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Dec 51 min read

𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎’𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭

December 5, 2024 Myanmar's renowned Thingyan Water Festival has been officially recognized and inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List...

Dec 51 min read

𝐍𝐔𝐆 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐫. 𝐓𝐮 𝐇𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲-𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬

On December 3, Dr. Tu Hkawng, the Union Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, conducted an inspection of gold...

Dec 51 min read

𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 $𝟵 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗖𝗢 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟮

December 5, 2024 The Spring Development Bank (SDB) has announced a major milestone, raising over USD 9 million as of 9:00 AM Myanmar...

Dec 41 min read

⁨𝗞𝗜𝗔 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶

Kachin State, December 4, 2024 The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and allied forces have launched simultaneous attacks on the towns of...

Dec 41 min read

𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐘𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 €𝟏.𝟓 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫

A Dutch company that used banned Myanmar timber to construct luxury yachts has been fined €1.5 million. The company, Oceanco, employed...

Dec 41 min read

𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐮 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐮 𝐊𝐲𝐚𝐰 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐬

On Saturday, November 30, renowned Myanmar singer Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein delivered a captivating performance at a concert in Paris, France....

Dec 41 min read

𝗠𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗔 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮’𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Northern Shan, December 4, 2024 On December 3, 2024, the Kokang army, known as the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA),...

Dec 41 min read

𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

December 4, 2024 The Arakan Army (AA) announced the return of stolen belongings to residents of Buthidaung Township in a statement...

Dec 40 min read

𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤'𝐬 𝐈𝐂𝐎 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟐 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 $𝟕.𝟖 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬

Dec 41 min read

𝗡𝗨𝗚 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗮 𝗛𝘁𝗼𝗶 𝗣𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗗𝗠 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀

December 4, 2024 Ja Htoi Pan, the Deputy Minister of Education for the National Unity Government (NUG), visited CDM (Civil Disobedience...

Dec 42 min read

𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝘄, 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝗜𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸

December 4, 2024 In an unprecedented move, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday, sending shockwaves...

Dec 42 min read

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗻𝘀 𝗠𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮’𝘀 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra condemned the Myanmar military junta’s actions on Sunday following an attack on Thai fishing...

Dec 41 min read

𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗶𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰

Nearly four years since the unjust military coup in Myanmar, the number of persons with disabilities has increased significantly,...

Dec 31 min read

𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆

𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 The Karenni College of Social Sciences and Humanities marked a significant...

Dec 21 min read

𝐔𝐍 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐔𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬

A UN panel of experts, including Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, has issued a statement...

Dec 21 min read

𝟭𝟲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁

𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2, 2024 — Sixteen junta soldiers, including a captain, who were part of the 585th Light Infantry...

Dec 21 min read

𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐨 𝐇𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧

Myanmar singer and songwriter Song Oo Hlaing is bringing hope to his homeland through music, embarking on a humanitarian concert tour in...

Dec 21 min read

𝐍𝐔𝐆 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐃𝐅-𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚

U Yee Mon, the Defence Minister of the National Unity Government (NUG), recently visited a region in the Mandalay Region that is under...

Dec 21 min read

𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐲𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 "𝐖𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞" 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Sydney, Australia, November 30, 2024 – A special screening of the revolutionary film “Cut” took place in Sydney, Australia, on November...

Dec 11 min read

𝐍𝐔𝐆, 𝐊𝐍𝐔, 𝐊𝐍𝐏𝐏, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐍𝐅 𝐕𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐠

The National Unity Government (NUG), Karen National Union (KNU), Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), and Chin National Front (CNF)...