MANILA, Philippines — The government still disallows Filipino workers from seeking employment in Myanmar, according to the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration. The OWWA said the deployment ban ...

(UPDATE) THE Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) has mobilized its members to assist in the repatriation of 222 Filipinos from Myanmar who were reportedly victims of human trafficking.

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Myanmar authorities announced Thursday the arrest of three artists for undermining the upcoming junta-organized election, wielding new speech laws that rights monitors say oppress dissent. Myanmar’s ...

MANILA, Philippines — At least 222 Filipinos rescued from raided online scam hubs in Myanmar have sought repatriation, the Philippine Embassy in Yangon reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs ...

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An armed rebel group in Myanmar says it has reached a truce with the military-run government to stop months of heavy clashes in the country’s north. The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) ...

Myanmar’s military government will hold the second phase of its multi-stage election on Jan 11, state media said on Wednesday, a vote dismissed as a sham by Western countries, the United Nations and ...

Malaysia’s foreign minister Mohamad Hasan stressed that ending violence is central to the Five-Point Consensus guiding Asean’s actions on Myanmar. (Bernama pic) Myanmar authorities have been urged to ...

The bloc will reportedly not send observers to the military-administered elections planned for December, but is likely to accept the new status quo that emerges. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim ...

ASEAN's Myanmar Peace Plan Not Hard to Implement, Malaysia Foreign Minister Says By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -ASEAN's four-year-old plan for peace in war-torn Myanmar is not difficult to ...