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𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐎𝐀 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

December 12, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump announced on December 11 his nomination of Kari Lake as the new director of Voice of...

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𝗥𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮-𝗞𝗜𝗢 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀

𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 12, 2024 Beijing recently hosted discussions between Wu Ken, a senior member of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and...

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𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐌𝐏𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐠

12 December On December 9, six British Members of Parliament, including Adam Shockat, Khan Ayoub, Jeremy Corbyn, Mohamed Iqbal, Jim...

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𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗔’𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗮𝘄’𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿

Dec 121 min read

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁

During the International Anti-Corruption Day ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw on December 9, military leader General Min Aung Hlaing declared that...

Dec 121 min read

𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘂 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘂 𝗞𝘆𝗮𝘄 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗺𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀

𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴, 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 12, 2024 — Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein, a doctor-turned-singer, songwriter, and artist who actively opposes...

Dec 112 min read

𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗻, 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆, 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗔

𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 12, 2024 Brigadier General Thurein Tun, who was involved in committing severe war crimes in Mandalay, has been captured...

Dec 111 min read

𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 $1𝟑.𝟐 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜

December 11 NUG Finance Minister U Tin Tun Naing announced on his social media platform on the afternoon of December 11, stating:...

Dec 111 min read

𝗔𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟰𝟱𝟬 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀

𝘙𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 11, 2024 The Arakan Army (AA) has confirmed the successful capture of numerous military...

Dec 112 min read

𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 “𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗺𝗮𝗿”

𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘫𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 11, 2024 – During a press briefing on December 10, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning...

Dec 111 min read

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐨 𝐇𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐤𝐲𝐨

December 11, 2024 Singer Song Oo Hlaing is set to hold his second concert tour in Tokyo, Japan, as part of his ongoing Charity Tour in...

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𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 “𝐖𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞” 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐋𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐫

December 11, 2024 Tickets for the revolutionary movie 𝙒𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚 are now available for its upcoming screening in Kuala Lumpur. ...

Dec 111 min read

𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫: 𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧

December 10, 2024 Abul Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of the Syrian armed group “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)” and commander-in-chief of the...

Dec 111 min read

𝐔.𝐒. 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫

December 10 The U.S. Department of State announced on December 9 that Myanmar is among the recipients of the 2024 Human Rights Defender...

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𝐈𝐂𝐂 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟

The Attorney General of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, told VOA that efforts to secure an arrest warrant for Senior...

Dec 111 min read

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚’𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐰

Last week, South Korea’s Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun was arrested by judicial authorities for recommending martial law to President...

Dec 111 min read

𝗡𝗨𝗚 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 10, 2024 The Prime Minister of the National Unity Government (NUG), Mahn Winn Khaing Than, along with Labor Minister...

Dec 101 min read

𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝘆𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗴-𝗨 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮

𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 9, 2024 A combined force of soldiers and various governmental departments under the junta detained travelers along the...

Dec 101 min read

𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗱, 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘆 (𝗔𝗔)

Along with Brigadier General Thurein Tun, over 80 individuals, including armed Muslim men, were detained at a cashew farm near Kyee Kan...

Dec 91 min read

𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗞𝗜𝗢 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗼, 𝗞𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲

𝘒𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 9, 2024 Amid intense fighting between Kachin Independence Army (KIA)-allied forces and...