TODAY’S HEADLINES: Fear and defiance as fighting rages in Myanmar
This photo taken on August 16, 2022, shows anti-coup fighters being given flowers by local residents in a township in Myanmar’s northwestern Sagaing region. – Anti-coup fighters in Myanmar patrol the smouldering ruins of a burned village after what they say was a reprisal attack by junta troops struggling to crush resistance to last year’s military coup. (Photo by AFP) / To go with ‘MYANMAR-CONFLICT-COUP,FOCUS’
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MYANMAR (AFP) – Anti-coup fighters in Myanmar patrol the smouldering ruins of a burned village after what they say was a reprisal attack by junta troops struggling to crush resistance to last year’s military coup.
Corrugated roofs, support beams and cooking utensils are all that remain amid the ash in the village in northwestern Sagaing – an area which has seen some of the fiercest fighting against the military’s power grab.
More details in Wednesday’s Borneo Bulletin
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Mondulkiri airport project stalled after Chinese investor ‘runs out of funds’
Ambitious plans to build a major airport in remote Mondulkiri province appear to have come to a stop after it was reported that the Chinese firm behind the project has run out of funds
Mr. Sin Chanserivutha, Undersecretary of State and Spokesman for the Secretariat of State for Civil Aviation, confirmed that so far the Mondulkiri Airport Development Project is still idle.
He stated that “As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, which has affected many companies, the Chinese company has suffered huge losses, and he has stated that he can no longer afford to continue investing,”.
According to Mr. Sin, the Secretariat of State for Civil Aviation has proposed 3 scenarios to the to the Ministry of Economy and Finance to resurrect the project – namely:
1.Examine the possibility of taking the state budget to use on this construction process
2.Examine the feasibility of using concessional loan funds from the World Bank or the Asian Development Bank
3. Find another private partner to study construction feasibility.
The proposed Mondulkiri Airport was to be built on an area of 300 hectares, about 20 kilometres from Sen Monorom, with an estimated investment of more than $ 80 million.
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SIEM REAP: Among the spinach crops at a rural Cambodian school garden, children test their maths skills while weighing produce — but as food prices rise, the vegetable patch has become a safety net for struggling families.
Long before Covid restrictions ravaged the economy, malnutrition and poverty stalked Cambodia’s youth — the legacy of decades of conflict and instability following the Khmer Rouge‘s genocidal rule in the 1970s.
Food insecurity has worsened since Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine stoked global shortages and inflation.
The World Food Programme (WFP) the prices of local staples have shot up in the past year: duck eggs by more than 20 percent and cooking oil by almost 40 percent.
READ MORE : https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/09/06/latest-stories/school-gardens-a-lifeline-for-hungry-cambodian-children/1857433
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Fear and defiance as fighting rages in Myanmar
MYANMAR (AFP) – Anti-coup fighters in Myanmar patrol the smouldering ruins of a burned village after what they say was a reprisal attack by junta troops struggling to crush resistance to last year’s military coup.
Corrugated roofs, support beams and cooking utensils are all that remain amid the ash in the village in northwestern Sagaing – an area which has seen some of the fiercest fighting against the military’s power grab.
More details in Wednesday’s Borneo Bulletin
Myanmar discussing with Russia use of Mir card for payments
Myanmar is discussing with burgeoning ally Russia the use of its Mir bank card for payments, the junta spokesperson said on Tuesday, as the military-ruled country reels from a currency crisis and the impact of Western sanctions. Myanmar has faced social and economic collapse since a military coup early last year, and the move to adopt the Russian payment system comes as the increasingly isolated junta struggles to maintain foreign exchange reserves and stabilise its currency and inflation rate. Using Russia’s Mir payments system and cards will allow direct exchange between the rouble and kyat currencies, junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun told a news conference. “There were discussions between our central banks during the Russia trip…to use the Mir card in Myanmar’s payment system,” he said, referring to a recent visit by junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to Russia, where he met President Vladimir Putin. The value of the kyat has come under increasing pressure and driven up food and fuel prices, forcing Myanmar’s central bank to weaken the official value of its currency and order companies to exchange dollars and delay foreign loan payments. Russia has vowed to expand its Mir payments system in friendly countries as Western sanctions attempt to shut it out of international finance over its invasion of Ukraine. The cards are currently only accepted in a few countries like Cuba, South Korea, Turkey, Vietnam and a handful of former Soviet republics. Russia has been the Myanmar military’s closest diplomatic ally and has received the junta chief as its guest on three occasions since the coup. Russia has also supplied fighter jets and armoured vehicles to Myanmar, defying international pressure to halt arms shipments to the junta, which the United Nations says has engaged in crimes against humanity. Zaw Min Tun said Putin had stressed that Myanmar was a reliable friend in Southeast Asia and Min Aung Hlaing said Russia was leading world affairs correctly.
Reuters
Yangon, Myanmar ●
Tue, September 20, 2022
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10 Rohingya rescued from sea off Satun, 41 others found on island
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BANGKOK: Thai authorities rescued 51 Rohingya including two children in southern Satun province on Tuesday.
Local fishermen rescued 10 Rohingya from the sea in Satun’s La-ngu district and another 41 were found on an island in Thung Wa district.
Police are investigating whether both groups came from the same boat and are victims of human trafficking.
La-ngu district police superintendent, Pol Col Sitthipong Husrangsi said local fishermen found the 10 exhausted men clinging to a polystyrene foam.
“They have been placed at a temporary shelter pending further investigation,” he told reporters.
Meanwhile, Satun Provincial Administration said upon interrogation it was found the 10 men, whom were from Rakhine, had escaped from a shelter in Bangladesh.
“The men said their overloaded boat that was bound for Indonesia was hit by a storm forcing them to abandon the vessel. They were in the sea for four days before being rescued by local fishermen,” said the statement.
Meanwhile, authorities extended their search after receiving information that more Rohingya had been pulled onto a beach nearby.
“They found another 41 Rohingya including two young boys on an island off the coast of Thung Wa district. All of them were found in a hungry and dehydrated state,” the statement said.-Bernama
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