Remembering Tamil victims of the 'death railway' 80 years on
The remains of 106 Tamil laborers who toiled on the Thailand-Burma Railway under Japanese occupation have been cremated in a ...
Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated
In a fresh crackdown on scam centers operating from Southeast Asia, the Thai army announced Thursday it is coordinating an effort to repatriate some 260 people believed to have been victims of human ...
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Over 250 people held at Myanmar scam centre released at Thai border
More than 250 people rescued from online scam centres in Myanmar were handed over to Thailand on Wednesday, a senior Thai ...
Fear of losing kin, cultural ties fuel local opposition to fencing Myanmar border
India and Myanmar share a 1643-km long border in four states of northeast-Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.
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Captured Junta Officer Says Demoralized Myanmar Military Will Lose ‘Everywhere’
Lt-Col Kyaw Kyaw Thet, who surrendered to the AA after a clash in Magwe last month, said in a video that regime forces are ...
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Myanmar’s Forced Conscription in Numbers
On the first anniversary of the junta's activation of the conscription law, The Irrawaddy looks at the key facts and figures ...
Pope Francis reminds armed forces only to act for defense and always respect international laws
Pope Francis on Sunday told soldiers, police and other law enforcement officials from around the world that armed force can ...