Myanmar’s army is losing – and facing fire from a militant monk

A challenge from ultra-nationalist Buddhist monks is piling pressure on the loathed coup leader. More »

Facebook improving hate speech detection ahead of Myanmar election

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that it was preparing for Myanmar’s general election in November by improving the detection and removal of hate speech and content that incites violence and preventing the spread of misinformation. The company said in a... More »

Flash floods kill two in Thailand, storm heads for Myanmar

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Flash floods killed at least two people and swept through hundreds of houses in northern Thailand, authorities said after tropical storm Sinlaku dumped heavy rains on 18 provinces over the weekend. Muddy, waist-high waters poured into homes... More »

Thailand marks 28 days without local transmission, aims to ease travel

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand hopes to ease some coronavirus restrictions on foreigners entering the country after going for 28 days without recording any domestic transmissions, a senior official said on Monday. Those who will benefit from the easing of restri... More »

Malaysia to ask Bangladesh to take back Rohingya refugees found at sea

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia will ask Bangladesh to take back about 300 Rohingya refugees detained after a boat carrying them entered its waters this week, the southeast Asian nation’s defence minister said on Tuesday. Malaysia does not recognise refugee ... More »

Skull of smallest-known bird embedded in 99-million-year-old amber

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists are marveling over the exquisitely preserved skull of what appears to be the smallest-known bird – tinier than any hummingbird – encased in 99-million-year-old amber and boasting many odd traits including jaws studded with num... More »

Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at World Court: justice minister

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Gambia has filed a case at the United Nations’ top court accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, Gambian Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou said on Monday. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), a... More »

Myanmar ethnic rebels release Indians held in Rakhine after one dies

YANGON (Reuters) – Ethnic rebels in Myanmar have detained and interrogated a lawmaker and several Indian nationals, one of whom died, the rebels said on Monday, in the latest escalation of violence in the restive western state of Rakhine. Tens of thousands of ... More »

‘Still time’ for Thailand to solve U.S. duty-free issue: U.S. commerce secretary

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand still has time to renegotiate with the United States over a suspension of duty-free preferences on imports of Thai goods before the suspension takes effect in April, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday. The United St... More »

Asia-wide trade pact on course despite India, Thailand says

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Asian countries held conclusive talks on what could be the world’s biggest trade pact and there will be an announcement of success at a summit in Bangkok, despite doubts raised by India, the Thai hosts said on Monday. But questions still hu... More »

India to continue talks on RCEP trade deal: Australian minister

BANGKOK (Reuters) – India is going to continue talks on an Asia-wide trade deal that is being discussed at a summit of regional leaders in Bangkok and which Thailand has said will be signed next year, Australia’s trade minister said on Monday. The comments thr... More »

Thailand says new Asian trade deal to be signed in 2020

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand said on Sunday that Southeast Asian nations are committed to signing a pact by February 2020 on forging what could become the world’s largest trade bloc, even after new demands by India dealt a blow to the process backed by China. ... More »

Talks on Asian trade deal ‘conclusive’, Thai minister says

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Talks to agree what could be the world’s biggest trade bloc were conclusive and an announcement on their success will be made later on Monday, Thailand’s commerce minister said on Monday. The prospects of reaching agreement on the 16-nation... More »

Nationalist group condemns Myanmar sedition case against Buddhist monk

YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s most prominent group of nationalist Buddhist monks on Monday condemned sedition charges against one of its leading members, Wirathu, ahead of a hearing in the fugitive monk’s case expected on Tuesday. Police issued an arrest warran... More »

Cambodia’s royal oxen predict plentiful rice harvest amid EU tariffs

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s royal oxen predicted a plentiful harvest of rice, the country’s biggest crop, at an ancient plowing ceremony on Wednesday. King Norodom Sihamoni presided over the televised annual ritual in which two oxen are given offerings a... More »

Rohingya ‘lost generation’ struggle to study in Bangladesh camps

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Sixteen-year-old Kefayat Ullah walked to his school in southern Bangladesh in late January, as he had done most days for the previous six years, to find that – despite being one of the top students in his class – he had been... More »

Myanmar policeman who detailed Reuters reporters’ entrapment freed…

YANGON (Reuters) – A Myanmar policeman who told a court last year how officers planted secret documents on two Reuters reporters in order to “entrap” them was released from prison on Friday, after being sentenced to a year in jail for violating police discipli... More »

