Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 02, 2025 Evening

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 02, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Miyaji Receives Request Supporting Myanmar’s Democratic Transition October 2 It is reported that Japan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Miyaji has received a...

British tourist faces death penalty after being arrested for drug smuggling in Thailand

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Myanmar Military News Updates – Oct 01, 2025 Evening

Myanmar Military News Updates – Oct 01, 2025 Evening 🚩🚩 1. NUG Spokesperson U Nay Phone Latt urges forcibly conscripted soldiers being used as human shields by the junta to cooperate with the resistance forces by any means possible October 1 The...

Chiang Mai condos see fewer Chinese buyers but rising interest from Myanmar and US

Purchases by Myanmar nationals surged 42.9%, with strong growth from Americans (23.8%). Europeans, particularly Italians (200%) and Dutch (50%), entered the top 10, while traditional markets like Australia (-68.8%) declined sharply. Surging...

‘You just stay here and die’: Burmese students speak out on travel ban

Share: The Trump administration’s June decision to halt travel from a war-torn Myanmar due to a higher rate of visa overstays has already begun to impact Burmese international students at Pasadena City College. On June 4, 2025, President Trump...

Myanmar's food crisis and growing hunger in Rakhine state

Hunger is rising in Myanmar, the impoverished Southeast Asian country that has been ravaged by conflict since a 2021 military coup ousted an elected civilian government. Some 3.6 million people are displaced across the war-torn nation, according...

American tourist among four killed after being swept over 400ft waterfall by water surge

FOUR people, including an American tourist, have been killed after being dragged over a 400-foot-high waterfall in Asia. As 14 swimmers floated in a natural pond on Monday, five of them were caught in a river surge and plunged down the eight-story...

British tourist, 23, arrested in Thailand for 'drug smuggling' attended £70k-a-year private school

George Wilson, 23, was arrested in Thailand (Image: Asia Pacific Press via ViralPress) The young British tourist accused of attempting to smuggle a suitcase full of crystal meth out of Thailand is a former pupil of a £70,000-a-year school once...

Its Time to Ban Harmful Elephant Tourism

An increasing number of travel companies are putting a stop to this harmful practice. Travel companies are discontinuing unethical encounters with elephants. Carnival Corporation is the latest to ditch elephant rides, bathing, and feeding....

Factbox-Myanmar's food crisis and growing hunger in Rakhine state

(Reuters) -Hunger is rising in Myanmar, the impoverished Southeast Asian country that has been ravaged by conflict since a 2021 military coup ousted an elected civilian government. Some 3.6 million people are displaced across the war-torn nation,...

Myanmar’s Minerals Deal

An American businessman based in Yangon recently pitched the Trump administration on a questionable minerals deal. According to Reuters, the ex-Marine floated the idea of a U.S.-brokered truce between Myanmar’s military and an armed group that...

World Reuters Factbox-Myanmar's food crisis and growing hunger in Rakhine state

(Reuters) -Hunger is rising in Myanmar, the impoverished Southeast Asian country that has been ravaged by conflict since a 2021 military coup ousted an elected civilian government. Some 3.6 million people are displaced across the war-torn nation,...

Myanmar marks World Tourism Day in Nay Pyi Taw

YANGON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's Ministry of Hotels and Tourism held a ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw on Saturday to mark World Tourism Day 2025. The event aimed to highlight the benefits and impacts of tourism, which help preserve the environment,...

UN Warns Of Worsening Rohingya Crisis As Violence Escalates In Myanmar

New York: Over five million Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar continue to face severe persecution, displacement, and human rights violations, according to remarks made at the United Nations General Assembly high-level conference on...

Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 1, 2025

INDONESIA 1.FREEPORT AGREES ON 12 PCT DIVESTMENT DEAL AT NO COST: DANANTARA -- JAKARTA GLOBE US miner Freeport McMoran has agreed to divest 12 per cent of its stake in a local arm to Indonesia at no cost, according to the sovereign wealth fund...

Myanmar Military News Updates – Sep 30, 2025 Morning

Myanmar Military News Updates – Sep 30, 2025 Morning 🚩🚩 1. At least 3 junta troops looting public-owned property killed in an ambush September 29 Radio NUG In Twinma Pyu Saw Htee Village, Mying Township, Pakokku District, Magway Region, a junta...

Brit tourist arrested in Thailand for 'crystal meth smuggling'

The British tourist was arrested in Thailand(Image: Asia Pacific Press via ViralPress) A British tourist accused of attempting to smuggle a suitcase full of crystal meth out of Thailand has been arrested. The man is said to have received 9.15kg of...

28 undocumented Myanmar nationals arrested in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi Province

According to reports from Thailand, 28 undocumented Myanmar nationals were arrested by Thai authorities in Thong Pha Phum Township, Kanchanaburi Province. On September 29, Thai authorities stopped a vehicle at a checkpoint east of Wachiralongkorn...

Airstrikes kill eight civilians in Kachin State; Tourism to Myanmar drops from pre-2021 military coup figures

Airstrikes kill eight civilians in Kachin State Residents in Kachin State’s Waingmaw Township told DVB that eight civilians, including two children, were killed by airstrikes carried out by the Burma Air Force in Sadon town on Monday. Sadon is...

Myanmar Military News Updates – Sep 29, 2025 Evening

Myanmar Military News Updates – Sep 29, 2025 Evening 🚩🚩 1. NUG Ministry of Human Rights Issues Detailed Statement on Military Airstrike Against Kan Htoo Ma Village in Tant Se Township September 29 The Ministry of Human Rights of the National Unity...