MYANMAR OPENS TWO VISA APPLICATION CENTRES IN YUNNAN
KUNMING, China, Two Burmese visa application centres were opened in the cities of Mangshi and Ruili in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, which borders Myanmar.Authorised by the Consulate General of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Kunming, the …
Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (8 – 14 Jan 2019)
INDONESIAFollowing the earthquake at the end of September 2018, some 133,631 people remain displaced across Central Sulawesi. While thousands more left the province or found refuge with host families, increasing numbers of these people are returning to…
France’s Macron Calls Fellow Citizens to National Debate
French President Emmanuel Macron has released what he calls a “letter to the French,” encouraging a national debate on issues that have led to two months of anti-government protests.”This is how I intend to turn anger into solutions,” Macron said Sunda…
MYANMAR-THAILAND BORDER TRADE HIT OVER 900 MILLION USD IN FIRST QUARTER OF FY 2018-19
YANGON, Myanmar, Bilateral border trade, between Myanmar and Thailand, reached 937.4 million U.S. dollars, in the first three months of the current fiscal year 2018-2019, which started in Oct, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported today (S…
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 Upholds Seven-Year Prison Sentence For Two Reuters Reporters
A court in Myanmar on Friday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in prison for possessing classified government documents in violation of the Official Secrets Act, drawing widespread condemnation from the international…
Critical juncture for human rights in North Korea – UN expert
GENEVA (11 January 2019) � Reflecting on breakthroughs that brought an easing of tensions on the Korean peninsula in the past year, the UN’s human rights expert on North Korea said that 2019 represented a critical test, not only for peace and denuclear…