Thant Sin News Today

A United Nations rights envoy has expressed concern over the South Korean government as it allowed the Myanmar ambassador to Seoul to attend an event promoting weapons systems in May, according to the envoy's letter on Wednesday. Thomas Andrews, the special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, made the remarks over Myanmar Ambassador Thant Sin's attendance at the event in Pocheon, 52 kilomet...

South Korea said on Wednesday its ban on the sale of arms to Myanmar remained in place even though it had invited an envoy appointed by its military rulers to an event promoting the sale of...

The committee has been set up amid the country’s fuel crisis which was caused by the regime’s mismanagement of the energy sector and foreign exchange.

The Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of the Myanmar Police force, Lieutenant General Than Hlaing, has been relieved of the posts and is going back to serving in the military, according to a 2 May report in the junta media.