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It is known that one illegal seven-story residential building, which was used for online scam and gambling activities, has been newly demolished by explosion in the Shwe Kokko area. While a joint team of relevant governm
Malaysia says Myanmar ‘more open’ to dialogue In a cautious but notable shift in diplomacy, Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan revealed that Burma’s new administration led by Min Aung Hlaing, who was inaugurated p
According to the latest statement from the international financial watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Myanmar remains on the blacklist for anti-money laundering efforts, and the organization has warned tha
Nai Min Lwin/Erawati Times June 25 to deal with the military crisis in Tanintharyi. In order to implement the projects including the Dawei Special Economic Zone, which is cooperating with Russia, the deputy chief of defe
AYEYARWADY TIMES KANPETLET, June 25 - A one-and-a-half-year-old infant and a woman were killed in a junta drone bombing in Ward 5 of Kanpetlet Township, Chin State, the Township People's Humanitarian and Disaster Managem
The National Unity Government (NUG) stated that despite the military junta declaring martial law and intensifying its offensive in the Sagaing Region, where resistance is strong, 33 junta troops were killed and 17 were i
AYEYARWADDY TIMES (Karenni), June 25 It has been learned that the military launched a drone bombing attack on a village in Nanmeekon Township, Karenni State, around 1 p.m. yesterday, June 24, resulting in the deaths of t
Two strong earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least 32 people and injuring over 700, according to interim president Delcy Rodríguez. Rescue workers are still searching through collapsed build
Fire services from Naypyidaw Taungoo Fire Station stated that they assisted in facilitating the movement of vehicles and passengers after heavy rains on June 24 caused flooding on the Pyinmana-Taungoo road in Uttarathiri
Guest contributor Napas Thein For decades, pro-democracy actors in Myanmar appealed to the international community through the language of liberal internationalism: human rights, multilateralism, Responsibility to Protect (R2P), democracy promotion, and the rules-based international order. However, the rules of the global world order are changing and democratic actors need to reassess their strategies. They need to focus on key issues that they can build pragmatic coalitions around, oftentimes with unlikely partners. Failing to do so will just mean giving up ground in the international community to the junta. U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to the White House accelerated divisions in the global order away from liberal internationalism and towards transactional and competitive geopolitics. The abandonment of multilateralism and weakened international institutions has pushed middle powers such as Canada, Australia, Japan, and the United Kingdom to rethink their foreign policy objectives. For example, earlier this year when Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney described this geopolitical rupture in his famous speech at Davos. He argued that traditional multilateral institutions have struggled to respond effectively to modern crises, and he instead called for a new framework of international engagement which scholars call “variable geometry.” To the uninitiated, the concept of variable geometry in foreign policy lies somewhere between traditional multilateralism (state powers engaged through the U.N. and The Hague) and pure bilateralism (direct country-to-country engagement). Instead of relying on universal consensus through international institutions, countries form flexible, issue-specific coalitions that involve relevant actors. These coalitions shift depending on the issue at hand, whether it be security, trade, migration, humanitarian assistance, technology, or regional stability. People in Myanmar already understand this way of engagement. Myanmar’s conflict landscape has long operated through overlapping networks of states, internal alliances, ethnic resistance organizations, civil society groups, humanitarian actors, diaspora networks, and informal diplomatic channels. It can be argued that the resistance has been so resilient because groups have been willing to cooperate and pivot amidst disagreement. But, as we’ve recently seen, countries like Canada are increasingly adopting a more pragmatic trade-based posture, abandoning idealistic foreign policies of the past. For example, this year alone, Canada has cautiously re-engaged with countries such as China and India to normalize trade relations, despite severe diplomatic tensions in recent years. Canada is also pursuing deeper economic ties across Southeast Asia while strengthening security and democratic partnerships elsewhere. Similar trade-focused