Flights will soon be started from two Northeastern states to Myanmar and Bangladesh as the government is working on enhancing air connectivity in the region. On Monday, the first flight from the new …
Myanmar detention was ‘hell’, says freed Japanese filmmaker
A Japanese filmmaker jailed for nearly four months in Myanmar described some of his detention there as “hell” and called on Tokyo to take a tougher stance against human rights abuses in the …
Mizoram expecting more Kuki tribal ‘asylum seekers’ from Bangladesh
Second round of Kuki refugee influx began on Nov 18 from Bangladesh, after Kukis from Myanmar arrived last year …
India Engages Myanmar
On November 20-21, Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra made a two-day visit to Myanmar. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a press release stated that he met with members of the …
Sean Turnell says he ‘could never hate Myanmar’ despite spending 650 days in ‘horrible’ prisons
While locked up in solitary confinement, Sean Turnell says he wondered how “a mild-mannered little professor from Australia” could end up “in one of South-East Asia’s most notorious prisons”.
Released foreigners share their prison experiences in Myanmar
“I’d like to emphasize the fact the most vulnerable have been victimized by the military, which is still going on.” …
Tourist arrivals in Myanmar double in seven months
The number of tourists visiting Myanmar during the first seven months of the 2022-23 fiscal year (April 2022-March 2023) jumped by 99.48 percent year-on-year, data from the Ministry of Hotels and …
India trying to improve connectivity, business with Bangladesh, Myanmar: EAM
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on November 26 said that India is trying to improve connectivity with the ‘immediately relevant’ countries Bangladesh and Myanmar. The EAM also highlighted the …
Can ‘border guard’ diplomacy strengthen ties between Myanmar-Bangladesh?
The border conference between Myanmar-Bangladesh gives senior leaders of participating militaries and security personnel the chance to forge closer ties of friendship and collaboration. Participants …
Myanmar-Bangladesh ‘Border Guard Diplomacy’ strengthens ties
Border Guard Bangladesh in a top-level meeting with their Myanmar counterpart Border Guard Police on Thursday called for maintaining peace and curbing trans-boundary crime. In the meeting held in …