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Myanmar: Stop Recruitment, Use of Child Soldiers
Human Rights Watch
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June 20, 2025
(Bangkok) – The Myanmar military’s recruitment and use of child soldiers has surged since the 2021 coup, including a significant number recruited after the junta enacted a conscription law in February 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. On June...
Myanmar citizens in US to protest before Chinese consulate for...
Eleven Myanmar
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Myanmar citizens living in the United States of America will stage a protest in front of the Chinese consulate and the Myanmar embassy on April 19 demanding to terminate the Myistone dam project. The invitation letter for joining the protest says:...
Youth cultural performances celebrate 75 years of China-Myanmar diplomatic relations
Xinhua News Agency
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YANGON, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Youth cultural performances by students from Chinese schools in Myanmar and the State High School of Arts in Yangon were staged here on Sunday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of China-Myanmar diplomatic relations. The...
Muslims Ethnically Cleansed 1 Million Christians in Kazakhstan
FrontPage Magazine
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June 29, 2025
[Want even more content from FPM? Sign up for FPM+ to unlock exclusive series, virtual town-halls with our authors, and more—now for just $3.99/month. Click here to sign up.] When many Americans think of Kazakhstan, they think of Borat singing,...
Myanmar Junta Changes Election Law Ahead of Polls
The Irrawaddy
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June 20, 2025
Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has amended the Union Election Commission Law, which allows government staff to chair all Myanmar’s election bodies ahead of voting due in December or January. Many government departments are led by ex-military officers...
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jun 19, 2025 Evening
MoeMaKa
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June 19, 2025
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jun 19, 2025 Evening 🚩🚩 1. TNLA General Tar Bong Kyaw Sends Birthday Wishes, Expresses Hope that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Will Be Freed Soon to Lead the Country Again June 19 General Tar Bong Kyaw of the Ta’ang National...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jun 19, 2025 Evening
MoeMaKa
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June 19, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jun 19, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. Despite the Military Junta’s Slander, the People Continue to Respect and Love Daw Aung San Suu Kyi as the National Leader, Says CRPH June 19 The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw...
Is Myanmar’s human rights crisis reaching breaking point?
ImpACT International
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Myanmar’s human rights crisis, now in its fifth year since the 2021 military coup, has reached catastrophic proportions. The country is gripped by war, economic collapse, and a humanitarian disaster that has left millions displaced, impoverished,...
Flag handover marks Myanmar as host of Mekong Tourism Forum in 2026
Xinhua News Agency
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VIENTIANE, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The 2025 Mekong Tourism Forum concluded successfully, with Laos officially handing over a symbolic flag to Myanmar, the designated host for the 2026 forum. The handover ceremony was led by Phonemaly Inthaphome,...
Myanmar and ASEAN’s parallel diplomacy trap
The Interpreter
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June 20, 2025
More than four years after the coup in Myanmar, ASEAN’s struggle to address the crisis has not only exposed institutional deadlock but also catalysed a decentralisation of regional diplomacy. While the Five-Point Consensus remains the bloc’s...
Myanmar kids need 'rights for all'
Bangkok Post
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June 18, 2025
When armed conflict breaks out, it is the innocent and helpless, especially children, who suffer the most. Therefore, as we approach World Refugee Day tomorrow, Thai authorities must make a substantial effort to grant refugee children, and the...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi marks 80th birthday in jail
The Peninsula
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June 20, 2025
File: National League for Democracy chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech during a voter education campaign in Hsiseng township in Shan State on September 5, 2015. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu / AFP) Yangon: Myanmar's deposed democratic leader...
Monastic schools in Myanmar serve 338,713 students in 2025
Xinhua News Agency
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YANGON, June 29 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,380 monastic education schools in Myanmar provided free education to 338,713 students in the 2025 Academic Year, state-owned daily The Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Sunday, citing the Chair...
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80 in 4th year of detention
The Mainichi
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June 19, 2025
Aung San Suu Kyi. (Kyodo) YANGON (Kyodo) -- Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi turned 80 Thursday, more than four years after she was jailed following a military coup and as the country faces an intensifying civil war. The democracy...
Opposition politicises issue of Hindi language in education policy
Sunday Guardian Live
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June 28, 2025
Rahul Gandhi and allies oppose Hindi in education, sparking debate over language, identity, and politics. NEW DELHI: The Indian National Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, along with its allies like M.K. Stalin from Tamil Nadu, Uddhav Thackeray from...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jun 19, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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June 19, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jun 19, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Stands in Unison With the People’s Revolution, Says NUG Defense Minister Daw Aung San Suu Kyi stands firmly alongside the people’s revolution, even from outside the...
The Lady Myanmar’s generals can’t defeat
Global Voices
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June 29, 2025
This article by Kyaw Zwa Moe was originally published on June 19, 2025, on The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar that has been exiled in Thailand since the military coup in 2021. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as...
Peace theater of the absurd in Myanmar
Asia Times
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June 28, 2025
Myanmar’s State Administration Council (SAC) military regime is gearing up for elections, slated to held by the end of 2025. As part of the preparations, the junta conducted a three-day “Peace Forum” in Naypyidaw, even as the city recovers from...
Is Joshua Van from Myanmar? Exploring the surging UFC star's roots, nationality, family and more
Sportskeeda
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June 29, 2025
Joshua Van has emerged as one of the brightest talents in the UFC flyweight division. After a unanimous decision victory against Brandon Royval at UFC 317, Van has carved a path toward a championship fight for the coveted 125-pound title. As fans...
Myanmar Spiritists Disciplinary Committee to be expanded to regions and states
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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June 19, 2025
Some of the idols seen at a Nat-propitiating ceremony Myanmar Spiritists Disciplinary Committee (Central) aimed to organize to provide services to and control animists will be extended in the regions and states, according to sources close to that...