The Standard Singapore: The impossibly stylish hotel brand lands in the Garden City
Set apart from Singapore’s towering skyline is a very notable new entrant. The Standard Singapore is the city’s most stylish new hotel, says Maddy Mussen ...
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ASEAN Needs to Rethink Its Myanmar Strategy
On December 19-20, Thailand will host regional representatives in their latest meetings on the Myanmar crisis. Neighboring countries will first come together to discuss border security with the ...
The Diplomat20d
Myanmar Rebel Group Claims Recapture of Former Headquarters on Thai Border
An ethnic rebel group has recaptured its former headquarters close to Thailand’s borders, almost three decades after it was driven out by the Myanmar military. In a statement yesterday ...
The Irrawaddy20d
AA Urges Myanmar Junta Troops to Surrender as Western Command Burns
The stronghold looks set to become the second of Myanmar’s 14 regional military hubs lost by the regime, following the Brotherhood Alliance’s capture of Northeastern Command in the northern Shan State ...
The Straits Times20d
Myanmar rebels say recapture headquarters after almost 30 years
BANGKOK - A Myanmar ethnic rebel group said on Dec 17 it had recaptured its headquarters from the Myanmar military, almost 30 years after it was forced out. Karen National Union (KNU) fighters had ...
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Communities launch new Thawthi Taw-Oo Indigenous Park amid Myanmar civil war
By Sonam Lama Hyolmo Amid Myanmar’s ongoing civil war, Karen and other ethnic minority communities have officially launched the Thawthi Taw-Oo Indigenous Park, a new community-led conservation area in ...
Nikkei Asia21d
Thailand launches bold push to break ASEAN's Myanmar deadlock
BANGKOK -- Thailand has launched a high-stakes initiative to break the diplomatic deadlock over Myanmar's spiraling crisis, with a two-track plan to convene senior officials of neighboring ...
India.com21d
BIG trouble for Bangladesh as Arakan Army seizes control of country’s territory amid worsening relationship with India, Muhammad Yunus now in…
The tensions on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border have reached their peak. Reports suggest that Myanmar’s insurgent group, the Arakan Army (AA), has seized parts of Bangladesh’s Teknaf region.
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Myanmar junta loses control over border near B'desh
Myanmar's junta has lost control of its border with Bangladesh to the Arakan Army (AA), impacting India's strategic interests. The AA's control extends to areas near the India-funded Sittwe Port and a ...
Nikkei Asia21d
Myanmar's internally displaced to surge 30% to 4.5m in 2025, U.N. says
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar people displaced within their own country are expected to increase by about 30% to 4.5 million next year, according to a United Nations projection, as the conflict there ...
The Conversation22d
International Criminal Court goes after Myanmar military chief after nearly five years of war
Nearly five years after Myanmar’s civil war began, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has requested an arrest warrant for the leader of the country’s ...
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Myanmar’s War Has Forced Doctors and Nurses Into Prostitution
By Sui-Lee Wee After seven years of medical school in Myanmar, May finally achieved her goal of becoming a doctor. But a month after she graduated and found a job, her dreams started unraveling.