Children play game with mobile phone. Photo: EPA
23 August 2023
Arguably the biggest challenge for children in Myanmar is insufficient nutrition, if...
Mingalar Hospital in Mandalay.
23 August 2023
Mandalay's Mingalar Hospital, a vital healthcare facility, has been forced to close for...
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23 August 2023
Defence forces killed four out of five junta soldiers extorting money from pedestrians in...
Relief food commodities stockpiled at WFP warehouses in Rakhine State. Photo: WFP
23 August 2023
In my long UN career, I worked in places that will go down in history as emblems of man’s...
Pheu Thai Party's Prime Ministerial candidate Srettha Thavisin is surrounded by media upon his arrival at Pheu Thai Party's headquarters during the parliamentary vote to elect the new prime minister in Bangkok, Thailand, 22 August 2023. Photo: EPA
22 August 2023
Thai lawmakers approved tycoon Srettha Thavisin as the kingdom's new prime minister on...
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22 August 2023
Taiwan's foreign ministry hits out at China whom it calls the "mastermind" behind the...
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22 August 2023
China says it has lodged complaints over a statement released at a summit of US, South...
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C), accompanied by his daughter and Pheu Thai Party prime ministerial candidate Paetongtarn Shinawatra and his son Panthongtae Shinawatra, greets supporters and journalists upon his arrival at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, 22 August 2023. Photo: EPA
22 August 2023
Thailand's divisive ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra returned to the kingdom Tuesday, after...
(L to R); President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol, US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Japan Kishida Fumio hold a joint press conference during the trilateral summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA, 18 August 2023. Photo: EPA
22 August 2023
With a historic three-way summit with Japan and South Korea, President Joe Biden has...
People walk past a banner as final preparations are underway for the 15th BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 August 2023. Photo: EPA
22 August 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping headed to South Africa on Monday, state media reported,...
The junta launched a military operation in Thaton District that lasted from July 25 until August 6, 2023. About 5,000 villagers from 10 villages had to flee from their homes. Photo: HURFOM
22 August 2023
The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) is calling on international actors to act...
(File) Rohingya refugees take part in a protest held to mark the five year anniversary of the mass migration of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at a makeshift camp in Kutubpalang, Ukhiya, Cox Bazar district, Bangladesh, 25 August 2022. Photo: EPA
22 August 2023
One million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face little prospect of safely returning home...

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