World Aug 29 Thai court ends prime minister’s term over compromising phone call with Cambodian leader Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, ruling that she violated ethics rules in a phone call with a high-ranking Cambodian official.
World Jul 17 Myanmar troops recapture strategic town from rebel forces State media in Myanmar say the Southeast Asian nation's military government has recaptured a strategic gateway town after nearly a year of effort.
World Apr 28 Survivors still desperate for humanitarian aid a month after Myanmar’s deadly quake The humanitarian needs of hundreds of thousands of survivors remain desperately pressing a month after Myanmar’s deadly earthquake, compounded by airstrikes that the military government is reportedly carrying out despite ceasefires.
World Mar 30 5.1 magnitude aftershock rattles Myanmar as residents struggle to clear rubble The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of Myanmar's second-largest city on Sunday as people worked frantically by hand to clear rubble in the hope of finding someone still alive, two days after a massive earthquake struck that killed…
World Mar 29 Myanmar’s earthquake death toll soars over 1,600 as resistance announces partial ceasefire Myanmar’s ruling military said Saturday on state television that the confirmed death toll from a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake rose to 1,644, as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the…
World Aug 28 Myanmar military court sentences journalist to life in prison, editor says The editor of an independent online news service in Myanmar says a military court has given a life prison sentence to one of its journalists and sentenced another to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law.
World May 16 Human Rights Watch pushes Thai authorities to stop expelling dissident refugees A leading international human rights organization has urged the Thai government to stop forcing political dissidents who fled to Thailand for safety to return to authoritarian home countries, where they may face torture, persecution or death.
World Mar 27 Despite Myanmar’s long string of battlefield defeats, the army holds its annual military strength parade The head of Myanmar’s ruling military council alleged in a speech that the nation’s youth are being tricked by propaganda into supporting the resistance against army rule.
World Feb 14 Myanmar says newly activated conscription law will draft 5,000 people a month. Some think of fleeing The surprise weekend announcement on conscription appeared to confirm that the military has been stretched thin by increasing pressure from armed pro-democracy resistance forces.
World Sep 01 Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin’s 8-year prison term reduced to a single year Thai media, citing Justice Ministry sources, said Thaksin can apply for parole after serving one-third of his sentence, or four months.