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Mizoram: CYMA responds to fresh influx of Myanmar refugees with Rs 6 lakh aid
East Mojo
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July 10, 2025
Aizawl: The Central Young Mizo Association (CYMA) has extended financial aid of Rs 6 lakh to support refugees from Myanmar who have fled to Mizoram following fresh violence in the Chin Hills region. The aid is meant to assist those displaced by...
Chinese Investment Reshapes Myanmar’s N. Shan as MNDAA Consolidates Power
The Irrawaddy
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July 10, 2025
The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)’s capture of Hsenwi in northern Shan State during Operation 1027 in 2023 triggered an unprecedented wave of Chinese investment across northern Shan State. As new construction projects—among...
Myanmar People Skeptical of Junta’s Promises of Election, Peace
The Irrawaddy
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July 7, 2025
While Myanmar’s military regime busies itself with hosting peace talks and preparations for elections slated for the end of this year, many across the country remain deeply distrustful—believing that neither genuine peace nor a free and fair...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 07, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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July 7, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 07, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. NUG Ministry of Human Rights welcomes UN resolution confirming human rights situation of Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar July 6 Radio NUG The Ministry of Human Rights under the...
Myanmar rebel infighting triggers fresh influx of refugees into Mizoram
The Statesman (India)
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July 7, 2025
Fresh violence in Myanmar’s restive Chin State has triggered a wave of panic and displacement, with around 300 refugees fleeing to Mizoram’s Zokhawthar village after gun battles broke out between two pro-democracy insurgent groups — the Chin...
‘Reforms Are Not Optional’: Prominent Activist Urges NUG to Act Before It’s Too Late
The Irrawaddy
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July 9, 2025
Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government (NUG) must urgently reform to avoid stagnation, prominent pro-democracy activist Dr Tayzar San has argued in a hard-hitting post. The 35-year-old said on Tuesday that the NUG currently lacks the...
All 65 countries where it’s illegal to be LGBTQ+ in 2025, including the UAE and Mali
Pink News
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July 9, 2025
How many countries is it still illegal to be gay in 2025? More than you’d think, probably. Since we last updated this list, Mali has criminalised LGBTQ+ activity and Trinidad and Tobago have re-criminalised it, although more positively, Namibia...
News of the day: 14 July, 2025
The Print
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July 14, 2025
UPI surpasses Visa with 650 million daily transactions Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which was developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has officially surpassed Visa to become the world’s leading real-time payment...
Myanmar Junta Starves Last Rakhine Strongholds as AA Closes In
The Irrawaddy
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July 7, 2025
Food prices have surged in Rakhine State’s Kyaukphyu town amid intensifying fighting between junta troops and the ethnic Arakan Army. Rice prices have hit around 500,000 kyats (around US$ 110) per 50-kg sack. The regime blockaded the town in early...
Myanmar’s Civilian Govt Rebuffs Junta’s Appeal for ‘Cooperation’
The Irrawaddy
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July 7, 2025
BANGKOK—In a rare move, Myanmar’s ruling junta on Saturday called upon the armed groups it is fighting against to cooperate with it ahead of a slated election—an invitation anti-coup forces swiftly rejected. The unexpected appeal comes as the...
Trump administration holding immigrants from 26 countries at Guantánamo prison
The Independent
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July 9, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Minister Pushes Defense Diplomacy to Free Indonesian Detained in Myanmar
Tempo.co
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July 9, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin announced that he would pursue defense diplomacy in an effort to secure the release of an Indonesian citizen detained by Myanmar’s military junta. According to Sjafrie, defense diplomacy is...
How Christianity Transformed And Revived Konyak Culture
Religion Unplugged
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(ANALYSIS) The Konyak are one of 17 Naga tribes located in Nagaland, an Indian state in the far northeast of the country bordering Myanmar. Konyak communities exist on both sides of the border. This is a mountainous and, until recently, remote...
Is Myanmar Preparing for a Farce Election?!
Pressenza
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July 9, 2025
Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh) may go for a nationwide election in the next few months, where the military rulers claim it to be a free and fair electoral exercise for the benefit of 55 million primarily Buddhist nationals in the...
Myanmar-sourced weapons entering India via some cadres of Manipur insurgent outfits
The Economic Times
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July 6, 2025
Security agencies in Manipur have intensified a probe into an arms smuggling racket from Myanmar with potential nationwide ramifications, following the arrest of a senior leader from a Valley-based Insurgent Group (VBIG). The investigation focuses...
Myanmar Road Accident: 28 Killed, 219 Injured in 94 Traffic Accidents on Yangon-Mandalay Highway
Latestly
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July 6, 2025
Yangon, July 6: A total of 28 people were killed and 219 injured in 94 traffic accidents on Myanmar's Yangon-Mandalay highway during the first six months of 2025, according to the highway traffic police force on Sunday. This marks a decrease in...
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 06, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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July 6, 2025
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 06, 2025 Morning 🚩🚩 1. Armed Resistance is the Only Path to Freedom, Says KNLA Deputy Commander-in-Chief July 5 Radio NUG Major General Saw Baw Kyaw Heh, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Karen National...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 06, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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July 6, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 06, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. Spring Revolution Political Dialogue Held in Buffalo, New York, USA July 5 Radio NUG On July 5, a Spring Revolution Political Dialogue was held in Buffalo, New York, United States,...
Mizoram: As clashes between rival rebel groups escalate in Myanmar, over 4000 illegal migrants enter the state
Organiser Weekly
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Guwahati: Thousands of illegal migrants have fled to Indian territory of Mizoram as fighting between two anti-junta armed factions in Myanmar has escalated for the last several days. Since July 2, a new round of refugees has been arriving in...
MoRAC Union Minister inspects quake-hit religious sites in Nay Pyi Taw
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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June 26, 2025
Union Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture U Tin Oo Lwin, accompanied by Nay Pyi Taw Council Member U Myint Soe and other officials, yesterday inspected religious buildings and cultural structures in Nay Pyi Taw that were damaged by the...