Human Rights Watch says Myanmar government using ‘abusive laws’ to…

YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s government under Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has used repressive laws to prosecute peaceful critics, dashing hopes that its first democratic leader in decades would safeguard free speech, Human Rights Watch said on Friday. Free... More »

Suu Kyi to investors: Myanmar is open for business

NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday urged global investors to put their money into Myanmar, seeking to offset the negative impact of the Rohingya crisis and slow pace of economic reforms. Suu Kyi touted Myanmar’s economic potential,... More »

Law group calls for tribunal for crimes against Rohingya

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A human rights law group contracted by the U.S. State Department to investigate atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar called on Monday for the urgent establishment of a criminal tribunal to bring those responsible to justice. Th... More »

Tech firms should be made liable for ‘fake news’ on sites: UK…

LONDON (Reuters) – Tech firms like Facebook (FB.O) should be made liable for “harmful and misleading” material on their websites and pay a levy so they can be regulated, British lawmakers said, warning of a crisis in democracy due to misuse of personal data. F... More »

Facebook still evasive over Cambridge Analytica and fake news: UK…

LONDON (Reuters) – Facebook continues to be evasive in its answers to a British parliamentary committee examining a scandal over misuse of the social media company’s data by Cambridge Analytica, the committee’s chair said on Friday. Britain’s digital and media... More »

Malaysians make record bust of crystal meth, shipped from Myanmar

NILAI, Malaysia (Reuters) – Malaysia has made its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said on Monday, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment from Myanmar, and arrested six suspected traffickers. The bust com... More »

Thailand decorates Myanmar’s army chief amid Rohingya crisis

FILE PHOTO – Myanmar military commander-in-chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, attends a military exercise at Ayeyarwaddy delta region in Myanmar, February 3, 2018. REUTERS/Lynn Bo Bo/Pool BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand awarded Myanmar’s army chief a royal de... More »

Arachnophobes take heed: this ancient spider had a whip-like tail

A Cretaceous arachnid Chimerarachne yingi, found trapped in a 100 million year old amber from Myanmar, appears in a handout illustration provided on February 5, 2018. Illustration by Dinghua Yang/University of Kansas/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – ... More »

Angelina Jolie urges NATO to tackle sexual violence in war

UNHCR Special Envoy actor Angelina Jolie takes part in a news conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, January 31, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.N. refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie called on NATO on Wednesday to h... More »

Duterte tells Suu Kyi rights activists are ‘just a noisy bunch’

Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a news conference on the sidelines of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Pasay, metro Manila, Philippines, November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao NEW DELHI (Reu... More »

Police sought Secrets Act probe of Reuters reporters an hour after the

Detained Reuters journalist Wa Lone arrives at a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar, January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar police sought permission from the nation’s president to go ahead with an investigation into whether two Reuters jou... More »

Bangladesh says start of Rohingya return to Myanmar delayed

Rohingya refugees stand in a queue to collect aid supplies in Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, January 21, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain PALONGKHALI, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Bangladesh has delayed the repatriation of Rohingya Muslim re... More »

Russia to sell six SU-30 warplanes to Myanmar: RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will sell six SU-30 warplanes to Myanmar, the RIA news agency reported on Monday, citing the Russian Defence Ministry. Myanmar was also interested in buying other Russian military hardware for its land and naval forces, RIA reported. ... More »

Myanmar prosecutor seeks Official Secrets Act charges against two Reut

Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo arrives at the court in Yangon, Myanmar January 10, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar prosecutors sought charges on Wednesday against two Reuters reporters under the Official Secrets Act, which carries a maximum p... More »

Explainer: Myanmar wields colonial-era law against Reuters journalists

Reuters journalist Wa Lone, who was arrested in Myanmar, is seen at Reuters office in Yangon, Myanmar March 14, 2017. Picture taken March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Antoni Slodkowski (Reuters) – Myanmar has accused Reuters reporters Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, of... More »

Factbox: International reaction to arrest of Reuters reporters in Myan

Reuters journalists Wa Lone (L) and Kyaw Soe Oo, who are based in Myanmar, pose for a picture at the Reuters office in Yangon, Myanmar December 11, 2017. Picture taken December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Antoni Slodkowski (Reuters) – Several countries, the United Natio... More »

