Current Events Related to Myanmar

ASEAN

Myanmar generals banned from ASEAN until peace plan progress

Myanmar generals banned from ASEAN until peace plan progress Al Jazeera EnglishASEAN special envoy to Myanmar warns on further executions ABC NewsLack of trust, political will shackling Myanmar peace process, ASEAN envoy says ReutersASEAN Condemns Lack of Myanmar Peace Progress Voice of America - VOA NewsASEAN special envoy to Myanmar warns on further executions in nation Business StandardView Full Coverage on Google News

Asean hardens position on Myanmar

The crisis in Myanmar has dominated this year’s Asean annual ministerial meeting in Phnom Penh due to Nay Pyi Taw’s growing intransigence as well as frustration among the bloc’s key members.

Malaysia urges Asean states to engage Myanmar junta's rivals

Malaysia wants a clear endgame in Myanmar' faltering peace process and is advocating direct engagement by Asean states with the junta's opponents, and bringing other countries into the fold, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.

ASEAN aid promised in May has yet to reach Myanmar’s refugees

ASEAN aid promised in May has yet to reach Myanmar’s refugees Radio Free Asia

Conflict

Sniper team kill nine Junta troops including an officer in Karenni

Sniper team kill nine Junta troops including an officer in Karenni Burma News International

Myanmar's National Unity Government seeks to arm its fighters

Myanmar's National Unity Government seeks to arm its fighters Burma News International

Myanmar's Rakhine State: Parties Split, Rebels Rise, and the Junta Schemes

Myanmar's Rakhine State: Parties Split, Rebels Rise, and the Junta Schemes United States Institute of Peace

Junta troops kill 5, torch hundreds of homes in Kachin state village

Junta troops killed five civilians and torched as many as 400 homes over three days of air raids, heavy artillery fire and fierce clashes with a joint force of ethnic rebels and pro-democracy paramilitaries in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state, residents said Wednesday. Four of the victims were killed on Tuesday when military jets flew the first of eight bombing runs over Se Zin village in the jade mining township of Hpakant, killing a child, said a resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing security concerns.

Political Prisoners Injured in Myanmar Prison Crackdown

Political Prisoners Injured in Myanmar Prison Crackdown The Irrawaddy

Crime & Narcotics

Money laundering risk in Myanmar crony airline MAI’s transaction with Australian mining company

Australian Stock Exchange listed mining company Mallee Resources Limited (ASX:MYL), formerly Myanmar Metals, has announced the sale of its Myanmar subsidiary, Bright Mountain Resources (Myanmar) Limited to the Myanmar crony airline Myanmar Airways International Company Limited (MAI)[...]

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