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Khalilur discusses Rohingya issue with Malaysian envoy on Myanmar
Bangladesh Post
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KUALA LUMPUR: National Security Adviser and High Representative on the Rohingya Issue Dr Khalilur Rahman met ASEAN Chair’s Special Envoy on Myanmar, Othman Hashim, on Wednesday at the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Putrajaya. Ambassador...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Aug 11, 2025 Evening
MoeMaKa
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August 11, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Aug 11, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. “We will fight together and win together,” says Union Minister Dr. Zaw Wai Soe August 11 Union Minister for Education and Health, Dr. Zaw Wai Soe, stated that they will fight together and...
Myanmar Military News Updates – Aug 11, 2025 Evening
MoeMaKa
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August 11, 2025
Myanmar Military News Updates – Aug 11, 2025 Evening 🚩🚩 1. Ceremony held to honor parents of fallen comrade and present uniform and flag August 11 A ceremony was held to pay respects to the parents of a fallen comrade and to present them with a...
Dr Khalilur discusses Rohingya issue with Malaysian envoy on Myanmar
Bangladesh Sangsbad Sangstha
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Dr Khalilur discusses Rohingya issue with Malaysian envoy on Myanmar National Security Adviser and High Representative on the Rohingya Issue Dr Khalilur Rahman. Photo : Collected KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13, 2025 (BSS) - National Security Adviser and...
Myanmar U17 to compete in 2026 AFC Championship qualifiers
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 11, 2025
The Myanmar U17 football team will participate in the 2026 AFC U17 Championship qualifiers and is placed in Group G. A total of 38 teams will participate in the qualifiers, which will be held in six groups of three teams and five groups of four...
Myanmar’s war and the journalism that refuses exile
Frontline - The Hindu
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August 11, 2025
Myanmar’s civil war is often referred to as the “longest running and most violent” conflict globally. Millions of people, including children, have been displaced, and over half the population now lives in poverty. In May, the United Nation’s High...
Filipinas’ Asean Women’s title defense ends with Myanmar draw
Inquirer
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August 14, 2025
The Philippine women’s football team’s defense of the Asean Women’s Championship came to an abrupt end after being denied a semifinals berth with a 1-1 draw against Myanmar on Wednesday at Lach Tray Stadium in Haiphong, Vietnam. Nina Mathelus...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Aug 11, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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August 11, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Aug 11, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. At the regular coordination meeting of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), Union Minister U Yee Mon presented the Ministry of Defence’s operations and future plans August...
Myanmar Military News Updates – Aug 11, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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August 11, 2025
Myanmar Military News Updates – Aug 11, 2025 Morning 🚩🚩 1. Three junta troops killed, two firearms seized in attack on military column advancing into resistance-controlled territory in Bago Region August 10 Radio NUG The No. (2) Military Region...
Investigators record systematic torture on detainees at Myanmar detention facilities: UN report
New Age Bangladesh
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Agence France-Presse . Yangon, Myanmar 13 August, 2025, 13:15 United Nations investigators say that they have recorded ‘systematic’ torture in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities including beatings, electric shocks and gang rape. Myanmar...
World Reuters Myanmar military chief calls for heightened security ahead of election
Yahoo News
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(Reuters) -Myanmar's military chief has called for increased security for political party members and candidates as a newly formed interim government proceeds with a planned election in December and January that has been dismissed in the West as a...
Can Myanmar’s 2025 Quake Data Predict the Next Big One?
Latestly
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August 13, 2025
Scientists say earthquake prediction is impossible but studying the 2025 Myanmar earthquake may help forecast when, and where, the next big tremor could strike.During the midday prayers on March 28, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central...
Myanmar attracts over 118-mln-USD FDI in first 4 months of FY 2025-26
Xinhua News Agency
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YANGON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar attracted over 118 million U.S. dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first four months (April-July) of the 2025-26 fiscal year, the state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) reported on...
Statues of Gen Aung San Disappear as Myanmar Junta Gears for Election
The Irrawaddy
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August 13, 2025
The military regime removed a statue of Myanmar’s late independence hero General Aung San—the father of jailed civilian leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi—in downtown Bago at midnight on Friday, residents told The Irrawaddy. Residents said they were not...
Myanmar ethnic group vows to block elections in its enclave
Channel News Asia
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August 11, 2025
YANGON: One of Myanmar's most powerful ethnic groups pledged on Monday (Aug 11) to block elections in areas it controls, rejecting polls the military junta has touted as a way of ending the nation's civil war. The Arakan Army (AA) has emerged as a...
UN says Myanmar junta using ‘systematic’ torture, sexual violence in detention
Malay Mail
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August 13, 2025
YANGON, Aug 13 — UN investigators say they have recorded “systematic” torture in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities including beatings, electric shocks and gang rape. Myanmar has been consumed by civil war since the military deposed the...
Move to send peace mission to Myanmar
Daily Star
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August 12, 2025
Bangladesh, Malaysia, and several other Southeast Asian countries will send a joint peace mission to Myanmar in the coming weeks to advocate for peace and humanitarian aid for the Rohingya population and other communities in the country. To ensure...
Joint ASEAN team to visit Myanmar to push for peace: Malaysian PM
The Business Standard
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August 13, 2025
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has announced that a joint ASEAN delegation, coordinated by Malaysia's foreign minister alongside counterparts from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand, will visit Myanmar in the coming weeks in a bid to...
Ma Khaing Yin Mon: From business success to grassroots resistance in Myanmar
Global Voices
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August 13, 2025
Ma Khaing Yin Mon. Photo from Exile Hub, content partner of Global Voices. Exile Hub is one of Global Voices’ partners in Southeast Asia, emerging in response to the 2021 coup in Myanmar, focusing on empowering journalists and human rights...
Myanmar hosts third annual Mic Up! English Speaking Competition 2025
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 10, 2025
For the third year in Myanmar, the Mic Up! English Speaking Competition 2025 took place from 9 am to 5 pm on 9 and 10 August at the promotion area on the Ground Floor of Junction Square in Kamayut Township of Yangon Region. The Mic Up! English...