Amber discovery shows ‘Dracula’ sucked blood of feathered dinosaurs

Studied tick pieces and extant hard tick for comparison (tick is 5 mm long) as seen in this handout photo received by Reuters December 12, 2017. Enrique Penalver/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO A... More »

President Xi says China will not export its political system

China’s President Xi Jinping (C) arrives with leaders at the opening ceremony of the “CPC in dialogue with world political parties” high-level meeting, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Fred Dufour/Pool BEIJING (Reuter... More »

Pope starts Myanmar trip in shadow of Rohingya crisis

Pope Francis landed in Yangon on Monday, the start of a delicate visit for the leader of the Roman Catholic church to majority-Buddhist Myanmar, which the United States has accused of conducting "ethnic cleansing" against its Muslim Rohingya people. More »

Pope begins Myanmar trip in shadow of Rohingya crisis

People wait outside the residence of Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, where Pope Francis will be staying during his visit in Yangon, Myanmar November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva YANGON (Reuters) – Pope Francis landed in Yangon on Monday, the ... More »

U.S. calls Myanmar moves against Rohingya ‘ethnic cleansing’

The United States on Wednesday called the Myanmar military operation against the Rohingya population "ethnic cleansing" and threatened targeted sanctions against those responsible for what it called "horrendous atrocities." More »

U.S. hopes to pressure Myanmar to permit Rohingya repatriation

Rohingya refugee children struggle as they wait to receive food outside the distribution center at Palong Khali refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, November 17, 2017. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States hopes its determinat... More »

China draws three-stage path for Myanmar, Bangladesh to resolve Rohingya crisis

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends the 13th Asia Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM) in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, November 20, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – China called for a ceasefire in Myanmar’s Rakhine State so that Rohingya Mus... More »

Myanmar army`s self-exoneration draws Amnesty`s scorn

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Canada`s Trudeau raises rights issues as Asia summit winds down

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the plight of Rohingya refugees and extra-judicial killings in the Philippines at a summit of Asian and Western leaders on Tuesday, sensitive human rights issues skirted by almost all the others. More »

Canada`s Trudeau says raised human rights, killings with Philippines` Duterte

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said he raised the issue of human rights and extrajudicial killings during a conversation with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who was "receptive" to his comments. More »

Bob Geldof calls Aung San Suu Kyi `handmaiden to genocide`

Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof called Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi "a hand maiden to genocide" on Monday as he returned his Freedom of the City of Dublin award in protest over his fellow recipient's response to the repression of Rohingya Muslims. More »

PNG says Australia responsible for hundreds of asylum seekers when detention camp closes

Australia will not be allowed to walk away from legal, financial and moral responsibility for nearly 800 men when it closes its asylum seeker detention center in Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Tuesday, PNG's immigration minister said. More »

Tillerson tells Myanmar army chief U.S. concerned about reported atrocities

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke on Thursday with Myanmar's army chief and expressed concern over reported atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, the U.S. State Department said in a statement. More »

Bangladesh says Rohingya outflow `untenable`, seeks solution

Nearly one million Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar are now in Bangladesh, which is an "untenable situation", Bangladesh told a U.N. meeting on Monday. More »

U.N. urges Bangladesh to move Rohingya refugees stranded at border

The U.N. refugee agency urged Bangladesh on Tuesday to speed up vetting of up to 15,000 Rohingya refugees "stranded" near the border after crossing into the country from Myanmar and move them further inland to safety and better conditions. More »

Myanmar`s Aung San Suu Kyi `appalled` at Rohingya crisis: adviser

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi is "appalled" at the Rohingya refugee crisis in her country and is determined to fix it, but needs to be careful not to inflame the situation further, an adviser to Suu Kyi told reporters on Friday. More »

Rohingya refugee boat capsizes on way to Bangladesh, 12 dead: police

A boat carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees to Bangladesh capsized and at least 12 people, most of them children, drowned, police said on Monday, the latest victims of violence in Myanmar that has forced more than half a million people to flee. More »

Rohingya refugees doubt Myanmar`s assurances on going home

Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh were skeptical on Tuesday about their chances of ever going home to Myanmar, even though the government there has given an assurance it would accept people verified as refugees. More »

As North Korea threat looms, Trump to address world leaders at U.N.

