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Landmine Casualties Mount as Fighting Intensifies in Kyaukme
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
A 15-year-old girl was killed and a man injured after stepping on a landmine while returning to retrieve rice near Nam Man village in Kyaukme Township, northern Shan State, on October 25, according to local sources.
Marcos: No common ASEAN position yet on sending poll observers to Myanmar
Source: GMA News | By GMA Integrated News
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has not yet decided on a common position on whether to send election observers to Myanmar amid the civil unrest there.
Myanmar Invites ASEAN to Oversee Its Elections as Doubts Persist
Source: Jakarta Global | By Jayanty Nada Shofa
Myanmar has invited all ASEAN members to oversee its upcoming polls in December, but the bloc insisted that an inclusive national dialogue and cessation of violence must come first.
Agency to monitor growing scam threat
Source: Bangkok Post | By Wichit Chantanusornsiri
The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has committed to regularly monitor and report on scam-related crimes, which have emerged as a growing social threat.
Myanmar detains over 10,000 foreigners in scam centre crackdown
Source: Bangkok Post | By Bloomberg and South China Morning Post
Of the 10,119 people detained through Monday in a joint crackdown with China and Thailand, about 9,340 have been repatriated, the Ministry of Information said Tuesday.
ASEAN Efforts Helped Reduce Violent Incidents In Myanmar – PM Anwar
Source: Bernama
Anwar, as ASEAN Chair, described the current situation in Myanmar as “better than before,” though he acknowledged that some attacks were taking place.
Campaigning begins in Myanmar’s junta-run election
Source: France 24 | By Agence France-Presse
Parties approved to participate in Myanmar’s junta-organised elections are set to start campaigning Tuesday, two months ahead of a poll being shunned at home and abroad as a ploy to legitimise military rule.
Unchecked Groundwater Extraction Threatens to Sink Yangon
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi
Water experts and residents report a cascade of consequences: land subsidence, saltwater intrusion, declining water quality, and wells running dry. “About 60 percent of Yangon’s groundwater is already saline,” warns veteran hydrologist U Myint Thein
No leniency for state officials involved. DE Ministry and police announce one-month crackdown on online scam gangs, seizing over 500 million baht.
Source: The Nation
Thailand’s Digital Economy Ministry and police reported 73 arrests and 522 million baht in assets seized in a month-long cybercrime crackdown
BGF sends fleeing telecom scam workers to Hpa-An
Source: Karen News / Karen Information Center
The junta troops haven’t arrested or questioned them — they only travel in BGF vehicles, and BGF is also providing security at the hotels.
102 Gender-Based Violence Cases Reported in Karenni State Within Two Years, Sexual Violence Most Prevalent
Source: Kantarawaddy Times
The Department of Women and Children under the Karenni Interim Executive Council (IEC) has reported a total of 102 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) handled over the past two years, according to the department’s two-year progress report
Junta drone kills Htay Aung Hein, youngest volunteer of Phyu Sin Yinkwin foundation, while transporting patient
Source: Narinjara News | By Thinzar Nwe
According to his brother Ko Kai Hein Htet on social media, the young volunteer lost his life when the terrorist group launched a drone strike while he was transporting a patient in a vehicle from Kun Taung village, located in Ponnagyun Township, on October 26.
Maungdaw’s Muslim council condemns ARSA and RSO activities
Source: Development Media Group | By Admin
The Maungdaw District Muslim Affairs Council issued a statement on 25 October condemning the arrests, torture, and killings of local residents in Maungdaw District, Arakan State, by the Muslim armed groups
Myanmar Junta Proxy Candidates to Win Dozens of Seats Uncontested
Source: The Irrawaddy
Dozens of parliamentary seats will be filled without a single ballot cast in Myanmar’s December election, with nearly all going to the military’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), according to the junta’s election commission.
October: Junta’s chosen month for killing sprees in Kachin State
Source: Burma News International | By Kachin News Group
In the years since the coup, October has come to embody the darkest chapter in Kachin State, a month when the junta’s cruelty peaks and many innocent lives are lost.
Call for submissions: accountability for grave human rights violations in Myanmar
Source: OHCHR | By Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
Purpose: To inform the Special Rapporteur’s forthcoming conference room paper on accountability for grave human rights violations in Myanmar.
Gradual Progress Seen in Implementation of Five-Points Consensus on Myanmar – Anwar
Source: Bernama (Malaysian National News Agency)
“Yes, there are skirmishes, but they are certainly much smaller compared to what happened in the last few years. We have 200,000 refugees from Myanmar or within Asean, but over the past year, we have not encountered such problems,” he said
A sham election offers no end to Myanmar’s suffering
Source: The Interpreter / The Lowy Institute | By Amy Chew
For ASEAN, endorsing the junta’s charade would accelerate Myanmar’s descent while destabilising the region.
Myanmar vote ‘must lead to lasting peace’
Source: Bangkok Post | By Poramet Tangsathaporn
Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Nikorndej Balankura said the upcoming election should serve as a foundation for a sustainable peace process. Regarding election transparency, he said Thailand supports sending Asean observers if invited by the Myanmar government.
Asean not sending monitors to Myanmar polls
Source: The Manila Times | By Agence France-Presse
Southeast Asia’s Asean bloc will not send observers to Myanmar’s elections in December, diplomatic sources said Monday — a setback to the junta’s push for international legitimacy.
AA conducting clearance operations against ARSA in Maungdaw district
Source: Development Media Group | By Admin
ARSA units are said to have set up temporary camps along the Arakan–Bangladesh frontier and inside Bangladesh, infiltrating into Buthidaung, Rathedaung, and Maungdaw townships to attack AA security posts and civilians on the roads.
No hope, false hope: Myanmar youth hit educational dead ends in Thailand
Source: Mizzima
Despite expanding educational opportunities in Mae Sot, youth from Myanmar face an impossible choice: pursue costly qualifications with little hope of university access, or abandon their academic dreams entirely.
Myanmar resistance force seizes junta bases in Yedashe amid heavy airstrikes near Naypyidaw
Source: Mizzima
“Airstrikes and heavy shelling continue. Today alone, two or three paramotors dropped bombs. We’ve also received reports of additional junta casualties in follow-up clashes, though details are still emerging,” PDF spokesperson Bo Lat Ya told Mizzima.
Thai police screen over 1,000 foreigners fleeing Myanmar scam compounds
Source: Bangkok Post | By Wassayos Ngamkham, Assawin Pinitwong
On Saturday night, three loud explosions were heard from KK Park, one of Myanmar’s notorious scam centres, in Myawaddy directly opposite Mae Ku village in Mae Sot.
Asean continues discussions on envoy mandate and sending observers to Myanmar ahead of elections, says Tok Mat
Source: Malay Mail | By Bernama
He said the bloc remains firm that the Five-Point Consensus is the primary reference for guiding regional efforts to help restore peace and stability in Myanmar.