For Burmese journalist, an uneasy safety in Thailand
WEB5 days ago · Myanmar journalist Thuzar is interviewed in Mae Sot, Thailand, July 17, 2024. Chan Aung/RFA. The spare apartment on the outskirts of Mae Sot, Thailand, smells musty after a bad rain and feels too cramped for a family of four. Sometimes Thuzar thinks back to her beloved home in Yangon and feels like she’s under house arrest; other times she ...
Military: Philippines delivers supplies to troops at disputed South ...
WEB3 days ago · The Philippines successfully delivered supplies to troops stationed at Second Thomas Shoal, the military announced Friday, marking the second unhindered mission to the disputed reef since Manila and Beijing agreed in July to ease tensions over such operations.. However, some tense standoffs have occurred lately between the rival …
Myanmar citizens in Thailand face extra risks on dangerous roads
WEB4 days ago · Reflecting that demographic shift, the number of accidents involving people from Myanmar has risen sharply. Data for 2023 from the Road Accident Victims Protection Co. Ltd. shows that 380 Myanmar nationals were killed and more than 8,000 were injured in road accidents. That was a sharp increase from 2021, when there were 206 deaths and …
Philippine military chief requests longer deployment for US missile ...
WEB5 days ago · The Philippines has asked the U.S. military to keep a mid-range missile system deployed on its soil because the country needs the weapon for its defense amid tensions with China, the Filipino armed forces chief said Wednesday. The mobile Typhon system was brought to the Philippines earlier this year as part of joint military exercises with the ...
Café culture brews change in Thailand’s far south — BenarNews
WEB3 days ago · Patrons watch men play checkers at Ma-ae tea shop, a common activity in tea shops in Yala city, southern Thailand, Sept. 7, 2024. Muhammadfaton Mateh/BenarNews. A cultural shift is unfolding in Yala, one of the provinces in Thailand’s southern border region, where deeply rooted tea shops are bumping up with an influx of more modern cafés.
UN report highlights scars of US nuclear testing in Marshall Islands
WEB4 days ago · The United States must consider a formal apology and full reparation to Marshall Islands citizens whose human rights have been violated by the legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific, U.N. rights experts said in a new report. Between 1946-58, the U.S. conducted 67 known nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands that combined were more than …
At UN, Bangladesh’s Yunus outlines reforms underway to ensure …
WEB3 days ago · In his first speech on the international stage as Bangladesh’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus on Thursday described how a short and swift “people’s movement” had thrust on him the responsibility of rebuilding state institutions to ensure free elections. After loud cheers and applause greeted him at the hall of the United Nations General ...
Indonesia’s Jokowi mostly ignored diplomacy, gave UNGA miss; …
WEB4 days ago · Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has decided to pass on his final opportunity to speak directly to an annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York. During the entire decade of his presidency, the leader of the world’s third-largest democracy has not made a ...
Philippines reestablishes presence at disputed shoal
WEB4 days ago · The Philippines has reestablished a presence in Sabina Shoal, the National Security Council said Thursday, nearly two weeks after pulling its lone coast guard ship out of the disputed South China Sea reef.. Manila announced the move despite Beijing claiming it “has indisputable sovereignty” over the shoal, the latest flashpoint between the two …
Nauru uses high-profile UN address to press case for sea-bed …
WEB5 days ago · President of Nauru David Adeang addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S., Sept. 24, 2024. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters. Nauru’s President David Adeang declared in a speech to the United Nations on Tuesday that the international community must not let “fear and misinformation” block the exploitation of sea-bed …