The United States will announce further sanctions against entities inside Myanmar in the coming days, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday.
China ‘Increasingly Concerned’ About Instability in Post-Coup Myanmar: US Expert
In the first part of an interview, Asia security expert Jason Tower discusses China’s evolving relationship with the Myanmar junta and northern ethnic armies.
33 Myanmar Political Parties, Mostly With Military Links, Register With Junta
Thirty-three parties, mostly with military links, have registered with the junta-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC). Under January’s junta-drafted Political Parties Registration Law ahead of the regime’s planned election,
Rohingya Sceptical Of Myanmar Refugee Return Overture
Rohingya refugees said they doubted Myanmar was offering a genuine return to their homeland, after Wednesday’s conclusion of an official visit to Bangladesh ostensibly aimed at jumpstarting a stalled repatriation agreement. A delegation of 17 officials …
Myanmar expects to export over 2.1 million tonnes of rice in coming fiscal year
YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar expects to export more than 2 million tonnes of rice in the coming 2023-24 fiscal year, U Ye Min Aung, president of Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF), told Xinhua on Tuesday (March 21). Myanmar exported over 1.28 million tonnes of rice …
Why Myanmar must acknowledge existence of Rohingyas as community faces deeper crisis after WFP cuts funds for food
A regional effort may be effective along with a well-developed national framework restoring the ethnic minority status to the Rohingya community in Myanmar
At Least 50 Myanmar Junta Forces Killed in Four Days of Resistance Attacks
At least 50 Myanmar junta forces including a senior police officer, as well as four resistance fighters, were killed in the last four days as People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) stepped up attacks on regime targets …
US to announce more sanctions against Myanmar junta -State Dept official
The United States will announce further sanctions against entities inside Myanmar in the coming days, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday.
Students returned after illegally entering Myanmar
A number of vocational school students from Anhui province who were tempted into entering Myanmar illegally to work have been returned to China. In February, four students from Hefei Industry and Trade Senior Technical School based in the city’s Xinzhan High-tech Industrial Zone set upon the idea of striking it rich working overseas.
‘Now this is home for us’: Chin refugees from Myanmar find a welcoming sanctuary in Mizoram
Since March 2021, the state has witnessed an extraordinary effort by civil society, the church and government to provide shelter to over 30,000 refugees.