Myanmar’s parliament is set to convene Monday for the first time since a military coup five years ago, packed with pro-junta lawmakers elected in a poll orchestrated by the top brass. The majority of MPs hail from the pro-military Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) while most of the remainder belong to the armed forces, … Read more
Myanmar’s junta has expelled Timor-Leste’s top diplomat after the Southeast Asian island accepted a legal case against the military regime for alleged war crimes. Timor-Leste’s investigation represents the first time a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has initiated such action against a fellow member state. It also marks a bold move … Read more
Myanmar’s earthquake response has exposed a brutal truth: disasters aren’t just natural – they’re political. And in Myanmar, aid is being weaponised. “There’s no such thing as a natural disaster, and the disaster management community has said so many times,” Adelina Kamal, an Indonesia-based independent ASEAN analyst, said in April. Political corruption, extractivism, and systemic … Read more
Myanmar Earthquake: Junta Leader Appeals for International Aid After Devastation Naypyidaw – Following a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar, the nationS ruling military leader, Min aung… The post Myanmar Military Leader Appears After Earthquake appeared first on NewsyList. Source link
Myanmar’s isolated military junta has issued a rare plea for international help after an earthquake killed at least 144 people, with warnings the number would likely rise. Friday’s 7.7-magnitude quake shook the region, with neighbouring Thailand continuing rescue efforts after a 30-storey construction site collapsed, killing at least three people and trapping dozens of others … Read more
The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) has strongly opposed Myanmar’s military junta’s newly revived cyber-security law, warning that it poses a severe threat to fundamental freedoms and contradicts the constitutional principles of the country. The regional network of current and former lawmakers from Southeast Asia described the legislation as a strategic move by the … Read more