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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi held a consular telephone conversation with her son, Kim Aris @ Ko Htein Lin, through the Myanmar Embassy in London on October 22, from 2:30 pm to 2:50
Repair and protection work is continuing at Ma Mya Dam in Myanaung Township of Ayeyawady Region, following a slope failure at the lower part of the dam. Chief Minister U Aye Kyaw inspected the site on Thursday and coordi
Myanmar delegation led by Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr. Thant Zaw Lwin attended the World Summit on Investing in Children's Well-Being and related meetings from October 21st of 22nd at S
The Myanmar Cultural Heritage Trust will organize a Myanmar Traditional Festival "Pwe Zay" from November 6 to 8 at the Yangon Convention Centre (YCC) in Yangon. A press conference for the festival was held at LOTTE Hotel
Students from the 8th Intake of the five-year Bachelor of Education course at the University for the Development of National Races of the Union received guidance from President U Min Aung Hlaing at a ceremony held at the
POLICE personnel from township police stations across Yangon Region, in cooperation with traffic police and local administrative officials, conducted operations to strengthen the rule of law and prevent crime. As part of
A study tour delegation comprising outstanding young men and women of the new generation and soldiers returned to Yangon International Airport by air yesterday after visiting the People’s Republic of China from 16 Octobe
A total of 120 people have faced legal action for crossing roads unlawfully in Yangon since a campaign to promote road and traffic safety began on 12 October, according to the Yangon Region Traffic Police Division 2. Mos
THE second day of the central level of the 27th Traditional Myanmar Cultural Performing Arts Competition 2026 was held at the designated sites in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. Competitions in traditional and modern singing, dan
THE Myanmar delegation, led by Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Thant Zaw Lwin, attended the World Summit on Investing in Children’s Well-being hosted by the Government of Uzbekistan in Sama
A meeting between the National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Committee (NSPNC) and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) (AM) was held yesterday morning at the meeting hall of the Grand Am
President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Min Aung Hlaing urged future teachers to nurture qualified young people, promote national unity and contribute to the country’s development during a guidance ceremony f
THE Myanmar Embassy in Vientiane announced on 20 October that Myanmar workers in Laos no longer need to apply for a leave endorsement letter at the embassy when returning to Myanmar temporarily on leave. Previously, an a
THE Ministry of Electricity and Energy is distributing and selling approximately 26 million cubic feet of compressed natural gas (CNG) each day to vehicles in Yangon Region, ensuring that supply meets demand. A total of
DEPUTY Minister for Construction Dr Thaung Naing inspected the completion of the renovation of two-room, two-storey staff housing and executive officer housing of the Falam Township Development Committee of Chin State an
He stated that everyone had to strive to make Myanmar Pawsan a high-quality National Brand that could represent and uphold the prestige of Myanmar. He noted that during the 2025 monsoon paddy season, around 1.3 million a
A pointing finger may identify a person, but it does not necessarily identify the cause of a problem. When something goes wrong, the easiest question is often, “Who is to blame? ” The more useful question is, “What happened, why did it happen, and how can we prevent it?
The 27th Traditional Myanmar Cultural Performing Arts Competition 2026, featuring more than 2,400 contestants from various regions and states, is being held in grand style at designated venues in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital
It has been learned from the Coordination Committee for the Procurement of Palm Oil for Industrial, Food, and Hotel Businesses that it is planned to allocate 77.21 percent of the palm oil quota for businesses within the
The Speaker of the Upper House of Myanmar, U Aung Lin Dway, and the Speaker of the Upper House of Belarus signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the Upper House of Myanmar and the Upper House of Bela
It was revealed on the Telegram channel of the Presidential Office spokesperson, Deputy Minister Dr. Khine Khine Soe, that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi communicated by phone with her younger son, Mr. Kim Eric (aka Ko Thein Lin),
In this six-part series: Myanmar’s Nuclear Ambitions – Episode 2 examines the potential applications of nuclear technology beyond electricity generation and the role of the agreement between Myanmar and Russia in impleme
Jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s son, Kim Aris, shared on Thursday that he had spoken to his 81-year-old mother for the first time since she was detained during the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021, but he did not
Advocacy group Burma Campaign UK issued a strong condemnation of the British government, accusing London of executing a quiet policy shift toward normalizing relations with Myanmar’s military regime while abandoning its
Myanmar’s detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday was allowed her first telephone call in more than five years with her son, Kim Aris, who announced the occasion in a post on social media. Aung San Suu Kyi has been
