India and Japan: Why the perfect economic alliance is still underperforming on FDI

As countries go, Japan and India are studies in contrast. Japan is a small, modern, developed country. It is safe and clean, largely homogenous in language and ethnicity, with a population that is known to be orderly and civic minded. India, on...

Factory owner who dismissed 1,450 Myanmar migrant workers agrees to pay 10,000 baht each in...

The Myanmar Labour Attache Office has announced that the owner of Cal-Comp Electronics factory has been reached agreement with 1,450 Myanmar migrant workers to pay 10,000 baht indemnity for each worker in addition to severance pay. The Labour...

Myanmar observes Older Persons Day 2025, focusing on ageing society and social pensions

Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Soe Win presents consumer goods, medicines, and donations to older persons at the yesterday’s event. The International Day of Older Persons ceremony was held yesterday afternoon at the...

Myanmar works with international partners on drug control

Police officers are required not only to uphold professional competence and skill in carrying out their duties, but also to exemplify integrity, sound judgement, and courteous conduct in public relations and service to the community. Acting...

The Military Junta Will Never Break the Myanmar People’s Resilience

As the Myanmar military junta escalates its terror campaign ahead of its illegal sham election in December, communities across the country are facing their darkest hours yet. The junta is abducting young people from their homes to fill its...

Chiang Mai condos see fewer Chinese buyers but rising interest from Myanmar and US

Purchases by Myanmar nationals surged 42.9%, with strong growth from Americans (23.8%). Europeans, particularly Italians (200%) and Dutch (50%), entered the top 10, while traditional markets like Australia (-68.8%) declined sharply. Surging...

Myanmar's war-torn Rakhine state faces a hunger catastrophe, aid groups say

After Ajib Bahar's six-month-old son fell sick last year in Myanmar's war-torn Rakhine state, the 38-year-old Rohingya mother said she had no medicine or food to give him. The boy died in her arms. "My children cried all night from hunger. I...

Myanmar’s war-torn Rakhine facing a hunger catastrophe, aid groups say

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - After Ms Ajib Bahar's six-month-old son fell sick in 2024 in Myanmar's war-torn Rakhine state, the 38-year-old Rohingya mother said she had no medicine nor food to give him. The boy died in her arms. “My children cried...

Myanmar's war-torn Rakhine faces a hunger catastrophe, aid groups say

By Ruma Paul, Poppy McPherson and Devjyot Ghoshal COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) -After Ajib Bahar’s six-month-old son fell sick last year in Myanmar’s war-torn Rakhine state, the 38-year-old Rohingya mother said she had no medicine or food to...

Business News | Celebrating Odisha's Maritime Legacy: Bali Jatra Arrives at UK Parliament for the First Time

VMPL London [UK], October 1: The historic House of Lords, London, will host Bali Jatra UK 2025 on 14th November 2025, marking a landmark occasion that brings one of the world's largest cultural festivals to Britain's corridors of democracy. Also...

Quad-ASEAN trade cooperation key to regional economic security

Japan, India and Australia’s converging interests would be fortified by a Japan-ASEAN-Australia-India economic corridor championed by the United States. Japan and India—the world’s fourth- and fifth-largest economies, respectively—are determinedly...

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 01, 2025 Morning

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 01, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. NUG Declares the State Security and Peaceful Development Commission a Terrorist Organization September 30 Radio NUG The National Unity Government (NUG) has officially designated the “State...

Let’s cooperate in the prevention of dangerous illegal trade as a national duty

By Phoe Aung Our country, Myanmar, shares a long border area of land and water territories with neighbouring countries due to geographical conditions. Taking advantage of these border areas, unscrupulous businesspersons and the organizations...

ROK proposes purchase of Myanmar mangoes

Commercially valued Myanmar mangoes in the global market. Kota Korea Co Ltd from the Republic of Korea proposed to buy Myanmar mango through Myanmar’s economic attaché in Seoul, according to the Myanmar Mango Market and Technology Development...

Solution to Rohingya crisis lies with Myanmar: UNHCR

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . New York 02 October, 2025, 01:45 Commissioner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has warned that the plight of the Rohingyas will not end without bold action inside Myanmar, saying...

Myanmar authorities convert Rohingya land into security facilities, UN report says

The UN Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said Monday that Myanmar’s Ministry of Home Affairs, Border Guard Police (BGP), and private corporations benefitted from the destruction and dispossession of Rohingya property during...

The digital lifeline: How Vietnam abets the Myanmar junta’s digital terror campaign

Originally published on The Vietnamese The seizure of power by the Myanmar military junta in February 2021 unleashed a brutal nationwide campaign of oppression, encompassing intensified physical violence and a sophisticated strategy of digital...

Justice For Myanmar named 2025 Right Livelihood laureate

The Right Livelihood Award recognizes change-makers around the world working for peace, justice, and sustainability for all. "We are humbled to be recognized alongside fellow laureates from the Pacific Islands, Taiwan, and Sudan, whose work...

Myanmar marks World Tourism Day in Nay Pyi Taw

YANGON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's Ministry of Hotels and Tourism held a ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw on Saturday to mark World Tourism Day 2025. The event aimed to highlight the benefits and impacts of tourism, which help preserve the environment,...

International Community, Civil Society Urge Minority Rights and Accountability Amid Ongoing Violence Against Rohingyas in Myanmar

Active Citizens, Aid, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Education, Gender, Gender Violence, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Migration & Refugees, Religion, TerraViva United Nations Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for...