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Rock Night Show set for 6 Sept in Nay Pyi Taw
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 26, 2025
Rock singer Myo Gyi, Y Wyne, and Cornie will perform in the Rock Night Show music entertainment event at Excellent Bar & Restaurant in Zambuthiri Township, Nay Pyi Taw, according to singer Cornie. During the performance, the Iron Cross Band will...
Myanmar, India sign agreement authorizing employment for diplomatic families
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 26, 2025
August 27, 2025 Myanmar News Agency 35 The signing ceremony of the Agreement for Authorizing the Dependents of Members of a Diplomatic Mission or Consular Post to Engage in Gainful Employment between the Government of the Republic of the Union of...
Myanmar hosts 12th AMMSWD, related meetings online
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 26, 2025
August 27, 2025 Myanmar News Agency 20 The 12th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welface and Development and related meetings underway online, addressed by Union Minister Dr Soe Win. The 12th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welfare and...
Myanmar coffee to go global via JCI Japan
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 26, 2025
The Omiyage Project facilitates the international promotion of Myanmar coffee. The Junior Chamber International (JCI) Myanmar and JCI Aichi Block Japan are collaborating to bring Myanmar coffee to international markets. Under the Omiyage Project,...
Myanmar-China Media Meeting: Strengthening ties on historic anniversaries
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 26, 2025
The 2025 Third Quarter Myanmar-China Media Meeting in progress yesterday in Yangon. The 2025 Third Quarter Myanmar-China Media Meeting was held on the morning of 26 August at the Wyndham Grand Hotel in Mingala Taungnyunt Township, Yangon Region....
Myanmar seafarers, illegally sent to fishing boats, repatriated
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 26, 2025
An explanation ceremony for seafarers illegally employed on fishing vessels, held at the Myanmar Seafarers Federation office. A ceremony to explain the repatriation of Myanmar seafarers illegally sent to fishing boats was held yesterday afternoon...
Myanmar National Futsal Team set for Invitational Tournament in China
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 26, 2025
The Myanmar national futsal team is seen during a training session. PHOTO: MFF The Myanmar national futsal team will participate in the China Invitational Futsal Tournament, held from 5 to 11 September. The team is preparing ahead of the 2026 AFC...
Myanmar artist shares works of resistance
Bangkok Post
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August 26, 2025
Art viewers are invited to explore trauma and the power of inscription during "Ek Kha Ya", which is running at West Eden Gallery, until Oct 12. This is a solo exhibition by Htein Lin, a Myanmar painter, performance artist and writer who, after...
Myanmar: Situation Update with Paul Greening
The Diplomat
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August 26, 2025
The junta in war-torn Myanmar has called elections with voting expected to begin on December 28 and continue well into January, which military chief Min Aung Hlaing hopes will legitimize his rule that began with a coup in early 2021. That coup...
Myint Swe, acting president of Myanmar
The Times
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On being appointed acting president of Myanmar in 2021, Myint Swe did little to dispel well-founded fears that he was a puppet head of state inadequately papering over the reality of military dictatorship. The party of the Nobel prizewinning...
Take solid steps for sustainable Rohingya repatriation: OIC to Myanmar
United News of Bangladesh
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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Tuesday called upon the international community to sustain its support for vital humanitarian assistance for the Rohingyas. It also urged Myanmar to take concrete steps towards ensuring the safe,...
MoFA Union Minister addresses future Myanmar embassy, consulate staff
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 26, 2025
August 27, 2025 Myanmar News Agency 39 Union Foreign Affairs Minister U Than Swe delivers the speech during the meeting with the personnel who will serve duties at Myanmar’s foreign missions. Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe delivered...
German shoemaker provides special shoes for Myanmar’s volleyball player
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 26, 2025
Photo: GEY Ko Kaung Nyunt Wai, a Myanmar national who stands seven feet and one inch tall (over two metres), received a specially made pair of shoes from German shoemaker Georg Wessels in the third week of August. Ko Kaung Nyunt, a volleyball...
ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop of Hakha: In Chin State, a church has been destroyed, “but the faith remains strong”
Fides
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August 26, 2025
Diocese of Hakha Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - "They destroyed the walls of the church, but not the faith. Our faith remains strong, the people of God in Falam continue to believe and hope. The faithful will rebuild the Church of Christ the King,...
Enam termasuk warga Myanmar didakwa miliki 11,883 kg minyak masak tanpa lesen
The Sun Daily
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August 26, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: Enam individu termasuk lima warga Myanmar menghadapi pertuduhan memiliki 11,883 kilogram minyak masak tanpa lesen di Mahkamah Selayang hari ini. Tertuduh terdiri daripada Wong Shu Chi dan lima lelaki warganegara Myanmar bernama Aye...
Thai Cabinet Approves Work Permits for Myanmar Refugees
Khaosod English
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August 26, 2025
BANGKOK — The Cabinet meeting on August 26 approved guidelines for managing the employment of foreigners residing in temporary shelter areas for refugees fleeing conflict from Myanmar, aimed at addressing labor shortages and driving the country’s...
Myanmar junta air strike kills 12 in Rakhine state
New Age Bangladesh
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Agence France-Presse . Mrauk U, Myanmar 27 August, 2025, 00:34 A Myanmar junta air strike on a rebel-held town in the country’s hunger-ravaged west killed at least 12 people, witnesses of the overnight bombing said on Tuesday. Rakhine state has...
Symposium in Myanmar marks 80th anniversary of China's victory over Japanese aggression
Xinhua News Agency
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YANGON, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- A symposium was held here on Tuesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Speaking at the event,...
Meeting on FMR, Myanmar border fencing inconclusive
The Hindu
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August 26, 2025
A file image of India-Myanmar border | Photo Credit: The Hindu A meeting between a Manipur Naga delegation and Central government officials on the India-Myanmar border fencing and the Free Movement Regime (FMR) ended inconclusively in New Delhi on...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Aug 26, 2025 Evening
MoeMaKa
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August 26, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Aug 26, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. KNU declares total rejection of sham elections designed to serve the military August 26 The Karen National Union (KNU) Central Committee announced today, August 26, that it completely...