Two Youths Injured, 200 Villagers Flee Homes Amid Clashes in Myanmar’s Northern Rakhine State
Fresh skirmishes between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army in violence-scarred northern Rakhine state have left two youths injured and forced about 200 villagers to flee their homes in Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships, local residents said Wednesda…
Cambodian Activist Arrested For Facebook Post on Rice Tariffs
Cambodia’s Ministry of the Interior on Wednesday arrested a member of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party after he posted a Facebook message saying the European Union plans to impose a tariff on Cambodian rice, sources in the country said.Kong Ma…
FIRST INTERNATIONAL GEMS, JEWELLERY FAIR OPENS IN MYANMAR’S MANDALAY
YANGON, Myanmar, An international gems and jewellery fair, has opened in Myanmar’s second largest city of Mandalay, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported, today (Wednesday).The international gems and jewellery fair-2019, which began on Tue…
Myanmar Military Frees 13 Villagers Caught in Rakhine Conflict
Myanmar’s military on Monday freed all but two of 15 villagers suspected of contact with rebel forces, whom it had detained in Buthidaung township amid fighting between government soldiers and insurgent Arakan Army troops in restive northern Rakhine st…
China’s Belt And Road Initiative Faces Obstacles in 2019
China is confronting multiple setbacks, flaws, and failures in President Xi Jinping’s ambitious overseas infrastructure project�the Belt and Road Initiative.Experts note that more than five years after its launch, three of the six economic corridors pl…
China Pushes LNG Imports to the Limit
China is importing record volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet its air quality targets and may have no alternative for the next several years, experts say.In November, China’s LNG imports soared 48.5 percent from a year earlier to 5.99 millio…
MYANMAR OPENS TWO VISA APPLICATION CENTRES IN YUNNAN
KUNMING, China, Two Burmese visa application centres were opened in the cities of Mangshi and Ruili in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, which borders Myanmar.Authorised by the Consulate General of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Kunming, the …