From a quarantine centre in northern Myanmar, aspiring lawmaker Maw Htun Aung, wearing a bright yellow surgical mask, lays out his plan for an upcoming general election in a Facebook broadcast. The 37 …
Myanmar Accelerates Arrests of Student Anti-War Protesters
The Myanmar government is tightening the screws on a nascent antiwar movement, with a student group claiming earlier this week that 14 protesters have been arrested for taking part in demonstrations …
Blame game hampers Rohingya return to Myanmar
Rohingya refugees enter Bangladesh through Shah Porir Dwip island in Cox’s Bazar district on Sept. 30, 2017, after a brutal clampdown by Myanmar’s military. (Photo: Stephan Uttom/UCA News) Myanmar’s …
Singapore to send Covid-19 diagnostic tests, surgical masks and hand sanitiser to Myanmar
Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan has spoken to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi about the Government’s additional contribution of 25,000 Covid-19 diagnostic tests, one million surgical masks and …
India, Myanmar discuss early operationalisation of Sittwe port, repatriation of Rohingya refugees
India and Myanmar held virtual foreign office consultations on Thursday. The Indian delegation was led by Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla and the Myanmar delegation was headed by U Soe Han, Permanent …
SCB sets up local bank in Myanmar
Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) has set up a bank in Myanmar after receiving a subsidiary business licence from the Central Bank of Myanmar, aiming to expand in the neighbouring market via offline and …
Myanmar just distorting facts to justify its genocidal acts
BANGLADESH strongly rejects baseless accusations and falsification and misrepresentation of facts that Myanmar made in the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Bangladesh has urged the Myanmar government to …
Ethnic identifiers in Myanmar election app criticized
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A Sweden-based organization that promotes democracy and assists in organizing elections said Thursday it is not responsible for a smartphone application’s inclusion of a …
‘Make It Safer’: Calls Grow To Reform Myanmar’s Deadly Jade Trade
Hundreds of miners were killed in July when heavy rainfall triggered a massive landslide in Hpakant, Myanmar’s worst-ever mine disaster Photo: AFP / Ye Aung THU. Today, Sai Ko is …
More calls to reform Myanmar’s deadly jade trade
A torrent of water, rock and heavy sludge spun Sai Ko as he clung to a corpse to survive – a memory that still traumatises the young “jade-picker” three months after Myanmar’s worst-ever mine disaster …