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Los nómadas marinos de Tailandia intentan preservar un modo de vida en vías de desaparición

ISLAS SURIN, Tailandia — Cuando Hook era niño, comenzaba sus días saltando del bote en el que vivía su familia al océano. Los pocos turistas que se encontraban en las islas habitadas por los moken sobrevivieron porque los lugareños sabían, cuando vieron que el agua retrocedía, que la gente necesitaba llegar a terrenos más elevados. Para los moken, el kabang …

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1 day, 12 hours ago

The water was their livelihood. Now Thailand’s sea nomads work to preserve a vanishing way of life

Associated Press

SURIN ISLANDS, Thailand — When Hook was a child, he started his days by jumping off the boat that his family lived on and into the ocean. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print For the Moken, the kabang and their way of living on the ocean are something they hope the law could …

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2 days, 11 hours ago

Are militants in Manipur using Starlink satellite internet? | Explained

The Hindu

The story so far: Billionaire Elon Musk has denied claims that his space company SpaceX’s satellite internet technology Starlink is being used by militants in Manipur. Starlink satellite beams are turned off over India.” The Starlink device also had “RPF/PLA” written on it, which refers to a Myanmar-based Meitei extremist group that is banned in India. The key question is …

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2 days, 23 hours ago

An ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to have captured a major regional army headquarters

Associated Press

BANGKOK — A powerful ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claimed Friday to have scored a major victory in the war against the ruling military, even as neighboring nations at a meeting in Thailand were discussing efforts to end the conflict peacefully. Rakhine has become a focal point for Myanmar’s nationwide civil war, in which pro-democracy guerrillas and ethnic minority …

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3 days, 14 hours ago

Sri Lanka Navy rescues over 100 Rohingya adrift in the Indian Ocean

Al Jazeera

The 102 refugees, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka’s eastern port of Trincomalee. More than 100 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar have been rescued while adrift on a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation by Sri Lanka’s navy, bringing them safely to port. The 102 people, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka’s eastern port …

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Aung San Suu Kyi: Who is to blame for Myanmar’s collapse into military tyranny?

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Suu Kyi’s father, Aung San, …

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Aung San Suu Kyi: Who is to blame for Myanmar’s collapse into military tyranny?

The Independent

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4 days, 8 hours ago

Free Aung San Suu Kyi, demand three former UK foreign secretaries

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Three former UK foreign secretaries have today called for the release …

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4 days, 14 hours ago

Is Musk's explanation on Manipur Starlink seizure good enough? We examine

India Today

The seizure of Starlink’s satellite-based internet devices in strife-torn Manipur has raised security concerns and numerous questions. Is Starlink owner Elon Musk’s explanation of Starlink's seizure from militants good enough? On December 16, the Spear Corps of the Indian Army posted on X a photo showing a Starlink kit among guns, bombs, and ammunition seized during a search operation in …

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5 days, 10 hours ago

Did Meitei insurgent group in Manipur use Elon Musk's Starlink?

Firstpost

On December 13, a joint team of security forces carried out a search operation in Manipur’s Imphal. The surprising seizure has raised concerns over the internet use by insurgents to coordinate attacks during internet blackouts The Assam Rifles and the Manipur Police carried out a joint operation in the hill and valley regions of Churachandpur, Chandel, Imphal East, and Kangokpi. …

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5 days, 12 hours ago

Starlink-Like Antenna, Router Seized From Insurgent Groups In Manipur

ABP News

Security forces have allegedly recovered a Starlink dish and router from an insurgent group, along with sniper rifles, pistols, grenades and other weapons from the Imphal East district, in Manipur. — Elon Musk December 17, 2024 The Dimapur-headquartered Spear Corps put photos on X of the items recovered in the search operation, including the Starlink logo's internet device. Acting on …

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5 days, 14 hours ago

China to deploy forces in Myanmar amid threat to its investments from rebels

India Today

China is planning to deploy private security forces to protect its investments and personnel in Myanmar, replicating the approach it has taken in Pakistan, amid growing unrest and anti-China sentiment among rebel groups in the country. According to intelligence reports, China and Myanmar's military are collaborating to establish a joint security firm aimed at safeguarding Chinese projects and workers. Last …

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6 days, 1 hour ago

Manipur: Security forces recover Starlink linked to Kuki terrorists

Op India

Indian Army, and Assam Rifles, in cooperation with police and other security forces, recovered massive stocks of weapons in a series of successful operations in the violence affected state of Manipur. Acting on specific intelligence, troops of #IndianArmy and #AssamRifles formations under #SpearCorps carried out joint search operations in the hill and valley regions in the districts of Churachandpur, Chandel, …

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1 week ago

How Myanmar’s junta is suppressing information about a hunger crisis

Hindustan Times

By Poppy McPherson, Devjyot Ghoshal, Steve Stecklow and Ruma Paul How Myanmar’s junta is suppressing information about a hunger crisis COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, - Myanmar’s ruling junta has suppressed information about a severe food crisis gripping the country by pressuring researchers not to collect data about hunger and aid workers not to publish it, a Reuters investigation has found. “I’ve …

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1 week ago

No amenities, no jobs: Rohingya suffer amid AAP-BJP slugfest

The Hindu

Deen Md., a 65-year-old immigrant living in Madanpur Khadar colony of south Delhi, says he often hears the name of his ethnic group — Rohingya — in the political discourse, but it is never for anything good. Blame game The BJP, the main Opposition party in Delhi, has been accusing the ruling AAP of “helping to settle illegal Rohingya immigrants” …

