AFP | Myanmar junta troops stationed in an embattled border town have withdrawn from their positions, a spokesman for a Myanmar ethnic armed group and a Thai official told Agence France-Presse on Thursday.

Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmar-tro…

Interesting LegCo question & reply here on the future of patriotic education in Hong Kong, and the role of the Northern Metropolis:
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'This is the first time any RSF representative has been denied entry or held at the Hong Kong airport.'

Hong Kong: RSF representative detained and deported on attempt to monitor Jimmy Lai’s national security trial

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The Myanmar military has abducted & forcibly recruited 1000+ Rohingya Muslim men & boys from across Rakhine State since February 2024. New from Human Rights Watch👇 hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…

“It should be said that I anticipated the regime would go after me regardless of the offence. They would arrest me with whatever disposals they have” -- Programmer turned activist and now political prisoner Andy Li in his testimony in Jimmy Lai's trial.

every report from Myanmar has these person gut-punches about ordinary people whose lives have been ruined and it drives home the reality of headlines. Just let him study Japanese and not worry about being conscripted you bastards! frontiermyanmar.net/en/conscriptio…

Occurs despite lacking measures to assist asylum seekers

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'In Beijing’s attempt to control this narrative, every moment of Hong Kong’s history becomes a battleground, stretching back to the beginning of British presence in the city.'
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#JUSTIN 2.5 years after the security police raid of #StandNews , HK’s District Court has finally set a date to hand down verdict on the sedition case against the shuttered news platform and its two former chief editors.

The United States can’t deliver Myanmar from its dictatorship, Timothy McLaughlin writes. But it can do more than shift the burden and look away. theatlantic.com/international/…

SCOOP: The U.S. approved thousands of more bombs to Israel on the same day of the World Central Kitchen strikes. The approval demonstrates the administration’s determination to continue its flow of lethal weaponry despite Monday’s high-profile killings 🧵 washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

The U.S. government is still supplying 2 thousand pound bombs and ammunition to support Israel's policy. Until there are substantive consequences, this outrage does nothing. Bibi obviously doesn't care what the U.S. says, its about what the U.S. does. politico.com/news/2024/04/0…

Angels that the only crime they committed was feeding people….😢😔🫶🏻🕊️

This video from a webcam facing the Taipei skyline shows the moment of a preliminary 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan just moments ago.

Today World Central Kitchen lost several of our sisters and brothers in an IDF air strike in Gaza. I am heartbroken and grieving for their families and friends and our whole WCK family. These are people…angels…I served alongside in Ukraine, Gaza, Turkey, Morocco, Bahamas, Indonesia. They…

Proud to have worked on this Nikkei Asia⁩ special project which traces the meth supply chain, from production centers in Myanmar and mule routes to transit hubs in the hills of Chiang Mai and international waters to India, Philippines and Australia. asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Spec…

Just horrifying. Read in full.