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Asean must push for change in Myanmar, says top EU rights official
Kajsa Ollongren said the EU will not send observers to Myanmar, as it does not recognise the planned vote as a genuine election. (EPA Images pic) KUALA LUMPUR: The European Union will not send observers to Myanmar’s upcoming election, its top...
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Asean must 'push for change' in Myanmar – EU official
KUALA LUMPUR — The European Union will not send observers to Myanmar’s upcoming election, the bloc’s top human rights official said on Friday, dismissing the vote as neither free nor fair, and urging members of the Association of Southeast Asian...
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ASEAN must push for change in Myanmar: EU
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New Age Bangladesh
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Agence France-Presse . Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 October, 2025, 03:48 The European Union will not send observers to Myanmar’s upcoming election, its top human rights official said Friday, dismissing the vote as neither free nor fair and urging...
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Asia Inside Review: Struggle to Regain Myanmar’s Democracy Supported by People’s ‘Patriotism’
Junichi Fukazawa / The Yomiuri Shimbun Aung San Suu Kyi and then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton walk together in the garden at Suu Kyi’s house in Yangon in December 2011. By Junichi Fukasawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Director and Senior Writer...
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Myanmar admits nationwide election impossible amid ongoing civil war
Published on: October 16, 2025 5:15 PM Myanmar’s ruling military junta has officially acknowledged that it will be unable to conduct nationwide elections as planned, citing widespread conflict and instability across the country. The general...
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Myanmar and Malaysian Foreign Ministers hold talks in Nay Pyi Taw
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Eleven Myanmar
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Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe met with Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamed Hassan, the rotating chair of ASEAN, at the Jasmine Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw on October 9. During the meeting, U Than Swe briefed the Malaysian Foreign Minister...
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Myanmar regime escalates airstrikes on KNU-controlled border town of Htee Khee
More than 400 people have fled the border town of Htee Khee in Tanintharyi Region’s Dawei Township after the junta conducted three airstrikes on the town, members of the Karen National Union (KNU) and local sources said. According to local...
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Notorious cyber scam hub linked to Chinese mafia raided
The Myanmar military says it has captured one of the most notorious scam compounds on the border with Thailand, as it reclaims key territory it lost in the ongoing civil war. KK Park, south of the border town of Myawaddy, has been synonymous with...
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Open Letter on the Myanmar Crisis
October 17, 2025 We are writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch in the context of the upcoming summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the East Asia Summit, and associated ASEAN partner summits, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on...
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K200 block of stamp with eight ethnic groups to be introduced
New block of stamp worth K200 with eight ethnic groups will be introduced starting from 20 October, according to the Myanmar Post. It is collected postage stamps in different ethnic groups previously published by the Myanmar Post under the...
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Beijing Preaches Noninterference While Playing Both Sides in Myanmar’s War
At an event to mark the 10th anniversary of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in Naypyitaw on Wednesday, Chinese envoy Deng Xijun said China does not want to see “escalating conflicts or lawlessness in Myanmar.” Echoing earlier remarks by...
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Myanmar's acting president calls for enhanced security during election periods and cooperation from...
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Eleven Myanmar
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Acting President Senior General Min Aung Hlaing stated that security measures will be strengthened in anticipation of possible situations during the election period and called on relevant ethnic armed organizations to cooperate in ensuring peace...
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Education staff promotions, transfers must be transparent: UM
October 15, 2025 Myanmar News Agency 69 Union Minister for Education Dr Chaw Chaw Sein presided over a meeting on reviewing policies for promotions and transfers of staff in the teaching and administration sectors of basic education and exploring...
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Myanmar, Russia improve friendly relations and cooperation
October 15, 2025 Myanmar News Agency 244 Acting President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing received a delegation...
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Asean must ‘push for change’ in Myanmar: Top EU rights official
KUALA LUMPUR - The European Union will not send observers to Myanmar’s upcoming election, its top human rights official said Oct 17, dismissing the vote as neither free nor fair and urging South-east Asian nations to push for change. EU...
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Women’s Leadership at the Heart of Disaster Risk Reduction
Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Featured, Gender, Global, Headlines, Population, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Disasters touch everyone but are not felt equally. Women often take longer to rebuild their...
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Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Statement 13/ 2025
1. Today marks the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) between the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Hluttaw, the Tatmadaw and Ethnic Armed Organizations, in the presence of domestic...
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US immigration policy changes make religious worker visas difficult to get
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Global Sisters Report
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Congregations of women religious that invite sisters from overseas to do religious work in the United States will now find the process much more difficult, due to recent policy changes by the Trump administration. Experts from the Catholic Legal...
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