(MENAFN) After months of intense fighting, insurgents took control of the town of Kyaukme, a critical location on the major trade route linking Myanmar to China. Situated along Asian Highway 14, famously known as the Burma Road during World War...
(MENAFN) The Myanmar military claims to have captured one of Southeast Asia’s most notorious online scam compounds, KK Park, located near the Thai border town of Myawaddy. The complex, long associated with large-scale cyber fraud, money...
(MENAFN) The United Nations has strongly condemned a military airstrike in Myanmar that killed at least 32 people during a festival, according to reports. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed that he was “alarmed” by accounts of the...
(MENAFN) On Tuesday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, issued a stark warning that elections conducted under the authority of Myanmar’s military regime will likely intensify the country’s ongoing turmoil. He emphasized that...
(MENAFN) At least 32 people lost their lives and more than 50 were wounded when Myanmar’s military junta bombed a Buddhist festival in the country’s northwestern region, according to a local news outlet on Tuesday. The assault, which occurred on...
(MENAFN) A deadly aerial attack on a Buddhist festival and protest in central Myanmar has killed at least 24 people and injured 47 others, according to statements from the exiled National Unity Government. The assault took place in Chaung U...
(MENAFN) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, called on the international community on Tuesday to increase assistance for Rohingya Muslims and other minority groups from Myanmar, warning that gaps in funding are placing lives at...
(MENAFN) The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, cautioned on Tuesday that upcoming elections in Myanmar under military rule are likely to escalate violence, particularly as the situation for the Rohingya and other...
(MENAFN) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Tuesday appealed to the global community to intensify its assistance for the Rohingya Muslim population and other minority groups originating from Myanmar. He cautioned...
Myanmar found 123 new COVID-19 confirmed cases on June 8 bringing the total number of patients to 144,579, according to a report from MRTV. A total of 2,022 samples were tested between 8 pm of June 7 and 8 pm of June 8 and found 123 patients. One...
Mo Mo, a renowned female Asian elephant at the Yangon Zoological Gardens, enjoys a "cake" made of fruits and vegetables in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 26, 2025. Myanmar's beloved elephant, Mo Mo, celebrated her 72nd birthday at the zoo on Sunday....
According to an interpreter from Laos, the group fled KK Park on the morning of October 22 after BGF soldiers warned that the area was no longer safe. They spent nights sleeping in a cornfield and at a military base before paying 1,000 baht each...
Originally published on IFJ The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and more than 300 global union federations, trade unions, civil society, and human rights organisations from South East Asia and around the world on October 24 called on...
The 3rd Myanmar International Textile & Machinery Fair will be held for three days in December, according to the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA). The fair will be held from 5 to 7 December, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, at the Yangon...
Others SciTech Amid the massive crackdown on cybercriminals in Myanmar, India needs to remain vigilant about numerous cyber scam centres in China-Myanmar border areas that target its citizens, according to a report. The scam hubs in Kayin State,...
YANGON, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The third edition of Myanmar International Textile and Machinery Fair will take place at the Yangon Convention Center from Dec. 5 to 7, state-owned daily The Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Sunday. The fair aims...
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today said there has been gradual progress in the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus (5PC) on Myanmar. Anwar, as ASEAN Chair this year, said the regional bloc will...
YANGON, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's beloved elephant, Momo, celebrated her 72nd birthday with a lively three-day festival held from Oct. 24 to 26 at Yangon Zoological Gardens. The main celebration and fruit cake-cutting ceremony took place on...
Two leading human rights organizations have urged ASEAN to end reject the Myanmar junta’s planned election and stop engaging with the military regime. In separate statements ahead of the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Justice for Myanmar (JFM)...
