Philippines’ Duterte to visit Myanmar, Thailand next week
Global Times/XinhuaCategory: NewsRegionalFilipino President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the Philippine Councilors' League convention in Pasay City, south of Manila, Philippines, 08 March 2017. Photo:...
View ArticleIndonesian people-smuggling kingpin jailed for six years
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalAbraham Louhenapessy (L), commonly known as "Captain Bram", looks on during his trial on Rote island, eastern Indonesia on March 16, 2017. Photo: Joy Christian/AFP An...
View ArticleChina vows to respect Myanmar’s sovereignty
Global TimesCategory: NewsDomesticRegionalThe headquarters of the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) in Shanghai. Photo: AFPThe Chinese foreign ministry on Wednesday vowed to respect Myanmar's national...
View ArticleThai Government to ask 70,000 refugees to go home
Bangkok PostCategory: NewsRegionalMae La refugee camp on the Thai border with Myanmar, in Tak province, north-western Thailand. Photo: MizzimaThailand will ask nearly 70,000 refugees displaced by...
View ArticleManila could share maritime resources with China: Duterte
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalA vendor stands behind a map of China including an insert with red dotted lines showing China's claimed territory in the South China Sea, in Beijing. Photo: Greg...
View ArticleChina’s synthetic drugs problem expanding: government
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalMethamphetamine tablets. Photo: EPAChina’s drug problem is severe and growing, the government said Monday, with particularly sharp rises in the abuse and production of...
View ArticleChina holds military drills near restive Myanmar border
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalA picture made available on 20 January 2017 shows China's People's Liberation Army soldiers practice boarding a transport plane while participating in parachuting training in...
View ArticleIndia to supply lightweight torpedoes to Myanmar
MizzimaCategory: NewsDomesticRegionalMyanmar navy ships are seen near Haigyi island, Nga Pu Taw Township, Irrawaddy Division. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFPIndia has agreed to supply lightweight torpedoes to...
View ArticleDuterte offers authoritarianism as Philippine panacea
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalPhilippine police in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) walks up makeshift steps after crossing a cemetery during a raid at the boundary of...
View ArticleIndia mulls deporting up to 10,000 Rohingyas
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalRohingya refugee woman returning home after washing her clothes in a makeshift settlement in Madanpur Khadar in New Delhi, India. Photo: Rajat Gupta/EPAThe Indian...
View ArticleEconomic ties, border issues on agenda in Beijing for President Htin Kyaw
Global TimesCategory: NewsRegionalMyanmar President U Htin Kyaw arrives at Shuang Liu airport in China on 7 April 2017. Photo: Myanmar President's OfficeEconomic cooperation and border management will...
View ArticleChina, Myanmar stress win-win cooperation to advance relations
Global Times/XinhuaCategory: NewsRegionalChinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Myanmar's President U Htin Kyaw walk past the People's Liberation Army honor guards during a welcome ceremony at the Great...
View ArticleRohingya woman shot dead along Bangladesh border: police
AFPCategory: NewsDomesticRegional(File) Bangladesh border guards (L) push back Rohingya Muslims as they try to cross the Naf river into Bangladesh in Teknaf on June 11, 2012. Photo: AFPBangladesh...
View ArticleFundraising event held in Malaysia to support Myanmar women refugees
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalPhoto: Unsung heroines/FacebookA four-day fundraising event called Unsung Heroines is being held to support displaced Myanmar women refugees in Malaysia, the Star reported...
View ArticleSeeking status
Bangkok PostCategory: NewsRegionalMigrant fishermen from Myanmar on Thai fishing boats sort fish by size at the port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand. Photo: EPAThailand has long seen a great influx...
View ArticleSeven hurt in twin blasts in southern Philippines
AFPCategory: NewsRegional(File) A Philippine police investigator looks around a billiard hall near a public market where a homemade bomb exploded in Tacurong City of Sultan Kudarat province, 975...
View ArticleU Shwe Mann meets with China’s top Chinese legislator
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalChairman of the Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission of Myanmar's Parliament U Shwe Mann.Top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang met with Chairman of the...
View ArticleSoutheast Asia’s leaders steer away from democracy: activists
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalFilipino anti-riot police block protestors marching toward the vicinity of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit venue in Manila, Philippines, 28 April...
View ArticleChina set for win at Southeast Asian summit
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalThai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha (C) delivers a speech during the Prosperity For All Summit 2017 on the sidelines of the ongoing Association of South East Asian Nations...
View ArticleSri Lanka rescues 30 Rohingya aboard Indian boat
AFPCategory: NewsDomesticRegionalIn this photograph taken on September 7, 2016, minority Muslim Rohingya men gather during a meeting with former UN secretary general Kofi Annan at the Thet Kal Pyin...
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