Junta reinforcements remain stuck in Dawna Mountains as battle for border trade hub of Myawaddy in Karen State rages.
Myanmar’s Cyber Scam Hub is Just a ‘Small Business,’ Karen Major Says
Major Tin Win of the junta-allied Karen Border Guard Force has been accused of helping Chinese triads set up industrial-scale cyber scam centers near Myanmar’s border with Thailand. In an exclusive …
Myanmar Junta Fires Key Economics Minister From Its Cabinet
Loyalist Aung Naing Oo’s more than 20-year career in Myanmar’s civil service came to an end on Monday when the former military officer was pushed out of his post in the junta’s Cabinet.
Cyclone hits Bangladesh as nearly a million flee inland for shelter; thousands of Myanmar Rohingya refugees badly affected
An intense cyclone smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh on Sunday, with nearly a million people fleeing inland for concrete storm shelters away from howling gales and crashing waves.
Dr Rashmi Saluja conferred the International Buddha Peace Award by the Myanmar Embassy
PRNewswire New Delhi [India] May 28 Dr Rashmi Saluja Executive Chairperson Religare Enterprises and Chairperson GTTCI Global Trade Technology Council of India was awarded the International Buddha Peac …
Bangladesh PM Hasina rejects calls for ‘carving out state’ from Bangladesh and Myanmar
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has dismissed a proposal to create a Christian state from parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar. She also disclosed an offer for a foreign airbase in exchange for a …
“Won’t let that happen”: PM Sheikh Hasina on ‘plot’ to carve out new state out of Bangladesh, Myanmar
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has claimed that a plot is being hatched to carve out “a Christian state like East Timor,” from parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar and asserted that she “won’t let …
Laos backs Thai ‘Troika’ peace plan
Laos appreciates Thailand’s proposal for “Asean Troika and Troika plus” meetings to ease the crisis in Myanmar and bring about peace in the conflict-torn nation, according to Foreign Affairs …
Myanmar residents lobby Japan to act over conscription law
Members of Myanmar’s expatriate community in Japan are lobbying local assemblies to pressure the central government to accept their f
Some 45,000 Rohingya flee amid allegations of beheading, burning in Myanmar
UN rights chief Volker Turk urges Bangladesh, other countries ‘to provide effective protection’ to the latest refugees.