YANGON: Floods in Myanmar sparked by Typhoon Yagi have displaced more than 235,000 people and killed at least 33, the junta said on Friday (Sep 13). “There are 236,649 people from 59,413 households who were displaced because of typhoon floods … There were 33 deaths and one person injured around the country,” junta spokesman Zaw … Read more
Last week Bangladesh authorities said around 8,000 more Rohingya had fled into Bangladesh amid fighting between the military and the AA. Spoljaric and Min Aung Hlaing “exchanged views on the undertakings of the ICRC to provide humanitarian aid in Myanmar, the need to cooperate with relevant ministries”, the state-run The Global New Light of Myanmar … Read more
Nine months after Club Rangoon closed its doors in Hong Kong, it has returned – albeit in a different city. The contemporary Burmese restaurant opened in Singapore’s trendy Duxton area in August, marking Hong Kong-based hospitality group Common Abode’s expansion into Southeast Asia. The relocation feels more like a homecoming, however, to the group’s co-founder … Read more
A town on Middle Andaman island, Mayabunder was where the first Karen people on the islands set up their homes. The Karen are an ethnic group originally from Myanmar that were brought to India during British rule for their forest know-how and relative immunity from malaria, the Andaman rainforest being similar to those back home. … Read more
CLASHES Clashes between the military and ethnic armed groups in Shan state continued on Wednesday. Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) fighters were battling junta troops in the Shan state towns of Hsipaw and Naungcho, its Major-General Tar Bhone Kyaw told AFP. AFP has contacted the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), another group fighting in … Read more
Equating Burmese identity with 20 VPN applications is, of course, said in jest, but the real-world number is still high. Digital rights activists estimate that Myanmar citizens have an average of 5 VPN applications installed on their phones. CRACKDOWN ON VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS Between late May and early June this year, experts and cyber analysts … Read more
The junta had been unable to hold fresh polls as planned following an initial two-year state of emergency “due to the terrorist acts” by its opponents, broadcaster MRTV reported. All the members of the junta-stacked National Defence and Security Council “unanimously decided to extend the period of the state of emergency for another six months”, … Read more
New Delhi: India has given a new momentum to its Act East Policy under Modi 3.0 with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visiting Laos for East Asia & Asean meetings and NSA Ajit Doval attending the Bimstec NSA meet in Myanmar and visiting Vietnam simultaneously this week.These visits took place ahead of the Vietnamese PM’s … Read more
On Wednesday, government and banking officials had discussed “transactions that may be linked to the purchase of weapons and military supplies and the Myanmar government”, Thai foreign affairs spokesman Nikorndej Balankura said in a statement. The Bank of Thailand and the anti-money laundering office “will jointly establish a Task Force to investigate these transactions”, he … Read more
Aside from the promise of worldwide excursions, the 12-deck ship has four restaurants, a fitness centre, a spa, two swimming pools, a theatre, a golf simulator and the only regulation-size tennis court in the world aboard a ship. Among the facilities on board The World are two swimming pools (the main pool is pictured above), … Read more
