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YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) - Myanmar recorded its hottest ever April temperature of 48.2 degrees Celsius (118.76 Fahrenheit), authorities said Monday, as the Southeast Asian nation bakes in a heatwave.
The mercury hit 48.2C in the town of Chauk in central Myanmar's Magway region on Sunday, according to a statement from the country's weather office,…
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YANGON: The Myanmar junta’s home minister has left for China for security talks with Beijing’s minister for public security, state media said Thursday.
Lieutenant-General Yar Pyae left for China on Wednesday for a “working visit to discuss law enforcement and security cooperation from 24 to 29 April” at the invitation of Wang Xiaohong, according…
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YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) - Myanmar's junta has moved jailed democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest, a source told AFP on Wednesday.
The 78-year-old Nobel laureate is serving a 27-year sentence for a host of criminal convictions ranging from corruption to breaching Covid-19 rules. Suu Kyi has largely been hidden from…
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NEW DELHI:
India plans to spend nearly $3.7 billion to fence its 1,610-km (1,000-mile) porous border with Myanmar within about a decade, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, to prevent smuggling and other illegal activities.
New Delhi said earlier this year it would fence the border and end a decades-old visa-free movement…
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YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) - Myanmar may not be able to hold its next election nationwide, the country's junta chief admitted in comments published Monday, as the military struggles to contain escalating violence against its rule.
The military has made numerous pledges to hold elections since it seized power in February 2021, but has repeatedly…
" YANGON: The lakeside mansion where Myanmar’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent years under house arrest went under auction on Wednesday with a minimum price of $150 million — but attracted no bids, officials said.
The two-storey house and 1.9 acres of land was put up for sale following a decades-long dispute over…
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NEW DELHI: India has deported the first group of Myanmar refugees who entered the country while fleeing a military coup in 2021, the top minister of a border state said on Friday, weeks after India ended a visa-free border policy with Myanmar.
There were…
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NEW DELHI:
India will continue to deport Myanmar nationals who crossed into the country fleeing the ongoing ethnic conflict in Myanmar, according to officials on Saturday.
On Friday, the first batch of Myanmar nationals who had entered India “illegally” were deported, Biren Singh, the chief minister of Manipur state, said.
“The number is huge, so…