Napas Thein for ISP-Myanmar,Ultimately, the significance of Singapore’s chairmanship will depend not only on what benchmarks ASEAN can develop, but also on whether it can create enduring institutions that help people in Myanmar beyond its chairmanship.,For Myanmar’s resistance actors, the priority is to ensure that their perspectives become embedded in how ASEAN measures progress, delivers humanitarian assistance, and structures political engagement before the chair passes to Thailand.,In January 2027, the ASEAN chairmanship will pass from the Philippines to Singapore.,As Chair, Singapore will inherit the ASEAN Special Envoy on Myanmar and the Five-Point Consensus (5PC), which remains ASEAN’s central framework for addressing Myanmar’s political crisis.,This transition creates a new opportunity for engagement between Singapore and Myanmar’s diverse political stakeholders, especially resistance actors.,Singapore’s Foreign Minister, Vivian Balakrishnan, has already identified three points the future ASEAN Chair would like to see “demonstrable progress” on when it comes to Myanmar: The permanent cessation of violence, particularly against civilians; The release of political detainees, including Aung San Suu Kyi; and humanitarian access throughout Myanmar regardless of political allegiance, through the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre).,This is happening amid growing bilateral normalization between the junta and various ASEAN states. As of this writing, Min Aung Hlaing has already visited five other ASEAN member states: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and most recently Malaysia.,In 2025, Malaysia, as chair, substantially expanded ASEAN’s engagement with Myanmar’s political stakeholders through formal diplomatic consultations and Track 1 and 1.5 initiatives.,The ASEAN Special Envoy to Myanmar engaged with the military, the National Unity Government (NUG), ethnic resistance organizations, and civil society.,The Philippines continued these engagements, and Singapore is now looking to move toward measurable benchmarks and their implementation. Resistance actors should consider shaping these benchmarks, whether they be humanitarian, security-related, or political.,Singapore’s previous ASEAN chairmanships offer some clues as to how it may address Myanmar’s current humanitarian and political challenges.,During Cyclone Nargis in 2008, Singapore helped facilitate the establishment of the Tripartite Core Group, which supported international humanitarian access at a time when Myanmar’s junta had severely restricted international assistance.,A decade later, Singapore chaired ASEAN during the Rohingya crisis. During its chairmanship, ASEAN backed a “Preliminary Needs Assessment” in Rakhine State to facilitate refugee repatriation.,However, critics argue that the resulting report, completed in 2019, whitewashed the military’s role and may have helped Myanmar authorities downplay the scale of violence in 2017.,Technical assessments can support humanitarian access and dialogue, but without inclusive participation they risk producing an incomplete picture of conditions on the ground. Worse, they may even be used to legitimize politically contested outcomes.,The AHA Centre remains the bloc’s principal humanitarian coordination mechanism for Myanmar.,As it currently stands, the centre is organized primarily around cooperation with central government authorities and faces significant practical limitations in areas outside of junta control.,ASEAN’s October 2025 discussion recognized the importance of nondiscriminatory humanitarian assistance and explicitly allowed for cross-border delivery where necessary.,They also called for relevant Myanmar stakeholders to participate in humanitarian efforts.,Real progress on humanitarian outcomes from ASEAN would require the AHA Centre to institutionalize humanitarian access to non-junta areas. Whether and when it happens in practice is another question.,With Thailand scheduled to assume ASEAN’s chairmanship in 2028, Singapore’s chairmanship gives Myanmar’s resistance actors a short window to reinforce priorities in the 5PC.,Thailand’s recent engagement with Myanmar’s military authorities hints at what Thailand would instead prioritize as chair in 2028: economic cooperation, border security, trade and regional relations.,The SCEF, NUG and other ethnic resistance organizations have an important role in providing Singapore with the information, political proposals and practical partnerships needed to translate its three stated priorities into measurable outcomes.,This includes demonstrating the capacity of existing resistance governance structures, identifying viable humanitarian pathways and contributing to benchmarks that measure political progress alongside reductions in violence and improvements in humanitarian access.,*The views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the policies or positions of ISP-Myanmar. Readers wishing to share reflections or offer counterarguments are welcome to write and submit a rebuttal article.,Napas Thein is a research fellow with the Myanmar Policy and Community and Knowledge Hub (MyPACK) based at the University of Toronto.,The post What should Myanmar expect from Singapore’s ASEAN Chairmanship? appeared first on DVB.
It is known that the trial period for Visa on Arrival (Tourist) for travelers from China, India, Japan, Korea, and the Macao Special Administrative Region entering Myanmar by air will be extended for one year. It is know
It is known that in the 2026-2027 fiscal year, beneficiaries of the social pension program will be provided with six months' worth of payments, which can be collected from October 15 to January 6, 2027. In the 2026-2027
It is known that beneficiaries of the Maternal and Child Cash Transfer (MCCT) program, targeting pregnant mothers and children under two years old born to them, will receive six months of benefits in the 2026-2027 fiscal
Myanmar’s military junta has extended martial law across 55 townships nationwide—including Bhamo and Shwegu in Kachin State—as its troops sustain heavy casualties against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and allied res
Facing severe troop shortages and nationwide resistance, Myanmar’s military junta is offering overseas job opportunities to youth who complete compulsory military service in a bid to boost recruitment.,While strictly res
Myanmar's democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, still holds influence over the public, and the military junta that is holding her will never release her, her son Kim Eric has warned. Speaking at the screening of the do
Ayeyarwaddy Times October 22 Around 10 civilians were killed in airstrikes by the military in Rakhine, Bago, and Sagaing states on October 20, the day Nippon Foundation Chairman Yohei Sasakawa, a peace broker, met with j
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her son get to speak. Ayeyarwaddy Times October 22 National leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been unjustly arrested, detained, and imprisoned by the coup leader, has had the opportunity to sp
The military council is systematically spreading fake news about personnel changes within the army and the relocation of regional military commands through generals, in an attempt to identify informants (referred to as '
YANGON - All three male suspects involved in a robbery attempt at a confectionery shop in Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township, Yangon, who stabbed and killed the young owner and also stabbed his aunt, have been arrested, it ha