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The President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, who is currently on a State Visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia, met with the Ambassador and officials of the Embassy of Myanmar and Military Attaché Office in Cambodia
For the development of media sector and capacity building of media personnel in news article writing, a training course on News and News Article Writing was conducted from August 31st to September 11th at the Ministry of
As part of the exchange of functional-level visits between the Indian and Myanmar air forces, an Indian delegation led by Air Marshal Inderpal Sing Walia, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command for th
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy announced that fuel is being sold normally at fuel stations under the existing odd-even system and QR Code/Barcode requirements. The ministry said restrictions requiring vehicles wi
The Myanmar Navy and Myanmar Coast Guard carried out a rescue operation for people aboard a fishing boat that was sank on water in Myanmar’s territorial waters. Fishing boat “Toe Toe Lwin (99)” sank in Myanmar waters, ap
State Administration Council Chairman Min Aung Hlaing, who is on a state visit to Cambodia at the invitation of the King of Cambodia, met with Samdech KHUON Sudary, President of the National Assembly of Cambodia. State A
People's Party Chairman U Ko Ko Gyi urged to strive to provide the best services to the people and lead the party. U Ko Ko Gyi said this in a video message at the first party congress and fourth central committee meeting
Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing, who is on a state visit to Cambodia, was paid a courtesy call by Mr. Pra Sokphon, the Governor of Sihanoukville Province, at a hotel where he is temporarily staying in Sihanoukville c
The Myanmar high-level delegation led by President U Min Aung Hlaing, who is on a state visit to Cambodia, arrived at Siem Reap Angkor International Airport by special aircraft on the morning of September 12, local time.
The President, Min Aung Hlaing, who is on a state visit to Cambodia, arrived at the Myanmar Embassy in Phnom Penh on the morning of September 12, local time. Union Ministers and officials accompanying the President on hi
■ Cambodian PM congratulates on election as President, states will stand by Myanmar in ASEAN ■ Efforts to further strengthen cooperation between Cambodia and Myanmar will be made, says Head of State ■ Discussions held on
It is said that situations where time is prolonged can occur due to long travel distances on ships, ship scheduling, container pickup, and other matters. Regarding the discovery of dead insects in Myanmar rice exported t
Five QIP projects worth US$244,068 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year have been signed between Myanmar and India. It is known that five Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) have been signed between the Government of the Republ
Burma News International (BNI) is a network of 15 independent media and news organizations based in and around Burma Myanmar military forces deliberately attacked and destroyed 34 schools in Karen National Union (KNU) te
Myanmar’s military regime has barred individuals aged 15 to 40 from traveling along the strategic Myitkyina-Putao highway in Kachin State, cutting off a vital overland transport link and forcing residents onto expensive
Nearly 180,000 people displaced by armed conflict in Myanmar’s western Chin State are in desperate need of food, medicine, and shelter, with the vast majority cut off from regular humanitarian assistance, according to lo
WORLD First Aid Day has been observed annually on the second Saturday of September since 2003. First aid is an important skill that should be accessible to everyone and is essential for saving lives around the world. Kno
THE Myanmar Mobile Industry Association (MMIA) and iFactory iDevice Professional Training Centre will jointly organize the “iFix Hero 2026 CPU Reball” competition for the first time in Myanmar. The competition is not mer
THE Ministry of Commerce announced that urea fertilizers will be distributed directly to farmers. The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz following the Middle East conflict after March 2026 caused significant impacts on Mya
MYANMAR exported over 2,950 metric tonnes of shrimp valued at US$9.34 million between 1 April and 31 July of the current financial year 2026-2027, comprising 2,820 tonnes worth $8.58 million by sea and 136.355 tonnes wor
THE wholesale reference price of palm oil set for the Yangon market remained stagnant at K7,179 per viss for a third consecutive week until 17 September, according to the Supervisory Committee on Edible Oil Import and Di
THE Customs Department will auction off motorcycle spare parts, consumer goods, and food items held as public property through a competitive bidding process. The auction will be held at 10 am on 17 September at the Manda
POLICE personnel from township police stations across Yangon Region conducted operations in cooperation with traffic police and local administrative officials to strengthen the rule of law and prevent crime. As part of t
THE 9th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry, hosted by India, was held in New Delhi on 9 September, with a Myanmar delegation led by Union Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation U Min
UNION Minister for Construction U Myo Thant received Ambassador of India to Myanmar Mr Abhay Thakur at the reception hall of the Ministry of Construction, in Nay Pyi Taw, yesterday. They discussed the continued implement
A Myanmar delegation led by Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Nyunt Win Swe attended the 2026 Conference of the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum, held from 8 to 10 September in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province,
President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Min Aung Hlaing, who is on a State Visit to Phnom Penh, met Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Manet at the meeting hall of the Peace Place in the Cambodian Prime Min
THE Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation has announced that 21,933 acres in Namsang Township, Shan State, have been designated as the “Namsang Protected Public Forest” as of 1 September 2026, issu
A high-level Myanmar delegation led by President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Min Aung Hlaing left Nay Pyi Taw Airport by special aircraft yesterday morning to pay a State Visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia at
MYANMAR exported more than 300 species of fishery products to over 40 countries in the first five months of the 2026-2027 financial year (April-August), generating over US$225 million in export revenue, according to the
EFFORTS are underway to establish fast, cost-effective and efficient freight transport networks between Myanmar and Chongqing, China, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. To enhance cooperation in the freight tr
Myanmar always remembers with gratitude how Cambodia extended positive support and assistance as a true friend. A t the invitation of His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia, President of the Republic of the Union
Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said Friday its armed wing launched drone attacks on a military air base that shares a compound with an international airport serving the country’s second-largest city, forci
AYEYARWADY TIMES September 11 Following an attack on the Tada-U air force base headquarters in Mandalay, Mandalay International Airport has been temporarily closed, suspending international airline flights. Domestic flig
Guest contributor Salai Za Uk Ling Over the past several days in Geneva, my colleagues and I from the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) have engaged with the Human Rights Council, the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), diplomatic missions, international human rights organizations and faith-based partners. Throughout these discussions, we have tried to bring attention back to the experiences of people who rarely have the opportunity to speak directly in these international spaces, including communities living through continuing airstrikes, displacement, sexual violence, attacks on religious freedom and enforced disappearance. As I listened to the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Myanmar and reflected on our discussions throughout the week, I kept returning to a question I raised at an earlier session of the Council: after everything we have witnessed, and after all the brutality, suffering and inhumanity that have been documented, what is still preventing us from translating what our human conscience tells us into action? The question is becoming more urgent because accountability and political normalisation are moving in opposite directions. Evidence of serious international crimes is becoming stronger and more specific, while the military leadership is simultaneously seeking greater diplomatic acceptance and international legitimacy. Min Aung Hlaing is travelling abroad more frequently, including his state visit to Cambodia this week. The military continues to demand restoration of its political participation in ASEAN and recognition of its claim to represent Myanmar internationally. The danger is that, if it can withstand international pressure for long enough and gradually rebuild diplomatic relationships, the passage of time itself may become an instrument of impunity. When consequences are portrayed as injustice The response of Myanmar’s Permanent Mission in Geneva to this week’s Enhanced Interactive Dialogue was revealing. Once again, it complained about Myanmar being discussed without the participation of what it described as the “country concerned”, while rejecting the legitimacy and findings of the IIMM. Similar complaints have repeatedly been made about restrictions on the military’s representation within ASEAN and other international forums. What is consistently missing is acknowledgement of why those restrictions arose. The military seized power from an elected government in 2021 and subsequently used extraordinary violence against those who opposed its rule. It has repeatedly failed to implement the ASEAN Five-Point Consensus and continues to reject international accountability mechanisms investigating allegations of serious international crimes. Its international isolation did not occur without cause. It followed its own actions. Yet the military increasingly seeks to separate the consequence from the cause. Restrictions on its representation are presented as unfair treatment, while the conduct that produced those restrictions disappears from the argument. This is one of the most corrosive effects of prolonged impunity. If meaningful consequences are delayed for long enough, those responsible can eventually portray accountability itself as an injustice. Geneva has issued a clear warning This is why the warning delivered by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk this week was so important. He cautioned against normalising relations with Myanmar’s military without evidence that they are complying with their fundamental obligations under international law, warning that such normalisation could fuel further violence and violations. He also made clear that the international response requires more than what has been described as “calibrated engagement”. Engagement must instead be anchored in human rights, civilian protection, measurable benchmarks and accountability. Importantly, he called for the full situation in Myanmar to be referred to the International Criminal Court. At the same dialogue, IIMM Head Nicholas Koumjian demonstrated why that warning is grounded in increasingly concrete evidence. He reported that serious international crimes are being committed with greater frequency and intensity. The IIMM has identified military units involved in aerial attacks and the airbases from which they operate, while investigations into torture have identified commanders and interrogators in military-run detention facilities. The significance of this progress should not be underestimated. International investigators are moving beyond establishing patterns of violations towards identifying structures and individuals potentially responsible for them. Yet, at precisely the moment when evidence capable of supporting criminal accountability is becoming more specific, political normalisation is also gathering pace. International justice is already years behind the victims The International Criminal Court illustrates how far accountability has fallen behind events. In November 2024, the ICC Prosecutor applied for an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing for alleged crimes against humanity involving the deportation and persecution of the Rohingya. Justice for the Rohingya remains essential and long overdue. However, we should confront the chronology honestly. The crimes underlying that application relate to atrocities beginning in 2017, several years before the coup. While international criminal justice is still struggling to deliver accountability for those crimes, an enormous additional body of alleged international crimes has accumulated across Myanmar since 2021. For more than five years, communities have endured aerial attacks, village burnings, arbitrary detention, torture, sexual violence, attacks on religious communities and massive displacement. The people waiting for justice are doing so while simultaneously trying to survive continuing and, in many places, increasing violence. The Rohingya experience should therefore serve as a warning for the whole country. When serious international crimes remain without meaningful consequences, impunity becomes entrenched and perpetrators gain confidence. The failure to achieve accountability for earlier atrocities did not prevent further violence. Instead, the same military subsequently seized power and inflicted enormous suffering upon communities across Myanmar. We should not allow another generation of victims to spend years waiting for international justice to catch up. The ICC should act while
Myanmar scraps ‘even-odd’ fuel rationing system The regime’s spokesperson Khaing Khaing Soe announced on Wednesday in Naypyidaw that the new fuel control measure “even-odd” licensing system, launched on March 7, was abol