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Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jun 24, 2025 Evening
MoeMaKa
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June 24, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jun 24, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. No Action to Be Taken Against Non-CDM Personnel Who Join the People’s Side, Says Union Minister Dr. Zaw Wai Soe June 24 Union Minister Dr. Zaw Wai Soe stated that no action will be taken...
Myanmar woman arrested for Aung San Suu Kyi ‘happy birthday’ post
Frontier Myanmar
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June 24, 2025
By AFP A Myanmar woman arrested by the junta for “spreading propaganda” is being detained over a Facebook post celebrating the 80th birthday of jailed democratic leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, local media said. Aung San Suu Kyi was the figurehead of...
Dying in Jail, Myanmar’s Political Prisoners a ‘Stain on ASEAN’s Conscience’
The Irrawaddy
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July 2, 2025
Lawmakers from across Southeast Asia have called on regional leaders to prioritize the immediate release of Myanmar’s political prisoners during next week’s ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM). ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), a...
Indonesian influencer given 7-year Myanmar prison sentence
The Straits Times
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July 2, 2025
JAKARTA - An Indonesian influencer has been sentenced to seven years in prison for meeting rebels in junta-ruled Myanmar, a foreign ministry official in Jakarta said on July 2. Myanmar has been consumed by a many-sided civil war since the military...
World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: July 2, 2025
Bernama
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July 2, 2025
INDONESIA 1.FINANCE MINISTER: INDONESIA'S TAX REVENUE UNLIKELY TO MEET 2025 TARGET -- JAKARTA GLOBE Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Tuesday that Indonesia’s tax revenue is unlikely to meet the target set in the 2025 state budget,...
Myanmar students set for BRIDGE Summer Camp 2025 in Japan
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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June 24, 2025
A group of Myanmar students will participate as the Junior Ambassadors at the BRIDGE Summer Camp 2025, which will take place in Fukuoka, Japan, according to the Myanmar-Japan Friendship Association (MJA). The BRIDGE Summer Camp 2025 is being...
Myanmar Junta Battles to Recapture Key Positions in Karen State
The Irrawaddy
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June 25, 2025
The regime is conducting counteroffensives in parts of Kawkareik and Papun townships in Karen State that it has lost to the Karen National Union (KNU), resulting in daily clashes with casualties on both sides. The junta is desperate to regain...
Mizoram enrolls more than 32,000 Myanmar refugees for biometric program
The Sentinel - Assam News
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The Foreigner Identification Portal, created by the National Informatics Center (NIC), will be used in the procedure. Depending on instructions from the central government, a similar identification operation might be conducted subsequently for...
Myanmar woman arrested for Suu Kyi ‘happy birthday’ post: local media
Daily Express Malaysia
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June 24, 2025
Myanmar woman arrested for Suu Kyi ‘happy birthday’ post: local media Published on: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Published on: Tue, Jun 24, 2025 By: AFP Text Size: Dark Mode: Off Suu Kyi was the figurehead of Myanmar’s decade-long democratic thaw,...
Authorities torture, withhold medical care from Monywa activist leader in Obo Prison
Myanmar Now
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July 2, 2025
Since his transfer to Obo Prison in Mandalay last month, prominent anti-coup protest leader Wai Moe Aung has suffered brutal mistreatment and been deprived of medical attention by prison authorities, according to the Political Prisoners...
Myanmar woman arrested for wishing Suu Kyi ‘happy birthday’ post: Local media
The Straits Times
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June 24, 2025
Ms Hinn Yin Phyu was arrested over a Facebook post celebrating the birthday of jailed democratic leader of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi. PHOTO: EPA-EFE YANGON - A Myanmar woman arrested by the junta for “spreading propaganda” is being detained over a...
Myanmar extradites 49 Ethiopians, detains 10 undocumented telecom fraud suspects
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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June 23, 2025
Myanmar deported 49 Ethiopians involved in telecom fraud and other criminal activities via the Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Bridge II yesterday. In addition, the authorities detained another 10 foreigners: eight Chinese nationals and two Vietnamese...
Over 200 Myanmar nationals deported from Thailand in June; Reports of forced military conscription
Democratic Voice of Burma
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July 1, 2025
Thailand has deported a total of 229 Myanmar nationals in two separate operations during the last week of June, with sources along the Thai-Myanmar border reporting that conscription-aged men are being forcibly taken by regime authorities upon...
Time and Beijing Are Working Against Myanmar’s Resistance
Foreign Policy
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On April 7, 2025, Myanmar resistance forces raised their flags over two towns, Falam in Chin state and Indaw in Sagaing region. These were the latest in a string of hard-fought victories over a beleaguered junta that had blundered through a...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jun 23, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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June 23, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jun 23, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. Revolutionary Fundraising Fair Held in London to Commemorate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th Birthday June 22 Radio NUG On June 22, a revolutionary fundraising fair was held in London to...
Indonesian Influencer Sentenced to 7 Years by Myanmar Junta Over Rebel Group Ties
Tempo.co
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July 1, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - An Indonesian citizen, identified by the initials AP, has been sentenced to seven years in prison by a Myanmar court operating under the control of the country’s military junta. The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Out, proud and fighting: LGBT warriors against the junta
Frontier Myanmar
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July 1, 2025
LGBT people face widespread discrimination in conservative Myanmar but are playing important roles in the struggle against the regime. They include a People’s Defence Force commander, a fashion designer in exile, a trade union activist who was...
Nine things to know about the 2025 travel ban and new challenges for immigrants in Minnesota
Sahan Journal - Minnesota
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July 1, 2025
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As China expands resource control in Myanmar, Australia-India collaboration matters
The Strategist
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July 1, 2025
Myanmar’s rare earth sector has become a geopolitical flashpoint where critical minerals, armed conflict and strategic competition intersect. In 2024, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) suspended mining operations in northern Myanmar’s Kachin...
Joy and responsibility: Saskatchewan immigrants reflect on what it means to belong
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 1, 2025
As many in Saskatchewan celebrate Canada Day, the day holds many different meanings. For some, it's a day of national pride, especially in light of rhetoric around Canada becoming the 51st state that originated from U.S President Donald Trump. But...