approaches over the past decade are visible in Australia, Japan, and the U.K. This does not necessarily mean that Canada and its like-minded middle-power allies are abandoning democratic values altogether to focus on trade. Groups of countries and actors can still collaborate on the international stage to address key issues. Case study: Ukraine and its “coalition of the willing”. The international response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has increasingly relied not on universal consensus through the U.N., but through this evolving coalition of the willing (through overlapping arrangements involving NATO members, European states and friendly states, private industry, and non-state actors coordinating military, economic, intelligence, and humanitarian aid in support of Ukraine against Russian aggression). The variable geometry-style shape of the response to Ukraine is unlikely in the Myanmar context, even among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Myanmar’s immediate neighbours. Simply put, Myanmar does not reach the level of political prioritization that Western nations face. With that said, how can we shift towards making values work in practice? Myanmar’s democratic movement, and in particular the newly formed Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union (SCEF), should adapt accordingly by thinking strategically on an issue-by-issue basis with key stakeholders. Instead of viewing diplomacy solely through traditional multilateral and bilateral channels, pro-democracy actors should pursue targeted issue-based coalitions with both traditional allies and unlikely partners. Below are some key and early ways they can do this: Humanitarian coalition engagement — Canada, Australia, Japan, the U.K., the E.U., ASEAN, India, Bangladesh, and China The collapse of USAID and the reduction in international humanitarian funding have created major gaps across the region. Thailand and Bangladesh continue to absorb refugee pressures while local aid networks inside Myanmar and along borderlands face constraints. In this environment, flexible coalitions involving middle powers, ASEAN actors, China, India, Bangladesh, ethnic resistance organizations, and local humanitarian groups may prove more effective than rigid multilateral frameworks that remain constrained by Naypyidaw. Importantly, much of Myanmar’s humanitarian need exists outside military-controlled territory, including through the ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance (AHA Center) program and beyond. Minilateral diplomacy and Track 1, 1.5, and 2 dialogues — Canada, Australia, the E.U., and ASEAN member states These dialogues are often dismissed as symbolic exercises or report-generating forums. In reality, they have become important incubators for policy experimentation, conflict management ideas, humanitarian coordination, and regional early-warning systems. Discussions surrounding cyber scam centres, human trafficking, rare earth supply chains, and cross-border instability increasingly demonstrate that Myanmar’s crisis is no longer confined within its borders. The Rohingya crisis — Canada, Australia, the U.K., the E.U., Japan, ASEAN, China, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and Bangladesh Bangladesh cannot sustainably shoulder the burden alone. Former interim Bangladesh leader Muhammad Yunus has openly warned that reductions in international aid threaten the long-term viability of refugee support operations. Even China, historically cautious on the issue, has delivered some humanitarian support to the Rohingya. This creates openings for broader burden-sharing coalitions involving ASEAN states, states in the OIC, Japan, Canada, Australia, China, and international humanitarian actors, with the Rohingya included in Myanmar’s political dialogue. Release of Aung San Suu Kyi — Canada, Australia, the U.K., the U.S., Japan, ASEAN, China For many in the West, cooperation with China on Myanmar remains politically uncomfortable. Yet Beijing possesses far greater leverage over Myanmar’s junta than any Western government. China has historicall
■Myanmar's forest cover is 42.15 percent of the country's area, with a target of reaching 50 percent. The second national-level tree planting ceremony for the 2026 rainy season was held this morning (June 25) near Thawin
It has been learned that seven Chinese nationals involved in online scam gambling have been arrested along with business equipment in Muse City, Myanmar. Security forces conducted search, discovery, and investigation ope
Myanmar's forest cover is 42.15 percent of the country's area, with a goal of reaching 50 percent. The 2026 Rainy Season National Tree Planting Festival Ceremony was held this morning (June 25) in Nay Pyi Taw, Union Terr
It is necessary to work to import essential raw materials if there is a need, as the production of value-added products based on raw materials that already exist within our region and domestically is the most certain pro
