KUALA LUMPUR: The UN refugee agency said on Friday (Feb 12) Malaysia should not deport refugees after Reuters reported that it was planning to send 1,200 Myanmar nationals back to their country. Malaysia agreed to return them after the Myanmar military, which seized power in a Feb 1 coup, offered to send three navy ships to pick citizens held in …

After the army deposed the country’s newly elected government in a coup last week, a prominent Singapore businessman said he would withdraw his investment in a tobacco company linked to the Myanmar military. In a statement on Tuesday, February 9, Lim Kaling, co-founder and director of Hong Kong-listed gaming group Razer, said he was a minority shareholder in Virginia Tobacco …

The leaders of Malaysia and Indonesia have called for a special meeting to be convened by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to discuss the deteriorating political situation in Myanmar. On February 1, the Myanmar army, or Tatmadaw, took power in the region, alleging irregularities in a November election won by State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and the …

On Friday, February 5, the leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia said they were seeking a special meeting of foreign ministers of the countries of Southeast Asia to address the situation in Myanmar, where an elected government was overthrown earlier this week in a coup. The military seized power on Monday, throwing a wedge into Myanmar’s long and troubled transition to …

KUALA LUMPUR – There are currently more than 600 Malaysians registered with the Malaysian Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar, most of whom are businessmen and professionals employed with different companies, and a few of whom are with their families, the Malaysian Embassy in Myanmar said. The Embassy advised all Malaysians in Myanmar to remain calm, alert and to continue to comply …

 SINGAPORE: On Monday (Feb 1), Brunei, the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), called for dialogue between parties, reconciliation, and a “return to normalcy” in the midst of the continuing developments in Myanmar. This comes after the military of Myanmar seized power in a coup and proclaimed a state of emergency for one year. #ASEAN encourages …

Faces coated in white dust and chisels in hand, Myanmar’s marble sculptors say the hills that have given them a livelihood for decades are vanishing, as big corporations reap the benefits of the precious white rock. The deafening sound of cutting and grinding machines, punctuated by hammer and chisel banging, echoes across the hills next to the village of Sagyin, …

Myanmar is planning to deliver its first ever rocket, entering an unlikely group of emerging space nations aimed at saving millions from environmental disasters. Future micro-satellite “mega telescope” from nine Asian countries will monitor typhoons, earthquake activity and water flows, as well as include data on land usage, crop production and disease outbreaks. It is Myanmar’s first space mission, in …

United Nation rights chief on Wednesday has expressed alarm that China and Asian nations were using Covid-19 crisis as an excuse to target and tighten censorship and free expression. UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said in a statement that aside for the tigthened censorship in several countries, there were also arbitrary arrests and detention of people who criticize their government’s …

YANGON – Myanmar’s fisheries sector are suffering from its largest loss in history as demand has been impacted by the covid-19 pandemic, says  secretary of the Myanmar Fisheries Products Processors & Exporters Association (MPEA) U Myo Nyunt. “Exports have collapsed. All international orders have been cancelled and we have not received any new orders from the European Union (EU) since …