India–Myanmar Civilisational Connect: Significance of President U Min Aung Hlaing’s visit to India

Indian civilisational influence has shaped Myanmar’s social and cultural landscape since antiquity through extensive networks of trade, religious exchange, and cultural interaction. Buddhism, transmitted from India and traditionally associated with the …

Myanmar rights group urges FIFA to drop Mytel’s World Cup rights over connections to military

A Myanmar rights group is urging FIFA to reverse its decision to grant exclusive World Cup broadcast rights to a U.S.-sanctioned company linked to the country’s military that seized power of the five years ago. The group, Justice For Myanmar, told The …

First UN Paris Agreement “High-Integrity” Carbon Credits Linked To Myanmar Junta, New Report Finds

BONN 11 June, 2026—The first carbon credits issued under the Paris Agreement's flagship international carbon market mechanism are linked to a project implemented through institutions controlled by Myanmar's military junta, according to a new report …

Myanmar President travels to China after India visit

Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing will visit Beijing next week for talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to strengthen strategic ties between the two countries. Min visited India from May 30 to June 3, his first visit abroad after being elected …

More Myanmar migrant workers go home due to virus fears

Due to the spread of the deadly coronavirus in Wuhan, China, there are low inflows and outflows of people at Muse border gate on Myanmar-China. Around 10,000 people continue to return to Myanmar a day. U Thaung Tun from Muse Gayunar Social Organization …

Feature: Voluntary blood donors in Myanmar's Yangon help save lives ahead of World Blood Donor Day

YANGON, June 13 (Xinhua) -- To mark World Blood Donor Day, which falls on Sunday, a blood donation event was held on Saturday at the University of Nursing, Myanmar's Yangon, bringing together more than 200 participants. Among the participants was Kyaw …

Laos and Myanmar Discuss Expanding Cooperation Across Key Sectors

Myanmar hilsa on your plate—Bangladesh loses flavour as tides shift

In comparison, India and Myanmar saw bilateral trade of ₹17,303.55 crore in FY26, with a ₹2,980.15-crore trade gap in favour of Myanmar. Major Indian exports include pharmaceuticals, steel products, machinery, electrical equipment and cotton. Key imports …

Factories in Myanmar struggle to cope with import controls

Myanmar Crisis Some plants halt operations as intake of fuel, other essential goods take priority The flags of Myanmar and Japan fly above the sign for the Thilawa Special Economic Zone in Myanmar. (Photo by Sadachika Watanabe) SADACHIKA WATANABE YANGON -- …

Myanmar’s junta says everything’s back to normal. Yangon clubbers don’t believe it’s true

In a blaring nightclub in wartime Myanmar, partied-out revellers doze until dawn by the dance floor, wary of journeying home despite the end of a post-coup curfew. Lasers streak the smoke-filled air and music is cranked up to 150 decibels, according to one …