Thailand, Cambodia discuss team to monitor ceasefireーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
The two countries have started discussions on establishing a team to monitor the truce they agreed last week to halt fighting in a disputed border region. The 4-day meeting began Monday in Malaysia, this year’s Assean chair. The country mediated a ceasefire negotiations. Officials from the block say both sides discussed having a team comprising Assean and other third party members uphold the agreement. They also discussed sending home 18 Cambodian troops detained by Thai forces. Bangkok insists it will only repeat with them when a complete sessation of the fighting is agreed while Ponen demands their early return. A defense minister level meeting is scheduled for the final day of the talks with representatives from the US and China expected to attend. Fighting between the two countries broke out on July 24th, leaving more than 40 dead. The ceasefire deal was struck four days later, but tensions remain high with both sides continuing to trade barbs since the agreement. Myanmar’s nursery has repeatedly bombed areas controlled by pro-democracy forces in recent days. More than 30 people, including civilians, have been killed. An independent outlet says air strikes hit two villages in Mandalay region last Tuesday, killing 24 residents and injuring 30. On Saturday, the military reportedly launched more strikes, leaving at least 12 dead. The HUA made a surprise announcement on Thursday that it was lifting the state of emergency. The military is preparing for a general election in December. Such a vote can’t take place under the emergency declared after the general ceased power in 2021. But the Hunter immediately reimpose the emergency in areas where fighting is ongoing, aiming to maintain control there. The opposition says any vote organized by the Hunter will be illegitimate. As violence continues in Myanmar, Rohingya Muslims who fled earlier military crackdowns are trying to rebuild their futures abroad. Many remain in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Others are settling in Muslim majority Malaysia. NHK World’s Yamaka Mitaka reports on one man helping children who’ve been through a lot. Muhammad Sadek established a school about 20 years ago outside Kurumpur to serve Rohingya refugee children. It is financed by donations and now provides education to 104 students free of tuition. I like this school and we have so much subject to do and I love met my friends. In the 1990s, Myamar experienced suppression under military rule. Sadk joined the pro-democracy movement and was detained three times. Fearing for his life, he fled to Malaysia where he saw many Rohingya children in desperate circumstances. The children’s were begging at the roadside. There were no schoolings at all. I found that some children’s go to the grocery shops, steal the items, committing crimes. We have to give them some education for these refugee childrens. Sadk decide to start a school and asked friends and others to volunteer as teachers. One goal is to help students be independent in their new country and studies now includes the Malay language. 13-year-old Muhammad Yaser is one of the students. He was just two years old when his family fled to Bangladesh. In 2017, the conflict in Myammar caused 700,000 more people to flood into Bangladesh. living conditions at the refugee camps deteriorated. Last year, Muhammad and his family moved to Malaysia. When he first entered the school, he was very quiet. I want to be but he gradually started to speak about his hopes for the future and I want to be a teacher. My mother and my mom say they also good. Once they can get proper education, good education, definitely they can make a change of their lifestyle, life and society. That is my expectation hope for our children. Sexerts seeing the children enjoy their studies and grow is what motivates him to continue the school. He bows to keep taking care of them until peace returns to Myammer NK World. That wraps up our bulletin. I’m Chola Pansera in Bangkok.
August 4 NEWSROOM TOKYO Bangkok Live Lineup:
00:00 Thailand, Cambodia discuss team to monitor ceasefire
01:02 Myanmar military stages airstrikes after lifting emergency
01:56 Teacher supports Rohingya children in Malaysia
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