North Korea's nuclear threat looms large this week over the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York, where diplomats are eager to hear U.S. President Donald Trump address the 193-member body for the first time. More »

Rohingya crisis fans communal tensions across Myanmar

Communal tensions appeared to be rising across Myanmar on Monday after two weeks of violence in Rakhine state that have triggered an exodus of about 300,000 Rohingya Muslims, prompting the government to tighten security at Buddhist pagodas. More »

U.N. sees `textbook example of ethnic cleansing` in Myanmar

The top U.N. human rights official on Monday denounced Myanmar's "brutal security operation" against Muslim Rohingyas in Rakhine state which he said was "clearly disproportionate" to insurgent attacks carried out last month. More »

Malaysia ready to provide temporary shelter for Rohingya fleeing violence

Malaysia's coast guard will not turn away Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar and is willing to provide them temporary shelter, the maritime agency's chief said on Friday. More »

U.N. says 270,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar in past two weeks

An estimated 270,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar in the past two weeks and sought refuge in Bangladesh, where two existing refugee camps are "bursting at the seams", the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday. More »

Control of information shifts up a gear in run-up to Cambodia election

Critics of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen have grown used to following upstart news service Fresh News to find out what the government’s next target might be. More »

Number of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh surges: UNHCR

About 270,000 Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar have sought refuge in Bangladesh in the past two weeks, a spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said on Friday. More »

Thousands more Rohingya flee to border as Myanmar violence flares

Nearly 9,000 Rohingya Muslims, many sick and fearing for their lives, have fled the worst violence to grip northwest Myanmar in at least five years, while thousands more are stuck at the Bangladesh border or preparing to reach it in coming days. More »

Up to 18,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar violence last week: migration agency IOM

About 18,000 Rohingya Muslims are estimated to have crossed into Bangladesh in the last week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday, seeking to escape the worst violence in Myanmar's northwest in at least five years. More »

Bangladesh pushes back thousands of Rohingya fleeing Myanmar violence

Bangladesh border guards on Monday moved to push back thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing the worst violence in Myanmar in five years, with 104 people killed and the United Nations and aid groups forced to pull out some staff. More »

Myanmar men appeal against death sentences over British murders in Thailand

Two men from Myanmar convicted of killing two British backpackers on a Thai holiday island in 2014 submitted their final appeal on Monday against the death sentence. More »

Malaysia apologizes for Indonesia flag blunder, reprinting regional games guide

Malaysia apologized on Sunday for the upside-down printing of Indonesia's flag in the souvenir guidebook for the Southeast Asia Games, which officials said is being withdrawn and reprinted. More »

ASEAN overcomes communique impasse, urges non-militarisation in South China Sea

Southeast Asian foreign ministers ended an impasse on Sunday over how to address disputes with China in the South China Sea, issuing a communique that called for militarization to be avoided and noting concern about island-building. More »

Exclusive: Australia-U.S. refugee swap again in doubt as officials exit Nauru

FILE PHOTO: A protester holds a placard in Sydney, Australia, February 4, 2017 during one of several rallies across Australia condemning U.S. President Donald Trump’s order temporarily barring refugees and nationals from seven countries and demanding an end to... More »

Myanmar policeman fled deadly mob attack on Rohingya men

A policeman in Myanmar fled the scene of a deadly mob attack on Rohingya Muslims that has put the troubled western state of Rakhine on edge, two police officials said on Wednesday. More »

Exclusive: Overruling diplomats, U.S. to drop Iraq, Myanmar from child soldiers` list

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a press conference after talks with Chinese diplomatic and defense chiefs at the State Department in Washington, U.S. June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque In a highly unusual intervention, Secretary of State... More »

WHO confirms Congo polio outbreaks in new eradication setback

Democratic Republic of Congo has suffered two separate outbreaks of polio, a debilitating and potentially deadly disease that the world is trying to eradicate, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. More »

Myanmar recovers more bodies from crashed military plane

A military truck carries family members of victims from a military plane crash on their way back after a funeral ceremony in Dawei, Myanmar June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun Myanmar rescuers have recovered the bodies of about half of the 122 people who were o... More »

