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Military Announces Start Date of Staggered General Elections
MoeMaKa
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August 19, 2025
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – August 18 Perspective Moemaka, August 19, 2025 Military Announces Start Date of Staggered General Elections The military regime has officially announced the date for the first phase of the staggered general elections,...
Myanmar repatriates 13 Vietnamese for illegal border entry
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 19, 2025
Myanmar officials repatriate 13 Vietnamese nationals, who entered Myanmar illegally, through the Myanmar–Thailand Friendship Bridge II. Myanmar authorities have repatriated 13 Vietnamese nationals who had entered the country illegally through...
Myanmar joins 80th Anniversary of Viet Nam Public Security Day
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 19, 2025
Union Minister Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung visits the Ho Chi Minh Museum during attending the 80th Anniversary of the Traditional Day of the Viet Nam People’s Public Security ceremony. The Myanmar delegation, led by Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen...
Myanmar take silver as Australia win Serenity Cup 1-0
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 19, 2025
The Myanmar women's football team proudly receives the silver medal after a hard-fought tournament, celebrating their strong performance and achievements on the field. PHOTOs: MFF Myanmar women’s national football team produced a brave performance...
MoI Union Minister receives Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Association Chair
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 19, 2025
Union Minister for Information U Maung Maung Ohn meets U Tin Win (Retired Ambassador), Chairman of the Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Association, in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. Union Minister for Information U Maung Maung Ohn met U Tin Win (Retired...
MoIP Union Minister meets Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Association Chair
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 19, 2025
Union Minister U Myint Kyaing and Chairman U Tin Win of the Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Association discuss efforts to assist and care for Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand, in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. Union Minister for Immigration and Population...
World : Top News Headlines Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Aug 20, 2025
Bernama
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August 20, 2025
CAMBODIA 1. MINISTRY TO PROTECT PATENTS, CONSUMER RIGHTS -- AGENCE KAMPUCHEA PRESSE The Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation is implementing measures to protect patent rights belonging to businesses, thereby protecting...
Old French Military Fort in Bokeo Province Recognized as Local Level National Heritage Site
The Laotian Times
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August 20, 2025
The old French military camp, formerly known as Fort Carnot, in Houayxay District, Bokeo Province, was officially inscribed as a local-level national heritage site on 19 August. To commemorate the occasion, provincial officials held a cultural...
Global aid pours into Myanmar as quake toll hits 3,778
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 19, 2025
As of 19 August, a total of 3,778 people died, 5,104 were injured, and 30 remain missing in six regions and states of Myanmar that were severely affected by the 28 March earthquake. Search and rescue teams from the Myanmar Fire Brigade, along with...
DRR under the leadership of local level: DRR under the leadership of local level: Home Minister Lekhak
Ratopati
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August 19, 2025
Kathmandu, Aug 19: Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has said that the disaster risk reduction is being carried out under the leadership of the local level governments in the country. Inaugurating the 'Nepal Humanitarian Conference' that began in...
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Myanmar shuts key trade crossing with Thailand as junta seeks to choke rebel funding before polls
Firstpost
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August 19, 2025
The crossing at the Myawaddy bridge, which carries more than $120m worth of goods between the neighbours each month according to Thai customs data, was sealed to trading vehicles Myanmar’s busiest border trade route with Thailand has been closed...
Explosion at Thai steel factory kills one Myanmar worker, injures another
Eleven Myanmar
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A fire and explosion at a steel smelting factory in Thailand resulted in the death of one Myanmar worker and injuries to another, according to reports. On August 12, around 3 a.m., an explosion occurred in a smelting furnace at T.S.B STEEL, a...
Myanmar Junta Kills at Least 25 Civilians in Karenni State’s ‘Deadliest Ever Airstrike’
The Irrawaddy
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August 18, 2025
At least 25 civilians including children were killed in a Myanmar regime airstrike on the resistance-controlled town of Mawchi in Hpasawng Township, Karenni (Kayah) State, on Sunday. The attack has been labeled the state’s deadliest ever...
Myanmar Junta Sets Elections for December 28 Despite Widespread Dissent
Tempo.co
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August 19, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Myanmar Junta has announced that it will hold the long-promised elections beginning on December 28, 2025. According to Al Jazeera report, the Union Election Commission declared on Monday, August 18, that the elections will...
Thai-Myanmar trade crossing shut for 2nd day
New Age Bangladesh
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Agence France-Presse . Yangon 20 August, 2025, 00:47 Myanmar and Thailand’s busiest trade crossing was closed for a second day on Tuesday after the military junta pledged to throttle black markets funding armed opposition groups ahead of a...
Pakistani envoy presents credentials to president
BDNews24
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Pakistan’s new High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider has presented his credentials to President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban. The Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka shared the development in media statement on Tuesday, describing the...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Aug 19, 2025 Evening
MoeMaKa
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August 19, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Aug 19, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. NUG Ministry of Human Rights Issues Detailed Statement on Airstrikes in Mawchi Area The Ministry of Human Rights of the National Unity Government (NUG) has issued a detailed statement...
Myanmar Military News Updates – Aug 19, 2025 Evening
MoeMaKa
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August 19, 2025
Myanmar Military News Updates – Aug 19, 2025 Evening 🚩🚩 1. Union Minister Dr. Zaw Wai Soe Expresses Words of Encouragement to People’s Revolution Fighters It has been reported that Dr. Zaw Wai Soe, Union Minister for Education and Health of the...
Myanmar to hold first phase of general election on Dec. 28
Gulf Today
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August 19, 2025
Myanmar’s junta said on Monday that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control, and international monitors slating the poll as a charade. Myanmar has been...
Earthquakes Will Get More Dangerous In The Future, New Study on Myanmar Quake Reveals
Asianet Newsable
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August 19, 2025
A deadly 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar is helping scientists rethink how faults behave. A Caltech study shows simple faults like Sagaing or San Andreas may cause larger, more complex quakes than previously believed, reshaping future risk models....