Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced for “immediate suspension of Free Movement Regime (FMR)” between India and Myanmar to ensure the internal security of the country and to maintain the demographic structure of India’s North Eastern states bordering Myanmar. “Since the Ministry of External Affairs is currently in the process of scrapping it, the […]
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A bridge to hope, Myanmar refugees find comfort in Mizoram but yearn to return home
Dark clouds loom over thousands of Myanmar natives who were caught in the crossfire during the latest acts of violence between the military junta and rebel groups, forcing villagers to cross over to neighbouring Mizoram in India seeking asylum. Pregnant women and elderly people lacking medical attention, to infants and young children lacking […]
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UNSC calls for Aung San Suu Kyi release in first-ever Myanmar resolution
The United Nations Security Council resolution on Wednesday (local time) urged Myanmar’s Junta to “immediately release all arbitrarily detained prisoners”, including Aung San Suu Kyi and ex-president Win Myint. Under the Indian Presidency of the UNSC, voting on a resolution on Myanmar took place. The resolution was proposed by the […]
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Smuggling of areca nuts from Myanmar to India continues, 12,800 kg more areca nuts seized in Mizoram
In yet another seizure of areca nuts being smuggled from Myanmar, the police in India’s northeast Mizoram state on Wednesday confiscated two trucks and seized over 12,000 kilograms smuggled areca nuts in Khawzawl district, the police said on Thursday. Earlier on Tuesday, Mizoram police seized had 3500 kg of smuggled dry […]
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Myanmar junta to release four foreign prisoners in amnesty
Myanmar’s military junta will release thousands of prisoners including the former British ambassador to Myanmar and an Australian economist, as part of a prisoner amnesty to mark the country’s National Victory Day, Myanmar Now, a news agency, reported citing state media. The amnesty will release 5,744 prisoners to mark Myanmar’s […]
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Myanmar’s ex-diplomat urges Japan to restrict junta’s envoy from Abe’s funeral
Myanmar’s former diplomat Aung Soe Moe, who was dismissed by the military junta for his opposition to last year’s coup, urged Tokyo to not invite Naypyidaw’s embassy in Japan to former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe’s funeral. Aung Soe Moe said that inviting Myanmar’s ambassador to Abe’s funeral would be […]
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Efforts on to release Indians in Myanmar, says MoS Muraleedharan
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Wednesday said the Indian Mission in Myanmar is closely following up on the matter concerning Indian nationals who were fraudulently taken to the country and all efforts were on to release them as soon as possible. Over 60 Indian nationals were illegally brought […]
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13 including 7 children killed as Myanmar army helicopters target school: Report
At least 13 people including seven children were killed, while 17 others were injured after army helicopters fired at a school in Myanmar, media reports citing residents. According to TRT World, which cited the military, the building was being used by rebels. The incident took place on Friday in the […]
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China-backed controversial mega project in Myanmar rapidly becoming human trafficking hub
Rising incidents of human trafficking have alarmed human rights activists, with reports that the Shwe Kokko New City in southeast Myanmar’s Karen State has become a people-trafficking hub. The town, which is home to numerous Chinese-owned businesses and dubs itself a Special Economic Zone, sits opposite Thailand on the banks of the Moei […]
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Myanmar: 5 years since Rohingya mass exodus, UNHCR urges solutions
This week marks five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled military persecution from Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said. “The latest exodus from Myanmar is now officially defined as being a protracted situation,” UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo on Tuesday told journalists at a regular press briefing in Geneva. Since the onset of the humanitarian crisis, the Bangladesh […]
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Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for six more years
Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been convicted of corruption charges on Monday, adding six more years to her prison sentence. Aung San Suu Kyi has been alleged to have used her position to rent public land at below-market prices. The ousted leader has been sentenced to three years for each […]
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China wants instability in Myanmar: Southeast Asia expert Bertil Lintner
China wants instability in Myanmar, and wishes to remain a major controlling player in the politics of the Southeast Asian country, said veteran journalist and regional expert Bertil Lintner on Monday. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Myanmar on Saturday to attend a regional conference that the opposition views as a […]
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China has gone back to its old ways in Myanmar
One of the most significant aspects of the 2021 military coup in Myanmar was China’s immediate assistance to the military by providing advisers and subsequently, military equipment. It must be said that China’s links with the Tatmadaw in Myanmar are historical. The government of the National League for Democracy (NLD) was only an interlude in this relationship. The strategic perspective of the current […]
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US condemns Myanmar’s military plans to execute pro-democracy, opposition leaders
The US on Sunday (local time) condemned Myanmar military regime’s reported plans to execute pro-democracy and opposition leaders. “The United States strongly condemns the Burmese military regime’s reported plans to execute pro-democracy and opposition leaders, exemplifying the regime’s disregard for human rights and the rule of law. We urge the release of all unjustly detained,” tweeted Ned Price, […]
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Myanmar’s central bank blacklists 158 companies for violating regulation
The Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) has added 158 companies to a blacklist for failing to deposit export earnings into accounts in domestic banks within the prescribed periods. The decision came after multiple efforts including issuing notices, revoking exporter and importer registrations were made, the central bank said in a statement on […]