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Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 20, 2025 Morning
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 20, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. Meeting Between the Central Committee for Interim Local People’s Administrative Implementation and People’s Administrative Teams from Tanintharyi, Bago, and Ayeyarwady Regions Held October...
Myanmar delegation arrives back from attending Ministerial Meeting of Non-Aligned Movement
October 20, 2025 Myanmar News Agency 7 While in Kampala, Uganda, for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting held on 15-16 October 2025, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe held bilateral meetings with the Foreign Ministers...
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Myanmar situation is ‘sadly distressing,’ says Pope Leo
"May the instruments of war give way to those of peace, through inclusive and constructive dialogue." Pope Leo XIV is praying that "instruments of war" give way to "those of peace," specifically in the country of Myanmar. The country has been in...
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More Thai rivers and downstream communities at risk from Myanmar’s rare earth mines
Satellite data reveal 513 rare earth mining sites across rivers feeding into the Mekong, Salween and Irrawaddy in Myanmar, including 40 new ones in 2025 — far more than previously estimated. Toxic runoff from unregulated mines in Shan and Kachin...
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Moon’s story: A teacher who dared to think differently in Myanmar
Photo from Exile Hub, content partner of Global Voices. Used with permission. 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...
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India For Credible, Inclusive Polls In Myanmar But The Junta Has Other Plans
Home China India For Credible, Inclusive Polls In Myanmar But The Junta Has Other... Myanmar's military junta sees the December elections as a means to strengthen its position under a new leadership The story seemed singularly unremarkable going...
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Myanmar arrests 15 Chinese scammers, deportation total reaches 9,337
October 20, 2025 Myanmar News Agency 0 Fifteen Chinese nationals, who illegally entered Myanmar through border routes after transiting neighbouring countries including Thailand, were arrested yesterday in Myawady, Kayin State. They had been...
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Hsipaw in Shan State and Laykaykaw in Karen State fall; Family missing in Malaysia reported in Myanmar detention
Hsipaw in Shan State and Laykaykaw in Karen State fall Sources on the frontline in Myawaddy Township of Karen State told DVB that regime forces recaptured Laykaykaw town, after it took back the Sweltawkone hilltop outpost from resistance forces,...
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Pope Leo XIV speaks about World Mission Day, violence in Myanmar during Sunday Angelus address
Pope Leo XIV spoke of the importance of World Mission Sunday and appealed for a ceasefire in Myanmar during his Oct. 19 Angelus address in St. Peter’s Square. He began his address by greeting all those who had been present for the canonization of...
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New generation Myanmar Lethwei tournament held in Yangon
The Department of Sports and Physical Education, Myanmar Lethwei Federation, and Myanmar Martial Art Group (MMAG) jointly organized the Myanmar Fight: New Generation Lethwei Tournament, with main sponsorship from Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings...
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ASEAN needs a regional approach to tech-facilitated gender-based violence
This year marks the 25th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which first formally recognised women’s indispensable role in peace and security. Since the resolution’s passing, the threats that women face have evolved....
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Myanmar refugee family missing in Malaysia for last two years now reported in regime detention
Regime media reported on Friday that Myanmar refugee rights activist Thuzar Maung, 48, and her family were arrested on an unspecified date after their “illegal” return to Myanmar from Malaysia. This news comes over two years after Thuzar Maung,...
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Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace in Myanmar
Pope Leo XIV launched an appeal on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Myanmar, where intermittent fighting – ongoing since 2021 – intensified over the past several weeks. “I renew my heartfelt appeal for an immediate and effective ceasefire,” he...
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Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 19, 2025 Morning
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 19, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. CRPH Coordination Meeting Discusses the Activities and Future Plans of the Central Committee for Interim Local Administration October 18 Radio NUG According to reports, during the regular...
HRW urges regional leaders to reject Myanmar ‘sham elections’ at upcoming summit
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on Southeast Asian and global leaders gathering for the ASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur later this month to take a firm stand against Myanmar’s military junta and its plan to hold...
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What should Christians say about immigration?
(Photo: Getty/iStock) There can be no doubt that a vast number of people are migrating around the world today. The latest available figures for international migration from the International Organization for Migration, which are for mid-2024, give...
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Only country in the world whose borders touch 14 nations, shares land borders with Russia, Mongolia, Bhutan, Myanmar, Kazakhstan; it is...
Home Viral Only country in the world whose borders touch 14 nations, shares land borders with Russia, Mongolia, Bhutan, Myanmar, Kazakhstan; it is... Due to China's extensive borders with many countries, it has become a rich mixture of cultures,...
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Chairman of SSPC Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets ethnic armed organizations attending peace talks
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Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission and Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing received ethnic armed organizations which attended the peace talks at the Bayintnaung Villa in Nay Pyi Taw on October 17....
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Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 18, 2025 Morning
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 18, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. UN Ambassador Discusses Persecution of Human Rights Defenders in Myanmar at the United Nations October 17 Radio NUG A discussion on the situation of human rights defenders was held in the...