Bodies, debris found in search for missing Myanmar aircraft

A still image taken from video released on June 7, 2017 shows the photograph of a Y-8-200 F military aircraft. FACEBOOK: CINCDS MYANMAR/Handout/via Reuters TV Bodies and aircraft debris were found in the sea off the southern coast of Myanmar on Thursday by a n... More »

Uber says to partner with taxis in Myanmar expansion drive

A man arrives at the Uber offices in Queens, New York, U.S., February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid – Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] is only hiring government-accredited taxi drivers in Myanmar, a regional executive said, a move that allows it to avoid th... More »

Myanmar trains midwives to tackle maternal death rate

A midwife listens to a baby’s movement through a pregnant woman’s belly in Central Women’s Hospital in Yangon, Myanmar March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Pyay Kyaw Aung Myanmar is training up hundreds of midwives in an effort to reduce the number of women who die in chil... More »

Exclusive: More than 100 die in Malaysian immigration detention camps in two years

A general view of Bukit Jalil immigration detention center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin More than one hundred foreigners died in the past two years in Malaysia’s immigration detention centers from various diseases and unknown... More »

EU capitalizing on free-trade interest amid gloom over Trump policies

EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom talks to reporters in Pasay city, Metro Manila, in the Philippines March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro The European Union is seeing increased impetus around the world to move forward with Free Trade Agreements (FTA) w... More »

China says more than 20,000 people from Myanmar seeking refuge in China

China’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday more than 20,000 people from Myanmar are seeking refuge in China from fighting in northern Myanmar. More »

Bangladesh to ban cold pill chemical to fight meth surge

Bangladesh is to ban the import of the cold-medicine component pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in illicit methamphetamine production, anti-narcotics officials said, after purchases spiked in tandem with a boom in the illegal drug “ya ba”. More »

Obama-era human rights envoy says U.N. must investigate Myanmar

Keith Harper (R) United States representative to the Human Rights Council pauses before the start of the Universal Periodic Review of the U.S. at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, May 11, 2015. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse The U.N. Hu... More »

Exclusive: China state firm in preliminary deal to buy Chevron`s Bangladesh gas fields – oil executives

A Chevron gas station sign is seen in Del Mar, California, in this April 25, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo China’s state-run Zhenhua Oil has signed a preliminary deal with Chevron (CVX.N) to buy the U.S. oil major’s natural gas fields in Bangl... More »

ASEAN unsettled by China`s weapon systems, tension in South China Sea

Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers link arms during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Boracay, central Philippines February 21, 2017. L-R: Saleumxay Kommasith, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos- Anifah Aman, Minister of F... More »

Factbox: No strangers to “wet jobs”: Suspected killings overseas by North Korean agents

People watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report on the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the older half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, February 14, 2017. Lim Se-young/News1 via REUTERS The mysteriou... More »

Myanmar to probe police over allegations of crimes against Rohingya

Myanmar is to investigate whether police have committed abuses against Rohingya Muslims, the government has said, after officials promised that allegations of atrocities against members of the Muslim minority would be looked into. More »

Pope issues stinging criticism of Myanmar`s treatment of Rohingya

Pope Francis leads his Wednesday general audience at the Paul VI audience hall in Vatican City February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Tony Gentile Pope Francis issued a stinging criticism of atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority on Wednesday, saying they had been ... More »

Rights group, thinktank urge Myanmar to unravel truth of lawyer`s murder

A policeman stands guard at the forensic department of a hospital where the body of Ko Ni is kept, a prominent member of Myanmar’s Muslim minority and legal adviser for Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy, in Yangon, Myanmar, January 29, 2017. REUTE... More »

Malaysia calls for ASEAN to coordinate aid for Myanmar`s Rohingya

Malaysia Foreign Minister Anifah Aman (L) arrives to attend ASEAN Foreign Minister Meeting for Rohingya issue in Sedona hotel at Yangon, Myanmar December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun Malaysia said on Monday the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar was a reg... More »

Remarkable feathered dinosaur tail found in chunk of amber

A chunk of amber – fossilized resin – spotted by a Chinese scientist in a market in Myitkyina, Myanmar, last year shows the tip of a preserved dinosaur tail section in this image released by the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Canada on December 8, 2016. Courtesy... More »

