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India negotiates with ethnic militias for Myanmar's rare earths
To reduce dependence on China, India has initiated direct contacts with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). The Indian Ministry of Mines has engaged state-owned IREL and Midwest Advanced Materials, a private firm, to explore potential large-scale...
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Satellite data show burst of deforestation in Myanmar rare earth mining hotspots
The largely unregulated mining of rare earth minerals in Myanmar’s Kachin state is taking a heavy toll on forests, rivers and human health, according to sources and satellite imagery collected by Mongabay. From 2018 to 2024, townships where the...
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Nepal, Nigeria, Myanmar nationals top list as 660 foreigners arrested in India’s drug trade
In the past year, 660 foreign nationals were arrested across India on charges of drug peddling, with Nepalese (203), Nigerians (106) and Myanmarese (25) topping the list, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has said in its annual report.Data...
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Myanmar Military News Updates – Sep 16, 2025 Morning
Myanmar Military News Updates – Sep 16, 2025 Morning 🚩🚩 1. Six Military Commission Troops Killed in Drone Strike While Preparing for an Offensive September 15 Radio NUG In Yae U Township, Sagaing Region, a Military Commission column preparing to...
Myanmar journalists meet Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Originally published on DW Akademie Myanmar journalists met Rohingya refugees for the first time since the 2017 exodus. Emotional conversations, shared memories, and calls for peace highlighted an unprecedented push for more inclusive media...
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China’s Arms Squeeze Strengthens Myanmar’s Black Market War Economy
Myanmar’s popular armed struggle against military dictatorship faces a growing crisis: a severe shortage of weapons and ammunition. This scarcity, long a defining challenge for resistance groups, was compounded in August when the United Wa State...
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Myanmar: Global Unions denounce military junta elections
On International Democracy Day, Global Union Federations (GUFs), including the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), condemn the Myanmar military junta’s illegal and illegitimate elections scheduled for December 28. On the commemoration...
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Navy detains 11, seizes trawler with goods bound for Myanmar
The Bangladesh Navy has detained 11 people and seized a trawler carrying a large consignment of goods in the Bay of Bengal. In a statement, the Navy said that during a routine patrol on Sunday, warship Samudra Avijan spotted a wooden trawler...
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Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Sep 15, 2025 Evening
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Sep 15, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. NLD warns party members of strict action if found contesting in the junta’s sham elections September 15 The National League for Democracy (NLD) has announced that any party members who are...
This tin junior could go inter-Stellar as it moves toward production
You don’t need to go to outer space to find a deal on ASX tin, with Stellar boasting a potential 193% upside, according to East Coast Research. Pic: Getty Images East Coast Research lifts Stellar Resources price target 13.3% to 5.9c, just two...
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World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore & Vietnam: Sept 16, 2025
INDONESIA 1.RI TO SUPPORT QATAR AND PALESTINE AT DOHA SUMMIT -- THE JAKARTA POST Foreign Minister Sugiono on Monday reaffirmed Jakarta’s solidarity with Qatar and Palestine, arriving in Doha to represent Indonesia at an emergency Arab-Islamic...
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Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore & Vietnam: Sept 16, 2025
INDONESIA 1.RI TO SUPPORT QATAR AND PALESTINE AT DOHA SUMMIT -- THE JAKARTA POST Foreign Minister Sugiono on Monday reaffirmed Jakarta’s solidarity with Qatar and Palestine, arriving in Doha to represent Indonesia at an emergency Arab-Islamic...
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PM U Nyo Saw visits Liuzhou Industrial Museum and Wuling auto factory in Luizhou, China
September 16, 2025 Myanmar News Agency 0 Prime Minister U Nyo Saw, who is currently in Nanning, the People’s Republic of China, accompanied by Union Ministers Dr Charlie Than and U Chit Swe, Myanmar Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China U...
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Myanmar military recaptures crucial bases in Bhamo
Regime forces have retaken outposts in Bhamo Township, Kachin State that were under the control of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and its allies for the previous six months, KIA and connected sources confirmed on Friday. These include the...
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No voting in dozens of constituencies: Myanmar junta
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New Age Bangladesh
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Agence France-Presse . Yangon, Myanmar 16 September, 2025, 00:05 Myanmar’s junta acknowledged Monday its long-promised election would not be held in about one in seven national parliament constituencies, as it battles myriad rebel forces opposed...
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Myanmar junta says no voting in dozens of constituencies
Myanmar’s junta acknowledged Monday its long-promised election would not be held in about one in seven national parliament constituencies, as it battles myriad rebel forces opposed to the poll. A civil war has consumed Myanmar since the military...
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Myanmar, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to promote trade and investment
September 15, 2025 Myanmar News Agency 6 Prime Minister U Nyo Saw, who is currently in Nanning of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China to attend the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) and the China-ASEAN Business and...
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Chinese EV makers reshaping Myanmar's auto industry
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People's Daily Online
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(Xinhua) 13:28, September 15, 2025 YANGON, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese electric vehicles were rapidly transforming Myanmar's auto sector, taking center stage at the Myanmar Auto and Parts Expo 2025, which closed here on Sunday. All 35 brands...
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Myanmar plans to allow Chinese yuan for investments
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Myanmar’s State Security and Peace Commission Chairman, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, announced that the country will move quickly to enable Chinese investments in yuan. Speaking at a coordination meeting with Union government members on...
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