Risk of violence escalates in Myanmar's civil war as junta flags elections
Four years after seizing power in a dawn coup that ousted an elected civilian government, Myanmar's embattled ruling generals ...
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Q&A: Leader of Myanmar’s shadow government talks civil war strategy in 2025
Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) seeks to deal a decisive blow to the country’s military rulers in 2025. Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG) Acting President Duwa Lashi La ...
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Myanmar Military Junta Enacts Repressive New Cybersecurity Bill
Myanmar’s military junta has passed its long-threatened Cybersecurity Law, which aims to tighten its control over vital arteries of communication amid the country’s intensifying civil war.
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Why the Thailand-Myanmar border became a hub for fraud gangs preying on Chinese nationals
The recent kidnapping of a Chinese actor on the Thailand-Myanmar border has turned the spotlight on the international criminal gangs responsible for luring Chinese citizens abroad and forcing them ...
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Earthquake Of Magnitude 4.8 Hits Myanmar
An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter Scale jolted Myanmar in the early hours of Friday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to NCS, the magnitude 4.8 earthquake ...
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China says it brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar army and an ethnic rebel group
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast have signed a formal ceasefire agreement, mediator China said Monday. The ceasefire ...
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ASEAN appoints new special envoy for Myanmar
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 19 (EFE).- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) appointed Malaysian diplomat Tan Sri Othman Hashim as its new special envoy to Myanmar, the bloc said on Sunday ...
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China detains suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks near the borders of Myanmar and Thailand, China’s Ministry of Public ...
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Myanmar's new cybercrime law will suppress information, say analysts
Myanmar's military leaders have enacted a new cybersecurity law that analysts say will provide the junta with extensive control over access to information. The expansive law — which has 16 ...
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Celebration of upcoming Chinese New Year held in Myanmar
Lion dancers perform during a celebration of the upcoming Chinese New Year at a bazaar in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 18, 2025 (Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe) Lion dancers perform during a celebration of the ...
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Myanmar’s military regime to free nearly 6,000 prisoners in amnesty
Myanmar’s military rulers announced an amnesty for 5,864 prisoners to mark Independence Day, state media reports. Members of a Myanmar military honour guard take part in a ceremony to mark ...