Myanmar health authorities struggle to prepare for Zika outbreak

Worker fumigates along a street in Yangon, Myanmar November 18, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun Myanmar is largely unprepared for an outbreak of Zika, experts say, with the health ministry slashing anti-virus measures due to lack of funds, overworked doctors skippi... More »

Myanmar ferry sinks, killing at least 14, with scores missing

A ferry sank in a river in northwestern Myanmar, killing at least 14 people with scores missing, a rescue official said on Monday. More »

Thailand cracks down on migrant workers as anti-immigration feelings rise

A migrant worker cries during a crack down on illegal migrant workers at a market in Bangkok, Thailand, September 27, 2016. Picture taken September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Thailand is cracking down on migrant workers from neighboring countries, s... More »

Bullets trump rehab as Asia quickens `failing` war on drugs

A man injects heroin into his arm along a street in Man Sam, northern Shan state, Myanmar July 11, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun The Philippines has launched a bloody “war on drugs” that has killed at least 2,400 people in just two months, while neighboring Indon... More »

Asian nations plan fund to better prepare for health emergencies, says WHO

Shadows of journalists are reflected on a wall next to WHO’s logo at a news conference in Beijing, China, March 29, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon By Nita BhallaNEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Eleven countries in South and East Asia on Friday agreed to ... More »

China’s Xi reshuffles key party posts ahead of congress

Chinese President Xi Jinping waits for the arrival of US National Security Adviser Susan Rice (not pictured) for their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, July 25, 2016. REUTERS/How Hwee Young/Pool Chinese President Xi Jinping has reshuf... More »

ASEAN breaks deadlock on South China Sea, Beijing thanks Cambodia for support

VIENTIANE Southeast Asian nations overcame days of deadlock on Monday when the Philippines dropped a request for their joint statement to mention a landmark legal ruling on the South China Sea, officials said, after objections from Cambodia. Beijing publicly t... More »

On southwestern fringe, China’s Silk Road ambitions face obstacles

KUNMING, China/VIENTIANE For the southwestern city of Kunming, China’s plan to extend a high-speed rail link 3,000 km (1,875 miles) south to Singapore is already a boon: pristine expressways, a gleaming station and something of a real estate boom, as young buy... More »

Exclusive: Chevron puts Myanmar gas block stakes worth $1.3 billion up for sale – sources

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE U.S. oil and gas major Chevron Corp has put all of its Myanmar gas block stakes up for sale, which at a combined likely valuation of $1.3 billion, would be the biggest deal involving Myanmar assets to date, financial sources familiar with t... More »

Fossilized lizard, 99 million years old, is a clue to ‘lost ecosystem’

A fossilized lizard found in Southeast Asia preserved in amber dates back some 99 million years, Florida scientists have determined, making it the oldest specimen of its kind and a “missing link” for reptile researchers. The lizard is some 75 million years old... More »

Suu Kyi allies form Myanmar ruling party after decades of struggle

NAYPYITAW Hundreds of lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League of Democracy were sworn into Myanmar’s parliament on Monday, with enough seats to choose the country’s first democratically elected government since the military took power in 1962. The NL... More »

Myanmar’s powerful army picks lawmakers as transition moves forward

YANGON Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing nominated military officers, who hold a quarter of seats in parliament, to their posts, state media said on Tuesday, another step by the army in what has so far surprised many as a remarkably peaceful transition. Aung ... More »

Hopes fade for 100 miners missing after landslide near Myanmar jade mine

YANGON Hopes faded on Monday that any of 100 people still missing would be found alive two days after a landslide near a jade mine in northern Myanmar smashed into a makeshift settlement, burying mine workers as they slept. Rescue workers had recovered 104 bod... More »

Sanctions fears choke nascent U.S. trade with Myanmar

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK/YANGONWestern banks are cutting trade finance in Myanmar after learning that part of the country’s main port is controlled by a man blacklisted by Washington, threatening to stop nascent U.S. economic ties with the Southeast Asian nation in... More »

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi campaigns in home constituency as poll battle heats up

YANGON Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was touring her constituency on the outskirts of Myanmar’s commercial capital of Yangon on Monday, kicking off the third week of campaigning for the first free national vote in 25 years. In the run-up to the No... More »

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