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Politics5d agoMyanmar’s will to fight money laundering questioned as tougher curbs loomMyanmar’s military-backed government may find its reluctance to address the international community’s concerns a greater obstacle to economic recovery than the threat of tougher international financial restrictions, according to analysts. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money-laundering and terrorist-financing watchdog, warned on October 30 that it could consider further measures against Myanmar if it failed to remedy shortcomings in its financial safeguards by...South China Morning Post
Military6d agoIndia , Myanmar participate in Exercise Rahat Mitra in ChennaiIndia and Myanmar are participating in Exercise Rahat Mitra, a joint military drill held in Chennai.news.webindia123.com · India
Military6d agoIndia , Myanmar participate in Exercise Rahat Mitra in ChennaiIndia and Myanmar are participating in Exercise Rahat Mitra, a joint military drill held in Chennai.bignewsnetwork.com · United States
ConflictNov 5Myanmar: Civilians under fire from military juntaFrance 24 [en]
BusinessNov 4ULA/AA Signs Accord With Mizoram Transport Body to Formalize India-Myanmar Border TradeA newly signed agreement between the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) and a commercial transport association in Mizoram, India, aims to establish structured, predictable border trade between Myanmar's Rakhine State and northeastern India, according to local traders and observers. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on October 29 between ULA/AA representatives and the Siaha District branch of the Mizoram Commercial Vehicle Owners’ Association (MCVOA) in Siaha, Mizoram.bnionline_net · myanmar
PoliticsNov 1Myanmar Remains on FATF Blacklist Due to Money Laundering ConcernsThe group's announcement came after a report which said that Japanese officials had lobbied for the country's removal from its list of "high-risk jurisdictions."The Diplomat
WorldOct 31ED arrests four more accused, including Myanmar national, in cross-border drug networkChintuang was a Myanmar-based supplier of the 49.1 kg methamphetamine consignment seized in August 2025, while Lalrammuana was the main handler and Jabrul Haque its intended receiver at Damchhera-Kanhmun border; Abu Saleh was allegedly the operator whose account received ₹11.44 croreThe Hindu
ConflictOct 29Myanmar’s illicit economy fuels escalating violence, with civilians bearing the bruntUN News
PoliticsOct 29Myanmar official breaks down at UN as he urges world to ‘end our suffering’ under juntaMyanmar’s representative to the United Nations made an emotional appeal for the international community to end its silence over the country’s suffering on Wednesday (28 October).The Independent World
WorldOct 27Myanmar: spectacular lantern festival lights up ancient temples in BaganHundreds of glowing lanterns floated into the night sky above Bagan's ancient pagodas. Thousands gathered to celebrate Thadingyut, Myanmar's Festival of Lights marking the end of Buddhist Lent.Africanews [en]
PoliticsOct 27Myanmar: Is the US undermining the EU's diplomatic blockade?With the US reopening talks with Myanmar's military-backed government, and several Southeast Asian countries restarting diplomatic contacts, the EU is facing uncomfortable questions about its own boycott of the junta.DW News [en]
ConflictOct 27Arakan Army Firms Up Relocation Plan For Villages on Bangladesh-Myanmar BorderUnder pressure from ARSA and the Myanmar military, the AA is looking to simply move vulnerable villagers to new locations.The Diplomat
ConflictOct 27Myanmar refugee in Denmark demands justice over junta war crimesA Myanmar citizen living in Denmark on Monday filed a complaint with Danish authorities against the country’s ruling military junta for alleged war crimes committed against minorities. The complainant, Ngun Siang Dim, who is from the Chin minority, claims she saw 40 houses burn down in her village in Chin State, in western Myanmar, and that several members of her family and friends were killed or left permanently disabled by landmines laid by the junta. The military junta “has done so many...South China Morning Post
PoliticsOct 23Rare Suu Kyi phone call to son signals shift in Myanmar junta strategyThe son of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi said she sounded “fairly healthy” after speaking to the detained ex-democratic leader on Thursday for the first time in more than five years. Suu Kyi, 81, is under house arrest in the capital, Naypyidaw, according to Myanmar authorities, where she has been sequestered since being unseated in a 2021 military coup. “She was sounding fairly healthy,” Kim Aris, who lives in the UK, said after the telephone conversation. It was the first time he had spoken to his...South China Morning Post
PoliticsOct 20Rare photos of Myanmar ex - leader Aung San Suu Kyi show her receiving books sent by King CharlesRare photographs have emerged showing Myanmar's former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, receiving books sent by King Charles.leadertelegram.com · United States
PoliticsOct 19Detained Suu Kyi receives royal package from UK’s King Charles: Myanmar governmentMyanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi received a package from Britain’s King Charles on Monday, authorities said, releasing the first pictures of the detained Nobel laureate in two months and describing her as a “special female prisoner”. It is the first time Myanmar authorities have used the term to describe Suu Kyi, who was deposed in a military coup in 2021, triggering a civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people, according to monitor ACLED. The coup leader and former junta chief Min Aung Hlaing...South China Morning Post
ConflictOct 17Myanmar rebel fighter says military airstrike kills 11 civiliansfreemalaysiatoday.com · Malaysia
PoliticsOct 12KIO Pledges to Stand With Public Against Myanmar Junta's Revival of Myitsone Dam ProjectMYITKYINA, Myanmar — The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has reaffirmed its opposition to the controversial Myitsone hydropower project, declaring it will stand strictly with the public against any development lacking local consent.bnionline_net · myanmar
PoliticsOct 12Myanmar reassigns five Deputy Ministers and one Civil Service Board member reassigned; five new Deputy Ministers appointedYANGON: The Office of the President issued orders on October 10 announcing the reassignment of five deputy ministers to different departments, the transfer of one Union Civil Service Board member to another position, and the appointment of five new deputy ministers.thestar_my · malaysia
PoliticsOct 12US Drops Sanctions on Daughter of Prominent Myanmar Businessman Thein Win ZawIs Theint Win Htet's removal from the Treasury Department's blacklist a sign of a looming rapprochement between Washington and Naypyidaw?thediplomat · japan
ConflictOct 12How shadow banking feeds Myanmar while starving its militaryOn a recent Friday night in a Bangkok dive bar, a group of young Myanmar exiles sang softly along to a mournful ballad played on an acoustic guitar. None among the crowd had any plans to leave, either for their homeland or home for bed. They fled war, a broken economy and forced conscription into a military that seized power in the 2021 coup. While their future in Thailand is uncertain, their ties to home are kept alive by the hard currency they send back each month to parents and siblings left...South China Morning Post
ConflictOct 11Myanmar Junta Enforces Brutal Conscription, Fueling Corruption and Abduction Crisisheadtopics · united states of america
PoliticsOct 9Myanmar’s Leaders Tried to Erase My Rohingya Identity 11 Years AgoThe repression of Rohingya identity is connected to Myanmar’s broader failure to establish an inclusive political order. It's time for ASEAN to realize that.The Diplomat
BusinessOct 9Elephant Foot Yam Prices Plunge by Nearly Half in Southern Myanmar Amid Market ShiftOctober 9, 2026 Elephant foot yam prices in southern Myanmar have plummeted by nearly half compared to last year, driven by ongoing conflict, transport disruptions, and a sharp drop in foreign buyers that has left Chinese firms dominating the market, local growers and traders reported.bnionline_net · myanmar
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