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HIGHLIGHTS
Chinese rare earth mines in eastern Shan State using trafficked Burmese scammers as slave labour
Source: Shan Human Rights Foundation | Update Recent testimony by a trafficking survivor has revealed that rare earth mines operated by a Chinese company in southern Mong Hsat, eastern Shan State,...
MNDAA’s Destruction and Removal of Ethnic Identity and Human Rights Violations
Source: Ta’ang Civil Society Network | Report Kutkai Township in northern Shan State is a place where various ethnic groups live collectively, Located on the Myanmar-China trade route, it is a...
NEWS
China’s Rare Earth Rush Is Poisoning the Mekong — And Southeast Asia Is Paying the Price
Source: Mizzima | By Sun Lee For seventy million people, the Mekong River isn’t scenery. It’s dinner. It’s income. It’s the reason a village exists where it does. Read Full Story
ASEAN hopes to see progress on peace plan by Myanmar
Source: The Straits Times | By May Wong ASEAN hopes to see demonstrable progress from Myanmar on the Five-Point Consensus (5PC) peace plan, such as the release of all political detainees including...
Myanmar tells ASEAN ‘sister’ Aung San Suu Kyi will be looked after, envoy says
Source: Reuters | By Panu Wongcha-um The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN was told on Sunday by Myanmar's foreign minister that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was "a sister" who was in good...
Myanmar airstrikes send munitions into Thailand as foreign ministers discuss border security
Source: Democratic Voice of Myanmar | By English Editor The Tak Border Area Command Center for Thailand Myanmar Relations confirmed munitions landed in Moo 4 and Moo 9 of Mahawan subdistrict. Police...
Myanmar removes at least 15 statues of national hero Gen. Aung San nationwide
Source: Radio Free Asia | By RFA Burmese Military government reviewing “out of proportion and incorrectly shaped” statues “in accordance with the law.” Read Full Story
UN audit finds funds going down the drain
Source: New Age | By Solamain Salman An internal audit has flagged mismanagement, irregularities and misuse of aid in several United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees-run Rohingya relief...
Jungle spirit: Myanmar fighters try to keep hope alive
Source: France 24 | By Agence France-Presse Clad in camouflage uniforms, young guerilla fighters laughed and joked despite a series of military setbacks as they walked to their makeshift parade...
Mass layoffs of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand spark wage theft allegations
Source: Democratic Voice of Myanmar | By English Editor More than 210 legal and irregular migrant workers from Myanmar have been abruptly laid off or suspended without pay across Thailand’s Chonburi...
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OPINION PAPERS
China’s Rare Earth Rush Is Poisoning the Mekong — And Southeast Asia Is Paying the Price
Source: Mizzima | By Sun Lee For seventy million people, the Mekong River isn’t scenery. It’s dinner. It’s income. It’s the reason a village exists where it does. Read Full Story
ASEAN hopes to see progress on peace plan by Myanmar
Source: The Straits Times | By May Wong ASEAN hopes to see demonstrable progress from Myanmar on the Five-Point Consensus (5PC) peace plan, such as the release of all political detainees including...
Myanmar tells ASEAN ‘sister’ Aung San Suu Kyi will be looked after, envoy says
Source: Reuters | By Panu Wongcha-um The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN was told on Sunday by Myanmar's foreign minister that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was "a sister" who was in good...
Myanmar airstrikes send munitions into Thailand as foreign ministers discuss border security
Source: Democratic Voice of Myanmar | By English Editor The Tak Border Area Command Center for Thailand Myanmar Relations confirmed munitions landed in Moo 4 and Moo 9 of Mahawan subdistrict. Police...
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