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Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 07, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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July 7, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 07, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. NUG Ministry of Human Rights welcomes UN resolution confirming human rights situation of Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar July 6 Radio NUG The Ministry of Human Rights under the...
Bagan welcomes tourists despite monsoon
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 15, 2025
Local travellers visit Bagan’s Ancient Cultural Zone in the July monsoon period, and they also enjoy applying Myanmar Thanaka and hand painting. “Bagan ancient cultural zone hosts travellers even in the rainy season, and also on the full moon day...
Thailand eyes Middle East market to make up for Chinese tourists
The Business Times Singapore
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July 14, 2025
Attracting Chinese tourists remains a priority, but the agency is also targeting other marketsPublished Mon, Jul 14, 2025 · 03:55 PM [BANGKOK] Thailand aims to boost tourist arrivals and spending from the Middle East and South-east Asia to help...
Court says Trump can’t bar refugees from entering US with travel ban
Al Jazeera
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July 15, 2025
The Trump administration has faced a raft of legal challenges as it seeks to radically restrict immigration to the US. A United States federal judge has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump cannot block approved refugees from...
Myanmar Junta Starves Last Rakhine Strongholds as AA Closes In
The Irrawaddy
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July 7, 2025
Food prices have surged in Rakhine State’s Kyaukphyu town amid intensifying fighting between junta troops and the ethnic Arakan Army. Rice prices have hit around 500,000 kyats (around US$ 110) per 50-kg sack. The regime blockaded the town in early...
Key members of Bai crime syndicate indicted for long-term involvement in large-scale telecom fraud in northern Myanmar
Global Times
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Criminal suspect Bai Suo Cheng is escorted by Chinese police officers at the Kunming Changshui International Airport in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan 30, 2024. File photo:Xinhua The Shenzhen Municipal People's Procuratorate has...
Commentary: Can Malaysia nudge ASEAN beyond non-interference to tackle the scam crisis in Myanmar?
Channel News Asia
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July 14, 2025
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has called Southeast Asia “ground zero for the global scamming industry”, with centres found in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. But these centres are most prevalent in Myanmar, operating with impunity in...
Indonesia cracks human trafficking case linked to Myanmar
Antara
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July 14, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - An investigation by Indonesia's National Police (Polri), launched following the repatriation of a human trafficking victim from Myanmar in March, has uncovered an international trafficking network that lured job seekers with...
From $15 to $331 a day: vacation destinations vary by cost
AS
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July 14, 2025
While Barbados is the world’s most expensive travel destination, the most affordable country comes at a cost that is around 20 times lower. That’s according to the insurance and personal finance experts at HelloSafe.com, who have released a...
66 villages along Indo-Myanmar border selected under VVP: Pema Khandu
The Sentinel - Assam News
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OUR CORRESPONDENT ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday announced that 66 villages located along the Indo-Myanmar border have been identified for development under the Centre’s Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP). These...
Two children killed by airstrike in Mandalay Region; India-Myanmar border town residents return home
Democratic Voice of Burma
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July 15, 2025
Two children killed by airstrike in Mandalay Region Residents of Mogok Township in Mandalay Region told DVB that two children were killed and six others were injured by an airstrike carried out by the Burma Air Force on the town, which is under...
Hong Kong seeks to broaden its economic relationship with Oman
Oman Observer
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August 2, 2025
MUSCAT: Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, is seeking to establish a strong business and trade relationship with GCC countries, including the Sultanate of Oman. Speaking to the Observer recently, Simon Chan, Director-General at...
Can Malaysia nudge ASEAN beyond non-interference to tackle the scam crisis in Myanmar?
The Interpreter
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July 13, 2025
ASEAN’s traditional non-interference doctrine has posed an acute challenge for the regional body in responding to the 2021 coup in Myanmar. A Five-Point Consensus proposal has seen little progress, with a major obstacle that member states are...
world The US said it had no choice but to deport them to a third country. Then it sent them home
Asiaone
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August 3, 2025
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says that some serious criminals need to be deported to third countries because even their home countries won't accept them. But a review of recent cases shows that at least five men threatened with such a...
In Myanmar, a rush for rare earth metals is causing a regional environmental disaster
The Public's Radio - Rhode Island
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July 12, 2025
Bundit Pantarakon, a local businessman and city council member in Mae Sai, Thailand, looks over the Sai River. (Michael Sullivan | NPR)THA TON, Thailand — The Wat Tha Ton Temple sits high above the tourist town of Tha Ton, with a magnificent view...
Inhumane abandonment: The roots of anti-Rohingya sentiment in India
Democratic Voice of Burma
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August 2, 2025
Guest contributor Shalini Perumal The chilling reports emerging from the Andaman Sea in May painted a stark picture of escalating hostility towards Rohingya refugees from the government of India. Forty Rohingya, including women, children, and the...
Visa-Free Access For Egyptians To 49 Countries Here's The Full List
MENAFN
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August 2, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) From thrilling safaris in Kenya to the pristine beaches of the Maldives, Egyptian passport holders enjoy a wide range of destinations they can visit visa-free-no embassy queues, no piles of paperwork. The Egyptian passport...
Mystery behind Bandarban travel bans: Who’s pulling the strings?
United News of Bangladesh
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The picturesque district of Bandarban, where clouds, hills, rivers and waterfalls meet, has long been a popular destination for tourists from across Bangladesh. But a growing security concern stemming from the emergence of a new armed group, the...
General : Myanmar, Timor-Leste Move To Resolve Differences Ahead Of Accession -- ASEAN Sec-Gen
Bernama
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July 11, 2025
By Nurul Hanis Izmir KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 (Bernama) -- Myanmar and Timor-Leste have begun engaging in discussions to resolve their differences, paving the way for Timor-Leste’s planned accession to ASEAN in October this year, ASEAN...
Safer tourism needed now
Bangkok Post
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July 10, 2025
The ongoing altercation between suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her former interior minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, about the reduced volume of Chinese tourists recently is getting uglier -- with no foreseeable end in sight. Mr...