ASEAN Friendship Concert 2025 Highlights Spirit Of Regional Unity Through Music And Culture

By Marfika Adnan Haris Fadzilah KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (Bernama) -- The ASEAN Friendship Concert 2025 to be held at the Seri Angkasa Auditorium here tomorrow night is expected to see a historic staging of artistes from ASEAN countries, including...

Myanmar repatriates 296 workers from Thailand in September

According to reports, a total of 296 workers were repatriated in September through official transfer procedures for Myanmar workers who had been arrested in Thailand. This information was included in a progress report on the implementation of...

ASEAN Activists Warn of Shrinking Freedoms, Urge Regional Action

Kuala Lumpur – Hundreds of Southeast Asian civil society groups on Wednesday called for stronger regional unity to defend democracy, human rights and freedoms, warning of rising authoritarianism across the region. More than 200 groups from across...

Myanmar Junta Boss Names Wife’s Protégé as New Aide-de-Camp

Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has appointed a favorite of his wife Kyu Kyu Hla’s as his new aide-de-camp, according to military sources. The move follows the recent reassignment of Colonel Sein Maung Lin, who previously held the post, to head the...

Dali Blends Nature, Culture, Growth

An old man was busy putting electric bulbs in plastic bottles on the grassy, wet bank of the Erhai Lake in Dali, Yunnan, China. A girl and a few kids, probably the old man's children, were giving him the bottles tied in ropes from the road above....

The 10th Anniversary of the NCA and Myanmar’s Future

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – October 15: Scene (MoeMaKa, October 16, 2025) The 10th Anniversary of the NCA and Myanmar’s Future From October 15 to 17, Myanmar’s military regime held grand ceremonies and discussions in Naypyitaw to commemorate the...

Chiefs of Manipur border villages oppose Indo-Myanmar fencing project

As many as 14 Manipur villages along the Indo-Myanmar border joined the chorus objecting to the fencing of the international border. India is fencing its 1,643-kilometre-long porous international border with Myanmar out of which Manipur shares 398...

World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 17, 2025

INDONESIA 1. LUHUT STANDS BY WHOOSH PROJECT AS DANANTARA FACES PRESSURE TO REPAY CHINA DEBT -- JAKARTA GLOBE National Economic Council (DEN) chairman Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has come to the defence of Indonesia’s US$7.3 billion (Rp 121.16...

As scam sites empty in Cambodia, Korean activist says this week is ‘last golden hour’ for rescues

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — When the door opened, the smell of stale cigarettes filled the air. Each small room, no more than a few square meters, contained two or three bunk beds. Clothes and blankets lay scattered across the dusty floors — signs of...

Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 17, 2025

INDONESIA 1. LUHUT STANDS BY WHOOSH PROJECT AS DANANTARA FACES PRESSURE TO REPAY CHINA DEBT -- JAKARTA GLOBE National Economic Council (DEN) chairman Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has come to the defence of Indonesia’s US$7.3 billion (Rp 121.16...

Political parties to launch campaigns by end of October; China pledges support for Myanmar regime elections

Political parties to launch campaigns by end of October The Union Election Commission (UEC) announced on Wednesday that all political parties’ campaign activities can officially begin on Oct. 28 and take place over the following 60 days, to be...

Malaysia faces final chance to press Asean on Myanmar, says activist

Alternative Asean Network on Burma founder and human rights activist Debbie Stothard said the response by Malaysia and other member states to the Rohingya refugee crisis must change from criminalising survivors to protecting them. KUALA LUMPUR:...

Malaysia’s Quiet Gambit: Can ASEAN’s Chair Revive Engagement with Myanmar’s Junta?

This handout photo taken and released on October 9, 2025 by the Myanmar Military Information Team shows Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing (R) shaking hands with Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan (L) during a meeting in Naypyidaw....

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...

Immigration detains 32 foreigners in Johor for working without valid permits

JOHOR BARU: The Immigration Department detained 32 foreign nationals working without valid permits at food and beverage outlets and car wash centres in two districts. Johor Immigration director Datuk Mohd Rusdi Mohd Darus said several operations...

India’s Ambassador: Ending violence and maintaining peace in Myanmar is of utmost importance

India has called on all parties in Myanmar to make full use of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) mechanism and engage in meaningful dialogue to achieve a transparent and sustainable peace based on democracy and federalism. Delivering a...

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 13, 2025 Evening

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 13, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. NCA Signatory Groups Urge UN, ASEAN, and International Envoys Not to Attend the 10th Anniversary of the NCA October 13 Organizations that signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA)...

Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown

In the weeks before his extraction, Sun wondered if he would ever be able to escape the drudgery, threats and violence of the scam centres. "I thought about the possibility (of dying)... almost every day," he told AFP. AFP obtained a copy of a...

Opening Speech by Acting President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission, Chairman of the National Solidarity and Peacemaking Central Committee, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Senior…

15 October 2025 Esteemed national brethren of the Union, Today marks the 10th anniversary of the signing of the auspicious occasion of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) between the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and...

The Intangible Yet Unmistakable Costs of Myanmar’s Political Crisis

The protracted Myanmar crisis is now everyone’s problem. The time for ASEAN to act is now. As the Gaza crisis seemingly draws to a close, actors within and outside of Myanmar are looking to end their own crisis, with or without external help. One...