The 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not send observers to army-ruled Myanmar's ongoing three-stage election and will therefore not endorse the poll. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/asia-pacific/politics/asean-myanmar-election-malaysia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #malaysia #asean
A court has given a man a suspended sentence for transporting a then-high school student to Myanmar last year to have him engage in fraud despite knowing that the boy had been kidnapped. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/japan/crime-legal/student-myanmar-sentence-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #miyagi #japanesecourts #myanmar #highschools #fraud #kidnappings
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Enjoyed listening to this episode of The Final Straw Radio about the many forms of anarchist resistance with a focus on #Myanmar, #Rojava and #Spain
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The Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM) reports a labour strike currently going on at the factory of Sen Yu Clothings Myanmar Co., Ltd. It is located inside the Shwe Lin Ban Industrial Zone, Hlaingtharyar Township, in Yangon, with around 500 workers, who are on strike since January 7th, 2026.
These are their demands:
A daily wage of 12,000 kyats (approx. 5 EUR) …
https://globalmayday.net/2026/01/18/strike-sen-yu-factory/
#Burma #FGWM #garmentworkers #LabourMovement #Myanmar #organize #solidarity #strike
#unions
The Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM) reports a labour strike currently going on at the factory of Sen Yu Clothings Myanmar Co., Ltd. It is located inside the Shwe Lin Ban Industrial Zone, Hlaingtharyar Township, in Yangon, with around 500 workers, who are on strike since January 7th, 2026.
These are their demands:
A daily wage of 12,000 kyats (approx. 5 EUR) …
https://globalmayday.net/2026/01/18/strike-sen-yu-factory/
#Burma #FGWM #garmentworkers #LabourMovement #Myanmar #organize #solidarity #strike
#unions
Global May Day: **Strike at Sen Yu Clothings (Myanmar) factory (used by ENCUENTRO Moda)**
https://globalmayday.net/2026/01/18/strike-sen-yu-factory/
The Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM) reports a labour strike currently going on at the factory of Sen Yu Clothings Myanmar Co., Ltd. It is located inside the Shwe […]
#FGWMSolidarity #News #FGWM #Myanmar #SenYufactory
Global May Day: **Strike at Zhejian NewWay (Myanmar) Garment factory (used by ENCUENTRO Moda)**
https://globalmayday.net/2026/01/18/strike-zhejian-newway/
The Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM) reports a labour strike currently going on at the factory of Zhejian NewWay (Myanmar) – formerly known as Sen Yu Clothing Myanmar. It […]
#FGWMSolidarity #News #FGWM #Myanmar #SenYufactory
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An education system run by international aid groups has become severely overstretched in Rohingya refugee camps that house around half a million children in Bangladesh. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/15/asia-pacific/society/rohingya-children-education/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #rohingya #refugees #bangladesh #myanmar #children #education #un
An education system run by international aid groups has become severely overstretched in Rohingya refugee camps that house around half a million children in Bangladesh. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/15/asia-pacific/society/rohingya-children-education/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #rohingya #refugees #bangladesh #myanmar #children #education #un
Cambodia’s arrest of alleged scam center kingpin Chen Zhi and his extradition to China was “not the end” of the Southeast Asian nation’s battle to stamp out transborder crimes, its foreign minister said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/cambodia-crackdown-scam-mastermind/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #cambodia #forcedlabor #fraud #organizedcrime
Iran’s move to cut internet access during ongoing mass protests, along with Uganda’s Tuesday ahead of controversial elections, are the latest examples of how some governments use digital blackouts to muzzle dissent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/14/world/politics/countries-internet-blackouts-dissent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #afghanistan #sudan #ethiopia #myanmar #kasmir #iran #nepal #tanzania #internet #censorship
Myanmar soldiers rampaged door-to-door, systematically killing, raping and burning Rohingya men, women and children, the International Court of Justice heard on Tuesday, on day two of a genocide hearing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/14/asia-pacific/politics/icj-violence-rohingya-myanmar-genocide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #rohingya #icj #gambia #myanmar #refugees #genocide
His name is not on the ballot, and his photographs don’t appear on campaign posters. But one man looms large over the general election under way in Myanmar: junta chief Min Aung Hlaing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/13/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-junta-election-civil-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #aungsansuukyi #myanmar #southeastasia #minaunghlaing
In a landmark case accusing Myanmar of genocide, Gambia told judges at the United Nations' International Court of Justice that Myanmar targeted minority Muslim Rohingya for destruction and made their lives a nightmare. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/13/asia-pacific/myanmar-rohingya-lives-genocide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #rohingya #refugees #gambia #genocide #icj #southeastasia #un
In rows of bamboo shelters, refugees who escaped Myanmar nearly a decade ago await developments at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, where a genocide case against Myanmar opens Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/12/asia-pacific/politics/rohingya-un-genocide-hearing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #rohingya #un #genocide #southeastasia #myanmar #bangladesh #refugees
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been siloed in military detention since a 2021 coup, but her absence looms large over junta-run polls the generals are touting as a return to democracy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/11/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-election-suu-kyi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #aungsansuukyi #southeastasia
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this story about Benjamin Mauerberger, a south african #crypto bro and card carrying member of the chinese #mafia who made so much money via #pigbutchering and other crypto scams that he managed to co-opt a large part of #Thailand's government (to say nothing of #Cambodia and #Myanmar) is nuts.
if you’re wondering about the dark forces driving the current war between thailand and cambodia, this is one of those forces.
#sapol #southafrica #whaleHunting #triads #organizedcrime #ChineseMafia #pigbutchering #ASEAN #scams #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #princeGroup #huione
China is moving against the cyberscam tycoons making fortunes in Southeast Asia, driven by mounting public pressure and Beijing’s desire to keep control of judicial processes, analysts say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/asia-pacific/crime-legal/china-southeast-asia-scam-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #china #fraud #organizedcrime #myanmar #cambodia
“International Court of Justice ( #ICJ) hearings in the #Myanmar #genocide case highlight the need for justice for the ethnic #Rohingya... Hearings on the merits of the case begin on January 12, 2026… During the 3-week hearings at the ICJ, the parties are expected to present their arguments & supporting evidence about whether Myanmar violated the #GenocideConvention.” | HRW
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/01/08/myanmar-critical-hearings-in-rohingya-genocide-case
See ICJ: https://www.icj-cij.org/case/178
Myanmar's junta said on Sunday it would release more than 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country's independence day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/04/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-release-6000-prisoners/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #southeastasia