South Korean President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi during the ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit in Busan, South Korea. Myanmar's Nobel peace prize winner, for her past defiance of a military junta that had led the country for decades, is set to travel to the Hague for hearings starting in December at the International Court of Justice. - AP
YANGON (Nov 26, ANN): Myanmar's military began a rare court martial of soldiers on Tuesday (Nov 26) following a probe into alleged atrocities during a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, a spokesman said, as the country prepares to face genocide charges at an international court in the Hague.
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled to neighbouring Bangladesh to escape a Myanmar military offensive launched in August 2017 that U.N. investigators described as having been executed with genocidal intent.
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