Myanmar Junta PM Courts Political Backing, Investment During China Visit

One week after coup leader Min Aung Hlaing’s visit to China, Myanmar’s junta-appointed Prime Minister Nyo Saw is visiting Nanning for the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo, and Business and Investment Summit. During the trip he has focused on boosting trade...

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Sep 17, 2025 Evening

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Sep 17, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. Acting President Duwa Lashi La: It is evident that this is not a revolution that is wandering without principles or direction September 17 At the Mandalay Region Hluttaw Special Meeting...

Myanmar Military News Updates – Sep 17, 2025 Evening

Myanmar Military News Updates – Sep 17, 2025 Evening 🚩🚩 1. Worldwide United Arakan Network Condemns the Terrorist Military for Bombing and Killing Students in Arakan September 17 The Worldwide United Arakan Network (WUAN) has strongly condemned...

Myanmar’s Acting President praises India’s understanding and support, sends birthday wishes to Prime Minister...

Myanmar’s Acting President Senior General Min Aung Hlaing sent birthday greetings today (September 17) to Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on the occasion of his 75th birthday. In his message, Min Aung Hlaing wished the Indian leader good...

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Sep 17, 2025 Morning

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Sep 17, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. Meeting Between the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and Sagaing Federal Unit Parliamentarians September 16 Radio NUG It is reported that on September 16, 2025, at 7:30 a.m., the...

China's Monopoly of Myanmar's Rare Earth

BANGKOK, Thailand -- President Donald Trump is miffed that the U.S. is aced-out by China in processing rare earths which are especially prized for making strategic-use magnets. Those magnets are critical to create high-tech weaponry and equipment...

World : Monsoon Tree Planting Tradition Restores Myanmar Forest Landscape 

By Vijian Paramasivam PHNOM PENH, Sept 17 (Bernama) -- In Myanmar, where political and ethnic divides run deep, the people collectively cherish one common aspiration – to protect their forests at any cost. Both past and present governments have...

The Hidden Nagas of Myanmar’s Hills

WE ALL HAVE some degree of knowledge about the Nagas of India, yet we remain largely unaware of the Nagas living in Myanmar. These communities inhabit the present Sagaing Division of Myanmar, along the borders of Indian states such as Manipur,...

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Sep 16, 2025 Evening

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Sep 16, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. The National Unity Government urges reduced use of ozone-depleting substances and collaboration in ozone layer protection The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation...

Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore & Vietnam: Sept 17, 2025

INDONESIA 1. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES SERGEANT, CORPORAL TIED TO KILLING OF STATE BANK OFFICIAL -- JAKARTA GLOBE Two Indonesian army soldiers have been implicated in the fatal abduction of a state bank manager, alongside 13 civilian suspects, the...

World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore & Vietnam: Sept 17, 2025

INDONESIA 1. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES SERGEANT, CORPORAL TIED TO KILLING OF STATE BANK OFFICIAL -- JAKARTA GLOBE Two Indonesian army soldiers have been implicated in the fatal abduction of a state bank manager, alongside 13 civilian suspects, the...

Regime plans to retake four towns in Rakhine State; Military crony to helm rebranded Ooredoo Myanmar telco

Regime plans to retake four towns in Rakhine State Sources in Arakan State told DVB that the regime is planning to launch a counteroffensive to retake Ann, Taungup, Thandwe and Gwa townships from the Arakan Army (AA) ahead of the general elections...

Myanmar Citizens Fear More Harassment, Violence as Election Nears

Fear and distrust are spreading in Myamar as the junta’s election looms amid signs that it will mean yet more harassment, surveillance, and oppression of ordinary citizens. The junta has announced that it will hold phased elections on Dec. 28 and...

Satellite data show burst of deforestation in Myanmar rare earth mining hotspots

The largely unregulated mining of rare earth minerals in Myanmar’s Kachin state is taking a heavy toll on forests, rivers and human health, according to sources and satellite imagery collected by Mongabay. From 2018 to 2024, townships where the...

World First Aid Day 2025 held in Nay Pyi Taw

September 14, 2025 Myanmar News Agency 11 Union Minister Dr Thet Khaing Win observes the demonstration of the using Roam Water Filter at the World First Aid Day 2025 commemoration ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. The World First Aid Day 2025...

Early Nephropathy Screening as a Health Seeking Behavior Among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Phenomenological Study in Southwestern Uganda

Introduction Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) poses a significant and escalating public health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).1,2 As of 2021, approximately 589 million adults aged between 20 to 79 years were...

Frontline lifelines: Putting grassroots first in global health aid

In a jungle hut on the Thailand-Myanmar border, a rice cooker hissed in the corner – not to make rice, but to sterilize surgical instruments. There was no electricity or medical equipment. Only the hum of a generator, the sharp scent of iodine,...

Myawaddy Foundation provides free healthcare and oxygen support

The Myawaddy Foundation has been running a free clinic in Ward No. 6, Myawaddy, near the Thai-Myanmar border, where hundreds of patients receive treatment every Sunday. The clinic, established in early 2025, mainly serves poor families, displaced...

This Treatable Disease Could Kill 2 Million People Over the Next 5 Years

Getty Images Stock image of a woman coughing.NEED TO KNOW Tuberculosis cases could surge in the coming years, with more than 2 million dying from the disease, a new study says The research, published in the journal Plos, modeled the outcome of the...

Australian politicians to see aid in action amid health challenges and economic and climate pressures in Laos

A group of Australian parliamentarians has arrived in Laos to see first-hand how Australian-funded programs are helping communities adapt to health and development challenges. Hon Kate Thwaites MP, Andrew Wallace MP, Dai Le MP, Jodie Belyea MP and...