It is necessary to successfully plant over 21 million trees targeted for planting this year as part of the Special Greening Project, said Head of State Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The Senior General made these remark
Yangon, June 25 According to information received across Myanmar on June 25, it has been learned that 63 junta members have died, based on statements and reports from People's Defense Forces. Khit Thit Media makes it kno
The National Unity Government (NUG) -In Myaing Township of Magway Unit, Magway People’s Defence Force managed to attack via two suicidal drones at a junta’s Mi-17 helicopter landing in Pyusawti Militia-controlled Twinma
It is reported that 109 schools have been opened in Tiddim Township, Chin State, with over 12,000 students attending. In Tiddim Township, 109 schools have been opened, and it is reported that 12,047 students from basic e
The appointment of the Chief Justice and judges to the Tanintharyi Region High Court has been issued as an order by the President's Office on June 25. According to Article 308, Sub-article (b), Sub-sub-article (4) of the
One of Myanmar’s largest private banks has acknowledged a cyberattack on its digital infrastructure, though it maintains that its core financial networks remain secure after an international extortion group claimed a mas
Photo: Soldier No. 4 trainees seen (MOI) YT (June 25) Mizzima. . Young people who came to Myawady town on the Thai-Myanmar border by passenger cars. According to the drivers, incidents of young men being pulled over by t
Yangon, June 25 A woman carrying twins and a child were killed by artillery shells fired by the terrorist military in Thaton Township, Mon State, the KNU Central announced. Around 5 PM on June 22, soldiers from Battalion
Yangon, June 25 Thai police have announced the arrest of one Myanmar national with an arrest warrant and four Myanmar nationals who entered the country illegally in Mae Sot district, Thailand. On June 25, Saw Kyaw Htun,
U Kyaw Naing Win, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy, said that we are working to ensure that the people have the right to use energy at a reasonable price and that there is no shortage of fuel. On
Residents in Shan State (Northern) are facing difficulties due to the high prices of fuel, according to U Kyaw Myint Naing, a People's Assembly representative for the Nawngcho constituency. On the 14th day of the 3rd Peo
The water levels of the Nanyin and Nankaw rivers in Mohnyin, Kachin State, have currently exceeded the warning level, the Directorate of Meteorology and Hydrology announced on the morning of June 25. Currently, the Nanyi
Border crossing permit (BP) books will be sent to Muse Township in northern Shan State to facilitate the travel of local residents to Ruili City in China, according to Union Minister U Myint Kyaw of the Ministry of Immig
Yangon, June 25 Numerous soldiers were killed and injured in attacks on military convoys in Chaung Oo and Myinmu townships in Sagaing Region, a responsible person from the BLDF Anya Myine force told Yangon Khit Thit Medi
Matta, Mogok, Thabeikkyin, Momeik: A soldier from the military council, Sergeant Major Phone Myint Naing, has confessed on his social media page that he personally burned and beheaded members of the People's Defence Forc
The world-famous hacker group Lapsus$ broke into AYA Bank, one of Myanmar's leading private banks, and obtained customer information. They also threatened to sell the information on the dark web if they did not pay a cer
- AYA Bank admitted that some banking information was leaked -During the rainy season, malaria and dengue fever are common in IDPs, and they face a shortage of medicine -Due to the fighting on the Kale-Tamu road, the flo
Yangon, June 25 While global oil prices are declining due to the peace agreement reached in the Middle East, Myanmar has not abolished its rationing and QR systems, and has further reduced fuel quotas, leading to the rec
Government of National Unity The spring revolution is not only for the restoration of democracy, but equality among all ethnic groups. Daw Zin Ma Aung, Union Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Un
The 14th day of the Second Regular Session of Third Pyithu Hluttaw was held today, June 25, at 10:30 AM in the Pyithu Hluttaw meeting hall in Nay Pyi Taw. Out of the (351) eligible Hluttaw representatives, (347) were in
The Tenth Day of the Second Regular Session of the Third Amyotha Hluttaw was held at 10:30 a.m. on June 25 at the Amyotha Hluttaw Hall in Nay Pyi Taw. Of the 209 representatives entitled to attend, 203 were present. Acco
The Department of Forestry's collective tree-planting ceremony for the monsoon season was held on Thursday near Nam Baw Hune Village, Hopong Township, Pa-O Self-Administered Zone, Shan State (South). At the tree-planting