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Filipinos repatriated from Southeast Asian trafficking hubs on the rise: foreign affairs department

The number of Filipino trafficking victims from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand has risen to over 600 since the start of 2025. Most recently, the government repatriated 120…

  • Published: August 19, 20258:10 am
  • Author Jane Bautista
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Traditional Karen wedding ceremony with white silk thread held in ethnic Yangon village

At the ceremony, the Karen people from the Bago Yoma Hills region performed traditional dances and songs, followed by the traditional Karen white silk ceremony (hand-tied…

  • Published: August 19, 20257:57 am
  • Author Eleven Media
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Bangladesh to press for permanent Rohingya solution at upcoming New York conference

More than 1.2 million Rohingya are now sheltered in Bangladesh.

  • Published: August 18, 20258:15 am
  • Author The Daily Star
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Malaysia houses almost 150,000 Rohingya refugees, says foreign minister

Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said until the military junta agrees to conduct free and fair elections throughout the country to pick a democratically elected government, the…

  • Published: August 15, 20258:10 am
  • Author Sarban Singh
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Move to send peace mission to Myanmar

To ensure that peace is achieved and the end to atrocities against some ethnic minorities and the people of Myanmar, Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan will coordinate with…

  • Published: August 13, 20252:31 pm
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Myanmar security forces involved in systematic torture

Victims were subject to beatings, electric shocks, gang rape, strangulation and other forms of torture like the removal of fingernails with pliers, says UN report.

  • Published: August 13, 20258:15 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Myanmar junta air strike on ruby mine hub kills 13

Myanmar's civil war, fuelled by precious stone trade, sees the junta retaking territory after initial rebel gains, including gold hub Thabeikkyin.

  • Published: August 4, 20258:30 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Myanmar scammers adopt Starlink in bid to evade Internet blackout

Myanmar scammers are now using Starlink dishes—doubled since April 2024—in Myawaddy to sidestep Thailand’s internet cutoffs, undermining enforcement of cross-border…

  • Published: July 22, 20251:05 pm
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Low-cost Myanmar rare earths feed China as border mines pollute Thailand

This cross-border pollution has created a health and environmental crisis in Thailand's Chiang Rai province, contaminating the Kok and Sai rivers with arsenic.

  • Published: July 17, 20259:12 am
  • Author The Nation
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Political body formed by Rohingya leaders around the world to advance rights

The formation of the Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC) marks a major milestone in the struggle of Rohingyas for rights, recognition, and political representation.

  • Published: July 14, 20258:05 am
  • Author The Daily Star

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