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Military analyst Paul Greening returns to Beyond the Mekong for an update on Myanmar, where fighting has intensified since Sagaing and Mandalay regions were struck by an earthquake on March 28 ...
BANGKOK — Security forces in military-ruled Myanmar have arrested a six-year-old girl along with 15 other people suspected of involvement in the assassination of a retired high-ranking army ...
BANGKOK — A retired high-ranking officer in Myanmar’s military was shot dead by a self-proclaimed urban guerrilla group on Thursday near his home in the country’s biggest city, marking the ...
The earthquake relief humanitarian aid donation shipment from Sri Lanka at last has reached Myanmar. The Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Myanmar and the staff officially handed over the donation to the ...
The U.S. Treasury has officially made its last order of blank pennies, marking the beginning of the end for the one-cent coin, which has been in circulation for over two centuries. “[T]he United ...
An empty field is seen after a building collapsed following a strong earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on May 23, 2025. AUNG SHINE OO / AP Myanmar's junta has extended a post-earthquake truce ...
The Treasury Department said it plans to stop manufacturing the penny, calling time on one of the first coins minted by the U.S. government. The federal agency placed its final order for penny ...
Yesterday, Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on the phone for over an hour in a bid to jumpstart stalled trade ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) -A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, according to ... of the two sites also had a company logo written in Chinese characters, said ...
10-year U.S. Treasury rates are close to 4.5 percent; 10-year German bund rates are 2.5 percent; 10-year Chinese government bonds yield less than 2 percent and 10-year JGB rates are around 1.5 ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) -A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, according to four people familiar with the matter, as Beijing moves to secure control of the ...