Inside the world’s most expensive yachts are interiors and deckings made out of teak, a tropical hardwood that is desired both for its resistance to water and rot,…
Read more Yacht Havers Are Losing Access to Teak Because it Funded Myanmar’s JuntaJan 31 (Reuters) – Shwe Theingi was instantly drawn to Wutt Yee Aung when they met at the start of their second year at Myanmar’s Dagon University in…
Read more Thousands Marched for Democracy in Myanmar. Some Died in PrisonBANGKOK, Jan 13 (Reuters) – His name is not on the ballot, and his photographs don’t appear on campaign posters. But one man looms large over the general…
Read more Pacts, Patronage and Fear: How Myanmar’s Junta Chief Holds on to PowerMyanmar’s military government granted amnesty to more than 6,100 prisoners and reduced other inmates’ sentences Sunday to mark the 78th anniversary of the country’s independence from Britain.It was…
Read more Myanmar’s military government releases more than 6,100 prisoners on independence anniversaryJan 02(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party is leading after the first phase of a contentious general election, early results cited by state media showed,…
Read more Military-Backed Party in Myanmar Takes Lead in First Phase of PollsDec 31 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s junta said slightly more than half of eligible voters cast their ballot in the first phase of a three-stage national election at the…
Read more Myanmar Junta Says Voter Turnout at 52% in First Phase of ElectionDec 24 (Reuters) – From inside a military base last week, Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing announced who he wanted voters to pick in Sunday’s general election,…
Read more Analysis-Myanmar Junta’s Shift From Battlefield to Ballots Faces Long OddsGENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights office voiced concern on Friday that the Myanmar junta was pressuring people into voting in an election next month and that electronic…
Read more UN Warns on Voter Surveillance Ahead of Myanmar Election(Reuters) -Myanmar’s junta will pardon or drop charges against a total of 8,665 people, state media reported on Thursday, allowing them to vote in an upcoming election that…
Read more Myanmar Junta Pardons Thousands Ahead of Disputed ElectionBy Napat Wesshasartar and Devjyot Ghoshal THA TON, Thailand (Reuters) -For most of her life, 59-year-old farmer Tip Kamlue has irrigated her fields in northern Thailand with the…
Read more Toxic Mines Put Southeast Asia’s Rivers, People at Risk, Study SaysMAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — India is repatriating on Thursday the first batch of hundreds of its nationals who last month fled to Thailand from Myanmar, where most…
Read more Indians who fled a Myanmar cyberscam center are being flown home from ThailandCASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court on Tuesday sentenced a man to five years in prison and $107,300 in fines for human trafficking, in the country’s first…
Read more Moroccan court sentences man accused of trafficking people to scam compound in AsiaPhotos You Should See – October 2025 Michael A. Brooks Source link
Read more Photos You Should See – October 2025Following Myanmar’s military raids on scam centres in October 2025 that prompted over 1,000 people to flee to Thailand, social media users shared a video of a months-old…
Read more Video of monastery airstrike falsely linked to scam centre raid in MyanmarBy Rozanna Latiff and Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -World leaders gathered in Malaysia on Monday will discuss ways to strengthen economic and trade ties in the shadow…
Read more World Leaders Look to Build Economic, Trade Ties After Trump Departs ASEAN SummitBy Trevor Hunnicutt and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump landed in Malaysia for the ASEAN Summit on Sunday, where he is set to witness…
Read more Trump Headlines ASEAN Summit, Thailand-Cambodia to Sign Ceasefire DealKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -The bloc of Southeast Asian nations will host world leaders at a summit this weekend that will run alongside pivotal trade talks between the United…
Read more ASEAN to Host Trump at Summit as US and China Seek to Avert Trade War Escalation(Reuters) -Myanmar’s junta chief acknowledged on Wednesday that the military-backed administration will be unable to conduct an upcoming general election across the entire country, as a civil war…
Read more Myanmar Junta Chief Admits Election Won’t Be Nationwide, as War Continues(Reuters) -Malaysia will send observer teams for Myanmar’s contentious general election, set to be held in phases from December 28, state media said on Friday, a day after…
Read more Myanmar’s Junta Says Malaysia to Send Observers for Contentious Polls(Reuters) -Myanmar’s junta chief is becoming a frequent flier. In the last six months, Min Aung Hlaing has flown to more countries than he did in the years…
Read more Myanmar’s Reclusive General Turns Jet-Setter in Quest for Election Backing