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Myanmar leader shops for support, weapons in Moscow
Myanmar generals invest in Russia relationship as much of the world gives them the cold shoulder.
With both regimes increasingly isolated on the world stage, Myanmar’s top general has been in Moscow to meet senior officials from Russia’s…
UK’s Top Diplomat in Myanmar Says Ordered to Leave by Junta
The Myanmar regime has increased its diplomatic isolation from the West by expelling a British envoy to the country, with the chargé d’affaires ad interim at the British Embassy in Yangon, Pete Vowles, being “forced to leave the country.”…
Myanmar and Russia ink pact on nuclear energy cooperation
Myanmar's military government and Rosatom State Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding on nuclear energy cooperation during junta chief Min Aung Hlaing's private visit to Russia.
The military chief met with Alexey Likhachev,…
Myanmar junta chief visits Moscow
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing visited Moscow Tuesday, Russian media reported, as the US vowed to put pressure on his military regime over a 2021 coup.
Russia’s embassy in Myanmar told the Interfax news agency that Hlaing was in…
Top diplomat meets Myanmar peace-negotiation committee chief
Cambodian foreign minister Prak Sokhonn has shared insight into the Kingdom’s Win-Win Policy, coined by Prime Minister Hun Sen, with the chief of the Myanmar peace-negotiation committee in an effort to help the bloc’s westernmost country…
Aung San Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement in prison, says Myanmar junta spokesman
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a junta spokesman said on Thursday (Jun 23).
"In accordance with criminal laws…
Myanmar bans car imports to shore up foreign exchange reserves
Myanmar has banned car imports in an effort to shore up dwindling foreign currency reserves that have been under pressure due to soaring energy and food costs and weakness in the kyat.
Major General Zaw Min Tun, lead spokesman for the…
Myanmar food security crisis: FAO provides emergency assistance to vulnerable farmers
Myanmar is facing a rapidly growing food security crisis where 13.2 million people are already food insecure. Ongoing violence, economic crisis, recurrent climate-induced shocks, population displacement and COVID-19, among other factors,…
Resistance forces intercept junta convoy, seize military trucks in Karenni State
A resistance alliance seized two military trucks and multiple weapons from a junta convoy that they ambushed in Karenni (Kayah) State’s Hpruso Township over a period of three days last week, the groups reported.
The Karenni Nationalities…
Junta-appointed administrators in Magway defect to resistance
More than 30 local administrators in Magway Region’s Pauk Township have informed resistance forces in the area that they will no longer cooperate with the regime that appointed them.
The administrators, from two villages located some…