bangkok Post and AFP, Published on 17/12/2023
» Thailand hopes that Sunday's discussion between Asean and Japan about solving disputes in the South China Sea will tread carefully to avoid any problems with Beijing.
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.
Journalist held by Myanmar urges Japan to pressure junta
AFP, Published on 28/11/2022
» A Japanese journalist released from Myanmar in a prisoner amnesty called on Monday for Tokyo to put more pressure on the junta and accept refugees fleeing the Southeast Asian country.
Australian tells of Myanmar jail squalor, torture fear
AFP, Published on 22/11/2022
» An Australian economist released after nearly two years in a Myanmar jail has told of interrogations in leg irons, squalor and the sounds of screams from tortured cellmates during his time behind bars.
Australian freed by Myanmar junta arrives home
News Agencies, Published on 18/11/2022
» MELBOURNE: An Australian adviser to the former government of Myanmar returned home on Friday, a day after he was released from detention by the military junta as part of a mass amnesty.
Ex-British envoy, Australian adviser, Japanese journalist land in Bangkok from Myanmar
AFP, Published on 17/11/2022
» A former British envoy, an Australian economic adviser and a Japanese journalist touched down in Bangkok after being freed from prison and deported by Myanmar's junta on Thursday.
Myanmar releases ex-British envoy, Australian adviser, Japanese journalist
AFP, Bloomberg, Published on 17/11/2022
» Myanmar’s military government has released foreign prisoners including Australian economist Sean Turnell, former United Kingdom ambassador Vicky Bowman and Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota. The release is part of an amnesty to mark the 102nd anniversary of its National Victory Day.
Jailed Australian economist moved to Yangon's Insein prison: source
AFP, Published on 17/10/2022
» An Australian economist jailed in Myanmar has been moved from the isolated military-built capital to a sprawling prison in Yangon, a source with knowledge of the case told AFP on Monday.
Young, underground reporters ‘fight a gun with a pen’ in Myanmar
The New York TImes, 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.
Japanese journalist held in Myanmar gets 3 more years in prison
Reuters, Published on 12/10/2022
» TOKYO: A Myanmar court sentenced Japanese journalist Toru Kubota to an additional three years in prison on Wednesday on charges of violating an immigration law, the Asahi newspaper reported, citing court sources.