ASEAN HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY IN HELPING ROHINGYA CRISIS: ASEAN CHAIR
CHIANG MAI (Thailand), The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has made significant headway and has gone far enough to try and help Myanmar resolve the Rohingya refugee crisis, said Thailand’s Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai. As far as our…
Myanmar Has Returned More Than 1,700 Child Soldiers Home to Date, Defense Ministry Official Says
More than 1,700 child soldiers in Myanmar have been reunited with their parents, and about 800 military officers and other army personnel who recruited and used them have been punished, a defense ministry official said Thursday during a workshop in Nay…
Cambodian Activist Arrested For Facebook Post on Rice Tariffs
Cambodia’s Ministry of the Interior on Wednesday arrested a member of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party after he posted a Facebook message saying the European Union plans to impose a tariff on Cambodian rice, sources in the country said.Kong Ma…
China’s Belt And Road Initiative Faces Obstacles in 2019
China is confronting multiple setbacks, flaws, and failures in President Xi Jinping’s ambitious overseas infrastructure project�the Belt and Road Initiative.Experts note that more than five years after its launch, three of the six economic corridors pl…
China Pushes LNG Imports to the Limit
China is importing record volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet its air quality targets and may have no alternative for the next several years, experts say.In November, China’s LNG imports soared 48.5 percent from a year earlier to 5.99 millio…
Saudi Woman Fleeing Family Arrives in Canada Where She Was Granted Asylum
Canada’s Foreign Minister said Saturday, after a young Saudi women fled to Canada out of fear for her life, that Canada believes “very strongly that women’s rights are human rights.”Eighteen-year-old Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun was greeted by Foreign Minist…
MYANMAR COURT REJECTS APPEAL BY JAILED REUTERS REPORTERS
YANGON, A Myanmar court on Friday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act, saying the defence had not provided sufficient evidence to show they were innocent.Wa Lone…
MYANMAR TO LAUNCH MEKONG-LANCANG CULTURAL EXCHANGE YOUTH CAMP
YANGON, Myanmar, Jan 10 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar will launch the Mekong-Lancang Cultural Exchange Youth Camp, with the use of Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Fund, aiming at enhancing cooperation between cultural groups and youth artists, from six Mekong-Lancang…
Rakhine Political Parties to Meet Over Myanmar Official’s Remarks on Ethnic Army
A Rakhine political party said Wednesday that it will hold a meeting in Rakhine state’s capital Sittwe to discuss a warning by a central government spokesman this week against support for the region’s ethnic military force following a deadly attack it …