Tag: Southeast Asia
Rikako Ikee qualifies for Tokyo Olympic after leukemia
TOKYO — Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee on Sunday qualified for the Tokyo Olympics just two years after she was diagnosed with leukemia.
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UN condemns violence against Myanmar protesters and deaths
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council late Thursday strongly condemned the use of violence against peaceful protesters and the deaths of hundreds of...
UN condemns Palm Sunday `terrorist act’ on Indonesian church
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council late Tuesday condemned a bombing at an Indonesian church on Palm Sunday as a “cowardly terrorist attack”...
China reports COVID-19 outbreak on border with Myanmar
BEIJING — At least nine people have tested positive for COVID-19 in a Chinese city on the border with Myanmar, health officials said Wednesday.
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China pushes to expand virus origin search beyond its border
BEIJING — Chinese health officials pushed Wednesday to expand the search for the origins of the coronavirus beyond China, one day after the release...
UN envoy: Myanmar faces possibility of major civil war
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar warned Wednesday that the country faces the possibility of civil war “at an unprecedented scale”...
Reacting to bloody coup, US suspends trade deal with Myanmar
WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday suspended a trade deal with Myanmar until a democratic government is brought back to the Southeast Asian...
Sao Paulo governor seeks tests of 1st Brazilian COVID-19 jab
SAO PAULO — The governor of Sao Paulo said on Friday he will seek federal approval for phase 1 and 2 trials of Brazil’s...
UK, US impose sanctions targeting Myanmar military business
The U.K. and the United States are imposing further sanctions over human rights violations in Myanmar, Britain's top diplomat said Thursday.
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In Myanmar’s hinterland, army uproots ethnic Karen villagers
BANGKOK — In the jungles of southeast Myanmar, the army was shooting and otherwise tyrannizing civilians long before last month’s military coup.
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