When the Tatmadaw navy conducted its annual exercises, it had a new asset to brag about: the UMS Min Ye Thain Kha Thu, a Russian-made attack submarine. The 74-meter Kilo-class sub, which participated …
Myanmar Reports First COVID-19 Case in Rakhine War Refugee Camps
An elderly woman at one of dozens of war refugee camps in Myanmar’s Rakhine state has tested positive for COVID-19, the first confirmed case among more than 200,000 people displaced by nearly 23 …
GEP’s Myanmar solar plant ‘ahead of schedule’
Energy firm Scan Inter (SCN) should complete development of its 220-megawatt solar energy plant in Minbu, Myanmar ahead of the original deadline of late next year, said chief executive officer Littee …
The Latest: Thailand closes Myanmar border crossings
Thailand has closed all border crossings between its northern province of Tak and Myanmar after five people in the Thai border town of Mae Sot tested positive for …
Myanmar says most Rakhine voting stations will not operate in November election
The region, where most parliamentary seats are held by Rakhine nationalist opponents of Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been beset by an ethnic insurgency that has intensified this …
View: Accelerate India-Myanmar economic ties with people at the centre stage
With shared people-to-people and geographic complementarities, India and Myanmar must galvanise a people-centric economic response to the pandemic.
Myanmar Says Most Rakhine Voting Stations Will Not Operate in Nov Election
More than half the polling stations initially planned in conflict-torn Rakhine for Myanmar’s Nov. 8 election will no longer operate, as parts of the state are too unstable for voting, the country’s …
Thailand: Tak Covid-19 cases are Myanmar couple, ministry clarifies; 10 cases in total
The government has clarified that two Covid-19 cases in Tak province were Myanmar nationals. Rumours have been circulating in social media since Friday that two Thai nationals were found to have …
1.1 million in Myanmar’s Rakhine barred from voting
More than 1.1 million voters in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state will be disenfranchised in upcoming national polls, according to data released by the election commission Friday, a move experts warned …
Explained: Why India Is Giving A Submarine To Myanmar Despite Itself Facing Shortage
India and China have been competing for influence in Myanmar. If India hadn’t agreed to help Myanmar meet its naval requirements, it would have meant a greater Chinese presence in the Bay of Bengal.