According to researchers, armed Myanmar soldiers and police are using TikTok to threaten protesters against last month’s coup, prompting the Chinese video-sharing app to announce it would remove content that incites violence. Myanmar ICT for Development (MIDO), a digital rights organization, said it had discovered over 800 pro-military videos that threatened protesters during a period […]
Facebook, the social media giant, removed the military of Myanmar and its allies from its sites. The company said it acted after determining that “the risks are too high to allow the Tatmadaw [Myanmar military] on Facebook and Instagram.” Facebook was used by the military to raise its assertion of voter fraud in the 2020 […]
SHARON ISAALAH Myanmar’s government has blocked access to Facebook in the country after users turned to the company’s services to protest this week’s military coup. In a statement given to The Wall S Street Journal, Facebook confirmed that the country’s telecoms providers had been ordered to block its services. “We urge authorities to restore connectivity […]
…As China’s automobile industry records new milestone of global development Motolani Oseni Upon approval by the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Public Security and the General Administration of Customs, the used cars export in Guangdong has commenced in efficient operations. The used cars, which will be sold to customers in Cambodia, Nigeria, Myanmar, Russia, […]
A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress towards democracy in the South East Asian country. Yangon Northern District Judge, Ye Lwin said Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, […]
Nigeria Tuesday condemned “the horrendous human suffering’’ of the Rohingya ethnic group in Myanmar. According to a government statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, it also expressed regret at the desperate human rights situation in Rakhine state, describing the situation as a “very reminiscent of what happened in Rwanda […]
Malaysia is reported to turn away migrants abandoned at sea from Myanmar and Bangladesh unless they are in imminent danger of sinking, a top coast guard official has said. Malaysia becomes second Southeast nation to refuse entry of migrants, Aljazeera reports. Malaysia’s announcement on Wednesday makes it the second Southeast Asian country after Indonesia […]
The government of Myanmar and representatives from 16 major ethnic rebel groups have signed a draft cease-fire accord that aims to end decades of armed conflict. Speaking at Tuesday’s signing in Yangon, President Thein Sein praised the framework nationwide peace deal as the first step towards holding political dialogue with the rebel groups. Before a […]
Twenty-one people are dead and 21 missing after a crowded double-decker passenger ferry sinked on Friday night in Myanmar, the southeast Asian nation. Myanmar’s Ministry of Information said in a statement that the ship capsized due to bad weather conditions, around the coastal city of Sittwe. A large wave crashed into the ferry, causing it […]