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1 week, 1 day ago

A nuanced and compassionate understanding of Rohingya’s flight is the need of the hour

The Hindu

The presence of Rohingya community within India is progressively becoming an issue of political blame-game and some political actors are busy pedalling mass anxiety without factoring in the complex multiplicity of vectors related to the issue, including the growing importance of the issue globally. They have accused the ruling National Conference government of protecting the settlers by providing them with …

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An inside view of the Laos cybercrime hub

The Hindu

In February this year, 31-year-old Suresh Singh*, a resident of Telangana who was on the lookout for employment abroad, stumbled upon a sales job in Laos. A bad dream Mr. Singh said he felt like he was living his dream until he was taken to the Golden Triangle, a Special Economic Zone, which, he said, had “big buildings, fancy cars, …

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1 week, 2 days ago

BRO steps up India-Myanmar border fencing work near Manipur's Moreh: PRO Defence

Deccan Chronicle

Imphal: Border Roads Organisation has stepped up India-Myanmar border fencing work near Moreh town in Manipur's Tengnoupal district, an official said on Saturday. "BRO has commenced work of erecting the border fencing along the India-Myanmar border in the general area of Moreh in Tengnoupal district," PRO Defence Kohima told PTI over the phone. Only 10 km of the international border …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Jihadi groups carrying out atrocities against Buddhists, Hindus on Myanmar-Bangladesh border: Arakan Army

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The separatist Arakan Army has gained control over nearly all of Rakhine state in Myanmar, pushing back against junta-led forces. "There are nearly 11 militant groups operating out of Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh which include the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation, Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, Arakan Rohingya Army. The radical militant groups have allegedly recruited young orphans from Rohingya …

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‘Want good ties but Pak must end terror’

Hindustan Times

India desires relations “free of terrorism” with Pakistan and hopes that its ties with Bangladesh will “settle down to a mutually beneficial and stable relationship”, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said in Parliament on Friday, as he also cautioned against “point-scoring” over the state of India’s diplomatic relations. Jindal posed a supplementary query on ties with Pakistan after Jaishankar answered …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Neighbours have their domestic politics, we should be mature: Jaishankar

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: India’s neighbours have their own domestic politics, which have certain implications for New Delhi. Tewari had pointed out that India was the eighth country visited by the Maldives president after assuming office in 2023, and that he had travelled to New Delhi “under severe economic compulsion.” Tewari also said that Nepal’s new prime minister had first travelled to …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Bangladesh third most dangerous place for journalists after Palestine and Pakistan

Op India

As the new year 2025 draws closer, a crucial report by the ‘Reporters without Borders’ has revealed that the country of Bangladesh has emerged as one of the most dangerous countries for journalists. As per the 2024 Round-up published by RSF, Palestine is the most dangerous country for journalists, followed by Pakistan and Bangladesh. As per the report, both India’s …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Jaishankar on India’s neighbourhood: Vigil up at Myanmar border, eyes on Bangladesh

Firstpost

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar answered a range of questions on India’s neighbourhood policy in Parliament today. He called the reports of attacks on minorities in Bangladesh ‘a source of concern,’ while he also spoke about the situation along the Myanmar border India has reiterated its concerns over the attack on minorities, especially Hindus, in Bangladesh, with External Affairs Minister …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Security forces to resume patrolling in Depsang, Ladakh: Jaishankar to Lok Sabha

India Today

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday that security forces would be going to all patrolling points in Depsang in Ladakh and also to the eastward limit which are historically been India's patrolling limit. "I want to convey that it was mentioned in my statement that the understanding envisaged that Indian security forces would be going to all patrolling …

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Los nómadas marinos de Tailandia intentan preservar un modo de vida en vías de desaparición

The water was their livelihood. Now Thailand’s sea nomads work to preserve a vanishing way of life

Are militants in Manipur using Starlink satellite internet? | Explained

An ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to have captured a major regional army headquarters

Sri Lanka Navy rescues over 100 Rohingya adrift in the Indian Ocean

Aung San Suu Kyi: Who is to blame for Myanmar’s collapse into military tyranny?

Aung San Suu Kyi: Who is to blame for Myanmar’s collapse into military tyranny?

Free Aung San Suu Kyi, demand three former UK foreign secretaries

Is Musk's explanation on Manipur Starlink seizure good enough? We examine

Did Meitei insurgent group in Manipur use Elon Musk's Starlink?

Starlink-Like Antenna, Router Seized From Insurgent Groups In Manipur

China to deploy forces in Myanmar amid threat to its investments from rebels

Manipur: Security forces recover Starlink linked to Kuki terrorists

How Myanmar’s junta is suppressing information about a hunger crisis

No amenities, no jobs: Rohingya suffer amid AAP-BJP slugfest

A nuanced and compassionate understanding of Rohingya’s flight is the need of the hour

An inside view of the Laos cybercrime hub

BRO steps up India-Myanmar border fencing work near Manipur's Moreh: PRO Defence

Jihadi groups carrying out atrocities against Buddhists, Hindus on Myanmar-Bangladesh border: Arakan Army

‘Want good ties but Pak must end terror’

Neighbours have their domestic politics, we should be mature: Jaishankar

Bangladesh third most dangerous place for journalists after Palestine and Pakistan

Jaishankar on India’s neighbourhood: Vigil up at Myanmar border, eyes on Bangladesh

Security forces to resume patrolling in Depsang, Ladakh: Jaishankar to Lok Sabha