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• Myanmar Army Seizes Ethnic Mon Armed Group’s Base on Thai Border
• Masked Men Rob Myanmar State-Owned Bank Officials Carrying Money to Vault
• Thai Govt to Compensate Families of Myanmar Workers Killed in Construction Collapse
• Two Myanmar Military Officers Join Int’l Criminal Justice Unit for ICJ Defense
• German Tourist Killed by Landmine in Myanmar’s Shan State
• Hong Kong Authorities Appeal for Calm as Major Highway Reopens
• Vietnam Jails Another Facebook User as Crackdown Intensifies

Myanmar Army Seizes Ethnic Mon Armed Group’s Base on Thai Border Posted: 27 Nov 2019 04:18 AM PST Fighting is continuing at the Three Pagodas Pass on the Thai border. Mon troops have reportedly withdrawn from a border village.

Masked Men Rob Myanmar State-Owned Bank Officials Carrying Money to Vault Posted: 27 Nov 2019 02:30 AM PST Police in Kyauktaw, Rakhine State are on the hunt for two men who stole what may be over US$130,000 from a branch of Myanmar Economic Bank.

Thai Govt to Compensate Families of Myanmar Workers Killed in Construction Collapse Posted: 27 Nov 2019 12:43 AM PST The Thai government will pay the families of workers killed and injured in a Phuket construction accident, including four from Myanmar, US$23,860 each in compensation.

Two Myanmar Military Officers Join Int’l Criminal Justice Unit for ICJ Defense Posted: 27 Nov 2019 12:32 AM PST Two military officers are included in a new Special Unit on International Criminal Justice formed to help defend Myanmar against genocide charges at the ICJ in The Hague.

German Tourist Killed by Landmine in Myanmar’s Shan State Posted: 26 Nov 2019 11:10 PM PST German tourist dies when his motorbike strikes a landmine in northern Shan State's Hsipaw Township; Argentinian woman treated for shock.

Hong Kong Authorities Appeal for Calm as Major Highway Reopens Posted: 26 Nov 2019 10:47 PM PST Hong Kong's Cross-Harbor Tunnel reopens after two weeks; security personnel comb Polytechnic University for any remaining anti-government protesters.

Vietnam Jails Another Facebook User as Crackdown Intensifies Posted: 26 Nov 2019 09:14 PM PST Court in Vietnam jails Facebook user Nguyen Chi Vung for six years for "making and spreading anti-state information and materials" as dissent crackdown intensifies.

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