Aung San Suu Kyi’s son casts doubt on reports of her move to house arrest from ‘barbaric’ prison
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Southeast Asia’s heatwaves threaten food security. How can nations adapt?
In Minbu, central Myanmar, a historic peak of 44 degrees was seen, marking the first instance in Southeast Asia’s recorded history that temperatures reached that high so early in the month. Hat Yai, in southern Thailand, recorded a temperature of 40.2 degrees, setting a record. Similarly, Yên Châu, in northwestern Vietnam, experienced a temperature of 40.6 degrees, unparalleled for this time of the year.
Myanmar refugees sent back from Thailand as military, rebels regroup
MAE SOT, Thailand -- When aid groups arrived before noon on Wednesday to deliver lunch to around 2,000 Myanmar civilians sheltering in Mae Sot, a border town inside Thai territory, they found the biggest camp nearly cleared out.
Ethnic Karen guerrillas in Myanmar leave a town that army lost 2 weeks ago as rival group holds sway
BANGKOK (AP) — Guerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Myanmar’s military government have withdrawn from the eastern border town of Myawaddy two weeks after forcing the army to give up its defense, residents and members of the group said Wednesday.
Myanmar’s Junta Recaptures Town That Was a Significant Gain for Rebels
The Myanmar junta has recaptured the town of Myawaddy, an important trading hub on the border with Thailand, reversing a key victory for resistance soldiers who seized it nearly two weeks ago then were forced to withdraw, a spokesman for the rebel Karen National Union said on Wednesday.
Thailand downplays risk as Myanmar sends troops to key border town
MAE SOT, Thailand -- Thai cabinet officials insisted the security and refugee situation on their side of the border with Myanmar was under control, even as reports from the ground in Myanmar's southeastern Kayin state suggest a coming surge of regime troops to retake a key border town from ethnic resistance groups.
Myanmar’s figurehead vice-president steps down – he was a rare holdover from Suu Kyi’s civilian government
Myanmar’s Vice-President Henry Van Thio, who served in the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and then continued in the position after the military ousted her to seize power in 2021, is stepping down for unspecified health reasons, state media said Monday.
A Gen Z Resistance, Cut Off From Data Plans
In the night, the mountain air not quite chill enough to still the insects, young people gathered around a glow. The light attracting them was not a phone screen, that electric lure for people almost everywhere, but a bonfire.