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Over 500 feared dead in two suspected shipwrecks off Myanmar: UN
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (510+ words) The United Nations warned Thursday that more than 500 people were feared dead following reports of two large shipwrecks off Myanmar since late June. The UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and its refugee agency UNHCR voiced alarm in a joint…...
Russian troops, Myanmar junta forces hold small-scale joint military exercise in Naypyitaw
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (303+ words) Myanmar Now A group of Russian military personnel is conducting a small-scale joint military exercise with Myanmar junta forces in Naypyitaw, according to sources familiar with the programme and video footage circulating on pro-military social media accounts The exercise, officially…...
Myanmar FM to meet ASEAN ministers in Bangkok on Sunday: Hanoi
1+ week, 3+ day ago (510+ words) Myanmar’s foreign minister will meet his regional counterparts in Bangkok on Sunday, Vietnam’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, as the pariah state seeks a return to the diplomatic fold. Myanmar has been largely frozen out of the 11-nation Association of…...
China steps up arrests, deportations of undocumented Myanmar workers in border region
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (523+ words) Myanmar Now...
Interra exits Myanmar oil project, selling stake to Chinese-linked firm after sanctions pressure
2+ week, 3+ day ago (319+ words) Myanmar Now Singapore-listed Interra Resources Ltd is withdrawing from one of Myanmarâs largest onshore oil projects, selling its entire stake to a Chinese-linked company after years of pressure over the projectâs commercial ties to the military-controlled energy sector…...
Myanmar Wanbao says almost all villagers refusing to leave Letpadaung mine site now relocated
2+ week, 4+ day ago (534+ words) Myanmar Now...
Myanmar army chief attacks UN envoy Julie Bishop after criticism at UN meeting
2+ week, 4+ day ago (637+ words) Myanmar Now...
More Myanmar garment workers detained in China after resigning over labour complaints
2+ week, 6+ day ago (284+ words) Myanmar Now About 80 Myanmar migrant workers have been detained in southwestern China after resigning from a garment factory over alleged unpaid overtime and poor working conditions, according to workers and labour rights activists The latest arrests occurred on June 16, when…...
10 years added to sentence of food courier accused of insulting Myanmar junta leader
3+ week, 17+ hour ago (475+ words) Myanmar Now...
As Myanmar’s civil war drags on, resistance forces face growing recruitment challenges
3+ week, 3+ day ago (471+ words) Myanmar Now...