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BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s security forces arrested the son-in-law of the country’s former longtime military ruler, Than Shwe, for allegedly posting inflammatory statements on his Facebook account, the…
Read more The son-in-law of former Myanmar’s strongman is arrested over Facebook postsVIENTIANE – Southeast Asian foreign ministers and top diplomats from key partners including the United States and China were gathering in the Laotian capital on Thursday for the…
Read more Myanmar violence, South China Sea tensions are top issues as Southeast Asian diplomats meet in LaosUNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday that the rule of law is at grave risk of becoming “the Rule of Lawlessness,” pointing to a host…
Read more UN chief: Rule of law risks becoming `Rule of Lawlessness’Myanmar’s then-State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi reviews an honor guard at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 30, 2019. Heng Sinith / AP Bangkok…
Read more Myanmar court imprisons ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for 7 more years, capping proceedings against herUNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council approved its first-ever resolution on Myanmar on Wednesday, demanding an immediate end to violence in the Southeast Asian nation and urging…
Read more UN council adopts resolution urging end to Myanmar violenceUNITED NATIONS — A key U.N. committee has again blocked Myanmar’s military junta from taking the country’s seat at the United Nations, two well-informed U.N. diplomats said Wednesday.…
Read more Diplomats: UN blocks Myanmar military from taking UN seatSEOUL, South Korea — The recent release of thousands of prisoners in Myanmar is likely an attempt by its military-controlled government to “create a veneer of progress” in…
Read more UN expert questions sincerity of Myanmar’s prisoner releasePHNOM PENH, Cambodia — President Joe Biden is formally kicking off his participation at a conference of southeast Asian nations on Saturday, looking to emphasize the United States’…
Read more Biden working on ties with Southeast Asia in shadow of ChinaCNN — A court in military-run Myanmar has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s deposed former leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, to three additional years in…
Read more Myanmar court extends Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison sentence to 26 years | CNN
