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Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 10, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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July 10, 2025
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 10, 2025 Morning 🚩🚩 1. In Yebyu, Father and Three Children Killed by Junta Heavy Artillery Shelling According to local sources, a father and his three young children were killed in Kaw Hline Village, Yebyu...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 10, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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July 10, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 10, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. 532 Human Rights Violations Committed by the Terrorist Military Junta in June 2025 According to a press release from the Ministry of Human Rights under the National Unity Government (NUG),...
Ecuador Clamps Down on Airport Transits: New Visa Law Hits Global Travelers
The Rio Times
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July 18, 2025
Ecuador now demands a transit visa from people passing through its airports if they come from forty-five listed countries. Travelers from places like Nigeria, China, India, Venezuela, and dozens of others can no longer simply connect through Quito...
Foreign Office tells UK holidaymakers 'do not travel' to these 31 countries
Bristol Post
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July 18, 2025
There are some destinations around the globe which are considered rather risky and travellers heading there receive guidance on precautions they should take to avoid unfortunate incidents. However, there are only 31 locations on the 'do not...
World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: July 18, 2025
Bernama
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July 18, 2025
INDONESIA 1. FOREIGN WORKER PERMIT SCANDAL: INDONESIA’S ANTI-GRAFT BODY DETAINS FOUR SENIOR OFFICIALS -- JAKARTA GLOBE The Corruption Eradication Commission on Thursday announced the detention of four suspects in an alleged bribery and extortion...
Tourists and locals in Pattaya advised to plan around forecast disruptions as widespread rain hits July 11–13
Pattaya Mail
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July 11, 2025
Weather Alert: Pattaya among areas facing rain risk as monsoon intensifies this week. Chonburi not in critical zone, but showers and choppy seas expected. (Photo by Jetsada Homklin) PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya could be in for a few soggy days...
More Than 20,000 Displaced As Myanmar Junta Burns Homes Around World Heritage Site
The Irrawaddy
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July 18, 2025
Regime arson attacks last week displaced more than 20,000 residents from around 30 villages in Nyaung-U Township, home to the Bagan Unesco world heritage site, amid reports that junta boss Min Aung Hlaing is planning a visit. Around 150 junta...
Myanmar Junta Deploying Conscripts in Major Push to Reclaim Lost Territory
The Irrawaddy
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July 10, 2025
The Myanmar military regime is believed to have recruited nearly 70,000 new members since activating its conscription law 17 months ago, and is now deploying them in counteroffensives to retake territory lost to resistance forces and ethnic armed...
Chinese firm helps supply Myanmar junta with bombs — report
Deutsche Welle
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July 17, 2025
Bombs made with Chinese support are "widely used by the Myanmar Air Force in indiscriminate attacks on civilians," according to a new report by the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M), an independent group founded by three UN officials...
Thaksin touts golden visa, higher travel fees to boost Thailand
The Straits Times
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July 17, 2025
BANGKOK – Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra suggested the country create a golden visa scheme for wealthy foreigners to become long-term residents and called on Airports of Thailand to hike passenger service fees to boost the sluggish...
World : Top News Headlines In Indones, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: July 17, 2025
Bernama
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July 17, 2025
INDONESIA 1.‘GARUDA NEEDS NEW PLANES’: PRABOWO ON INDONESIA BUYING 50 BOEING JETS -- JAKARTA GLOBE President Prabowo Subianto said Wednesday that Jakarta’s decision to acquire dozens of jets from the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing was...
Who Was Behind the Drone Attack Against Indian Separatist Outfits in Myanmar?
The Diplomat
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July 16, 2025
The small camp of United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) at Taga, near the Chindwin River in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region, had an unusual visitor sometime in the second week of April. His stay coincided with the celebration of the traditional...
Taxation, Rule of Law, and Criminal Incidents in Upper Myanmar
MoeMaKa
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July 16, 2025
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 15 Viewpoint (Moemaka, July 16, 2025) Taxation, Rule of Law, and Criminal Incidents in Upper Myanmar In recent days, a series of events have drawn renewed attention to the issues of taxation, law enforcement, and...
How Myanmar’s military crackdown has galvanised a defiant press corps
The Federal
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July 17, 2025
A swarm of insects, attracted by lights, hovers around the camera as a group of media workers and journalists transmit their news feed from a makeshift bamboo shelter inside a thick jungle. This was the scene at the headquarters of a leading...
The Latest: Supreme Court will allow Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce to go ahead
Military News
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The Supreme Court cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to cut down on the size of the federal workforce, despite warnings from experts that vital government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be...
Myanmar women’s squad to compete in 2025 ASEAN Women’s Championship
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 8, 2025
The Myanmar women’s national team is seen during the AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers. Photo: Soe Nyunt Thaw The Myanmar women’s national football team is set to compete in the 2025 ASEAN Women’s Championship, which will be held in Vietnam from 6...
Russians show keen interest in Myanmar at food and tourism fair
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 15, 2025
Enthusiastic Russians crowd the Myanmar tourism booth at the Gastronomic and Tourism Fair in Novosibirsk, the Russian Federation, from 11 to 13 July 2025. At the “In Siberia – THERE is!” Gastronomic and Tourism Fair held in Novosibirsk, the...
How to keep your children safe from predators on holiday: We reveal the popular destinations marred by sex attacks - and what every parent must know to avoid their worst nightmare
Daily Mail
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July 16, 2025
There's a line between caution and paranoia which needs to be considered when holidaying with your children. So, while trips abroad should be a time for freedom and new experiences for young ones, it's wise to ensure that they are properly and...
Tourist Attractions in Thailand
PlanetWare
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Written by Meagan Drillinger Updated Jul 7, 2025 Thailand is the gateway to Southeast Asia. It's a country that is sure to cause sensory overload, and yet is one of the most approachable and easy-to-navigate countries on the Asian continent....
World News in Brief: Haiti Mite financing cutting, civil suffering intensifies in Myanmar, Belarus Deaths in Custody Alert
The European Times
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July 16, 2025
The current violence aggravates the country’s food crisis, disturbing local food production in critical areas such as the municipality of Kenscoff and the Artibonite department, often considered as the bread packets of Haiti. While the UN and its...