Grant Peck

Mar 26, 2024 | kdhnews.com | Grant Peck |Grant Peck

BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s ruling military council marked Armed Forces Day on Wednesday with a speech claiming that the nation’s youth were being tricked into supporting the resistance against army rule, and that ethnic armed groups allied with the resistance engage in drug trafficking, natural resources smuggling and illegal gambling. Senior Gen.

Mar 21, 2024 | bozemandailychronicle.com | Grant Peck |Grant Peck

BANGKOK (AP) — A dramatic story of survival and rescue off the western coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province has put the spotlight again on the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar who make extremely dangerous voyages across the Indian Ocean to seek better lives. Desperate survivors were pulled to safety from their capsized boat by local fishermen on Thursday, after a yet-unknown number perished.

Mar 21, 2024 | thederrick.com | Grant Peck |Grant Peck

Mar 20, 2024 | swoknews.com | Grant Peck |Grant Peck

BANGKOK (AP) — A dramatic story of survival and rescue off the western coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province has put the spotlight again on the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar who make extremely dangerous voyages across the Indian Ocean to seek better lives. Desperate survivors were pulled to safety from their capsized boat by local fishermen on Thursday, after a yet-unknown number perished. kAmu@C #@9:?8J2 C67F866D =:G:?8 :?

Mar 19, 2024 | bozemandailychronicle.com | Grant Peck |Grant Peck

BANGKOK (AP) — No bidders appeared at a court-ordered auction Wednesday of the family home of Myanmar's imprisoned former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, where she had been held under house arrest for nearly 15 years, legal officials said. Many in Myanmar view the house as a historical landmark of Suu Kyi's nonviolent struggle against military rule for which she won the Nobel Peace Prize.