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Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jun 20, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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June 20, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jun 20, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. On the Occasion of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th Birthday, NUG Interim President Urges Continued Struggle for “Freedom from Fear” Alongside Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the People June 19 Radio...
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jun 20, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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June 20, 2025
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jun 20, 2025 Morning 🚩🚩 1. Clash near Kam Ni – Gon Min Ai Village in Taungoo Township Leaves Two Junta Soldiers Dead June 19 Radio NUG On June 17, between 7:21 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., a clash erupted near Kam Ni – Gon...
Myanmar Junta Changes Election Law Ahead of Polls
The Irrawaddy
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June 20, 2025
Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has amended the Union Election Commission Law, which allows government staff to chair all Myanmar’s election bodies ahead of voting due in December or January. Many government departments are led by ex-military officers...
Myanmar junta battles guerillas for control of jade hub
The Times of India
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Myanmar's junta and anti-coup guerillas battled over the country's jade mining hub Friday, a combatant and a local said, displacing desperate civilians as they vied for supplies of the precious stone. A local resident who asked to remain anonymous...
Russia signs investment deal with Myanmar, eyes offshore oil and gas prospects
The Globe and Mail
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June 20, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Friday’s agreement will facilitate cooperation in areas including transport infrastructure, metallurgy, agriculture and telecommunications, the Russian government said.TATIANA MEEL/Reuters Russia signed an investment...
ASIA/MYANMAR - With the onset of the rainy season, the situation of earthquake victims in Mandalay is becoming increasingly critical
Fides
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June 19, 2025
Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - Three months after the devastating earthquake of March 28, 2025, the area around Mandalay in north-central Myanmar has been hit by heavy rains and thunderstorms for more than three weeks. Due to the persistent rains and...
TKS Submits Memorandum to PM Modi, Demands Halt to Indo-Myanmar Border Fencing and Restoration of FMR
Ukhrul Times
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June 20, 2025
Ukhrul, June 20: The Tangkhul Katamnao Saklong (TKS), a prominent student and youth body representing the Nagas of Manipur, has submitted a detailed memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi through the Deputy Commissioner of Ukhrul district,...
Russia signs investment deal with Myanmar, sees offshore oil and gas prospects
Channel News Asia
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June 20, 2025
ST PETERSBURG :Russia signed an investment agreement with Myanmar on Friday that it said could open up new opportunities for Russian energy companies in the south Asian country. "We especially note the readiness of the Myanmar side to attract...
Residents of Myanmar Ruby Hub Speak Out as TNLA Mining Takes Toll
The Irrawaddy
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June 20, 2025
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), an ethnic Palaung armed group, is monopolizing ruby mining operations in Mogoke town in northern Mandalay Region and harming the local environment by conducting excessive extraction, according to...
Myanmar citizens in US to protest before Chinese consulate for...
Eleven Myanmar
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Myanmar citizens living in the United States of America will stage a protest in front of the Chinese consulate and the Myanmar embassy on April 19 demanding to terminate the Myistone dam project. The invitation letter for joining the protest says:...
Myanmar may face water shortage in this year: a meteorologist
Eleven Myanmar
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Weather will be hotter than usual in this year and Myanmar may face water shortage due to El Niño and late monsoon arrival, said meteorologist Chit Kyaw. “El Niño could bring some weather changes in this year and all meteorologists forecasted that...
Myanmar: Stop Recruitment, Use of Child Soldiers
Human Rights Watch
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June 20, 2025
(Bangkok) – The Myanmar military’s recruitment and use of child soldiers has surged since the 2021 coup, including a significant number recruited after the junta enacted a conscription law in February 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. On June...
The Indian Army leads global celebrations of the international day of Yoga in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Myanmar
Telengana Today
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June 20, 2025
Celebrating the 11th International Day of Yoga 2025, a worldwide movement promoting health, harmony, and holistic well-being Published Date - 20 June 2025, 01:34 PM New Delhi: The Indian Army, in collaboration with Indian diplomatic missions and...
Supporters of Myanmar's jailed leader strive to set world record to honor her 80th birthday
NBC News
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June 20, 2025
BANGKOK — Thousands of supporters of Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 80th birthday Thursday by attempting to set a world record for the most birthday greeting videos, while others took to the streets in...
India Army Champions Global Yoga Day Celebrations In Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Myanmar
MENAFN
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June 20, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Taking yoga to the global level, the Indian Army in collaboration with Indian diplomatic missions and cultural centres, is celebrating the 11th International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2025 with great fervour across...
Myanmar and ASEAN’s parallel diplomacy trap
The Interpreter
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June 20, 2025
More than four years after the coup in Myanmar, ASEAN’s struggle to address the crisis has not only exposed institutional deadlock but also catalysed a decentralisation of regional diplomacy. While the Five-Point Consensus remains the bloc’s...
Tarique urges govt to mount pressure on Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Friday called upon the interim government to intensify diplomatic efforts and mount pressure on Myanmar for the safe and dignified repatriation of the Rohingyas who took shelter in Bangladesh, fleeing...
Illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan should be deported: Tripura minister Animesh Debbarma
The Indian Express
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June 20, 2025
Tripura Forest Minister Animesh Debbarma said Thursday that the state should detect and deport illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Pakistan, and Rohingya persons, amidst the Centre’s directive to take action against them across the country.“If...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi marks 80th birthday in jail
The Peninsula
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June 20, 2025
File: National League for Democracy chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech during a voter education campaign in Hsiseng township in Shan State on September 5, 2015. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu / AFP) Yangon: Myanmar's deposed democratic leader...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jun 19, 2025 Evening
MoeMaKa
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June 19, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jun 19, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. Despite the Military Junta’s Slander, the People Continue to Respect and Love Daw Aung San Suu Kyi as the National Leader, Says CRPH June 19 The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw...