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Thailand faces severe transboundary pollution crisis from rare earth mining in Myanmar
The Nation Thailand
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June 24, 2025
Calls for immediate government action Pianporn criticised the Thai government for its slow and inadequate response, limited so far to issuing only a diplomatic note. She urged the government to escalate the matter through direct negotiations with...
The ‘German Connection’ in Myanmar’s Civil Wars
The Diplomat
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June 23, 2025
Myanmar’s civil war has been one of the most complex and enduring conflicts in the history of modern warfare. It is a tragic saga defined by ethnic strife, authoritarian rule, civil dissent, and relentless armed resistance against the control of...
BRI's contributions to global energy development, transformation highlighted
Global Times
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Trains of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway are parked at the Halim railway station in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 24, 2025. The railway is a flagship project under the China-Indonesia Belt and Road Initiative cooperation. Photo: VCG The Belt...
Philippines Officials Say Illegal Offshore Gambling Operators Are Moving to Pakistan
Casino Beats
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July 17, 2025
Written by Tim Alper Tim Alper Tim is a journalist, author, and columnist with two decades of experience writing for outlets like the BBC, the Guardian, and Chosun Ilbo. He is an expert on regulation, business, and industry and is fluent... Read...
Highlights from the ASEAN Energy Transition Meeting
Thailand Business News
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June 23, 2025
Exploring how the ASEAN region can pave its unique path to energy transition through strengthened regional collaboration, enhanced policy certainty, and innovative financing solutions. ASEAN is now the world’s fourth-largest energy consumer, with...
Airbus withdraws investments from Chinese company that sells fighter aircraft to Myanmar military
Myanmar Now
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June 23, 2025
European aviation giant Airbus has withdrawn its shareholdings in a Chinese military-owned company that supplies fighter aircraft and weapons to the Myanmar junta, according to reports. Airbus held a 5.03 percent share—worth US$140 million as of...
Aon reports $100b in global insured disaster losses for H1
Insurance Asia
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July 16, 2025
This figure marks the second-highest total for any first half of a year. Global insured losses from natural disasters reached at least $100b in the first half of 2025 (H1 2025), according to Aon’s preliminary estimates. This figure marks the...
Donald Trump’s tariffs list returns, Taco or not
The Irish Times
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Like a dog to a bone, Donald Trump always returns to tariffs. He is now proposing a modified list of them on a range of countries, including close allies and a number of desperately poor nations, to be imposed on August 1st. Will he chicken out,...
MMFA to open Agricultural Loan Training (Batch 1) on 25 July
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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June 21, 2025
June 22, 2025 Nyein Nyein 9 A group of farmers diligently planting paddy in a field. The Myanmar Microfinance Association (MMFA) will conduct Agricultural Loan Training Hybrid (Batch-1) from 9 am to 4 pm on 25-26 July. It will provide special...
Yangon Region's daily meat demand for over seven million people must be systematically calculated to balance production and prices:...
Eleven Myanmar
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The daily meat consumption needs of over seven million people in Yangon Region should be systematically calculated and only when production and consumption are balanced will there be reasonable prices, said the Chairman of the State Administration...
Siege warfare keeping Myanmar military in the fight
Asia Times
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June 23, 2025
For centuries, the small northern Myanmar city of Bhamo has owed its prosperity to its importance as a ferry terminus and commercial hub on a wide bend on the upper Ayeyarwady River close to the border with neighboring China. In recent months,...
Illegal consumer goods, timbers and unregistered vehicles seized
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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June 22, 2025
Under the supervision of the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee, efforts to combat the illicit trade are continued effectively by the law. On 18 and 20 June, the combined teams impounded industrial materials worth K9.31 million without...
Renewable energy drive powers solar factories
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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June 21, 2025
The Ministry of Electric Power and the Ministry of Industry need to cooperate in the development of solar panel production. Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by Council Joint...
World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore & Vietnam: June 23, 2025
Bernama
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June 23, 2025
INDONESIA 1.INDONESIA CONDEMNS CANADIAN WEBSITE FOR ADVERTISING ITS ISLANDS FOR SALE -- JAKARTA GLOBE The Indonesian government has strongly condemned a Canadian-based website for listing several islands within Indonesia’s territory for sale,...
Nawnghkio in northern Shan State retaken by regime; Crisis Group reports violence ‘likely’ if elections occur
Democratic Voice of Burma
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July 18, 2025
Nawnghkio in northern Shan State retaken by regime Residents of northern Shan State told DVB that regime troops recaptured six urban wards of Nawnghkio town from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) on Wednesday following a counteroffensive...
World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore & Vietnam: June 22, 2025
Bernama
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June 22, 2025
INDONESIA 1.JOKOWI NOT RUNNING FOR PSI CHAIRMANSHIP: KAESANG -- ANTARA Joko Widodo (Jokowi), the seventh president of Indonesia, has decided not to run for the chairmanship of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), according to his youngest son...
MTSH, China’s GCL SI ink MoU for Myanmar’s RE sector
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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June 21, 2025
This image captures the MTSH and China’s GCL SI Company after signing the MoU. Myanmar Thilawa SEZ Holdings Public Co Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Myanmar’s renewable energy sector with Chinese energy company GCL System...
Yangon hosts Myanmar Power & Machinery Expo 2025
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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June 21, 2025
The Myanmar Power and Machinery Expo 2025 is scheduled to take place at the Yangon Convention Centre in Mayangon Township, Yangon Region, from 27 to 29 June 2025, according to an event organizer. Alongside the main exhibition focusing on the power...
The ‘politically motivated’ mantra of Myanmar’s military junta
Democratic Voice of Burma
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June 21, 2025
Guest contributor James Shwe After the International Labor Organization (ILO) invoked Article 33 against Myanmar’s military junta—a move so rare it’s practically a collector’s item—the generals in Naypyidaw reached for their well-worn script:...
Geopolitics Weekly (US Iran Strike, Russia-Myanmar Deal, Thai Politics)
Geopolitical Monitor
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June 22, 2025
Geopolitics Weekly contextualizes emerging geopolitical trends around the world, distilling the cacophony of global events into one easy reader. It lands in the inbox of Geopolitical Monitor subscribers every week. US B-2 Bombers Strike Iran...