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ASEAN and India reaffirm terms of joint partnership on sustainable tourism
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Human Resources Online
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The partnership will involve support for cultural heritage conservation, resource efficiency, biodiversity protection, and share best practices for inclusive, resilient tourism aligned with ASEAN standards. The 47thASEAN Summit 2025, which took...
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ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishops: "Compassion and hope in the face of the polycrisis in Myanmar"
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – “This is not the moment to give up. It is the moment to find the embers of hope in the ashes of pain. Peace is possible; peace is the only way. Let us not be ruled by hatred. Let us not let...
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Myanmar targets 6,357 MW power capacity with 51% hydropower, plans to phase out coal by 2050
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Eleven Myanmar
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Before September 2025, Myanmar’s total electricity generation capacity has reached 6,357 megawatts, according to Union Minister for Electric Power U Nyan Tun. The country’s energy mix includes 51% hydropower, 40% natural gas, 4% solar energy, 2%...
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Indonesia’s Belt and Road Railway to Nowhere
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Foreign Policy
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Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Indonesia struggles with Chinese high-speed rail debt, Myanmar’s bogus election season begins, ex-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeals at the ICC, and Vietnam...
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Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 30, 2025
INDONESIA 1. INDONESIA AWAITS UN MANDATE FOR GAZA PEACE MISSION -- THE JAKARTA POST Indonesia will await for a mandate from the United Nations Security Council before sending its peacekeeping troops to Gaza, Foreign Minister Sugiono has said, as...
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World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 30, 2025
INDONESIA 1. INDONESIA AWAITS UN MANDATE FOR GAZA PEACE MISSION -- THE JAKARTA POST Indonesia will await for a mandate from the United Nations Security Council before sending its peacekeeping troops to Gaza, Foreign Minister Sugiono has said, as...
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Larry + Joe can change the world | Opinion
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Oak Ridger - Tennessee
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On every continent around the world, hidden forces are compelling millions of people to give up their native homes to flee into the uncertainty of incredibly dangerous treks, voyages, and flights. These seething galaxies of humans become the...
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India condemns ‘blinkered’ UN report, rejects Myanmar refugee claim
Refuting a UN report on Myanmar's human rights situation, which claimed that following the Pahalgam terrorist attack, displaced persons from the country have come under severe pressure in India, New Delhi dubbed the report as a "blinkered...
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India Slams UN Report On Myanmar, Calls Claims Linking Pahalgam Attack 'Baseless'
Last Updated:October 29, 2025, 22:06 IST Lok Sabha MP Dilip Saikia said the claims made by UN Special Rapporteur Thomas H Andrews had “no factual basis whatsoever” The UN expert had suggested in his report that refugees from Myanmar in India faced...
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India condemns ‘blinkered’ UN report, rejects claim Pahalgam attack impacted Myanmar refugees
India has strongly condemned what it described as a "blinkered analysis" made against it in a UN report on Myanmar's human rights situation, and asserted that the claim that the Pahalgam terrorist attack impacted displaced persons from Myanmar has...
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South Korea And Cambodia Crack Down On Expanding Cyber-Scam Networks
More than 120 South Korean nationals have been arrested in Cambodia this month amid an escalating crackdown on transnational cyber-scam operations, according to Reuters. Cambodian police raids in Phnom Penh and Kampot uncovered sprawling online...
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Myanmar vote 'must lead to lasting peace'
PUBLISHED : 27 Oct 2025 at 03:52 Thailand has reiterated its support for an "inclusive, free, fair and transparent" election in Myanmar, adding the process must contribute to lasting peace and national reconciliation. Speaking after the first day...
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Biased: India slams UN report linking Pahalgam terror attack to Myanmar refugees
India has sharply criticised what it termed a "blinkered analysis" by a UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, rejecting as "baseless and biased" the claim that the April 2025 terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam had any connection with...
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Justice For Myanmar wins Right Livelihood Award for exposing global financial complicity in the Myanmar military’s atrocities
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Prachatai
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Justice For Myanmar, an anonymous collective of Myanmar activists, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize," in recognition of their courageous and pioneering efforts to dismantle...
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'Blinkered analysis...': India trashes UN report on Myanmar crisis, says Pahalgam terror attack not linked to...
Home News Blinkered analysis...: India trashes UN report on Myanmar crisis, says Pahalgam terror attack not linked to... India also reiterated its call for an immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar, underlining that sustainable peace can only...
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Human trafficking: South African jobseekers lured to Myanmar and held hostage
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Polokwane Review & Polokwane Observer
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Dozens of young South Africans are trapped in Myanmar, their dreams of a better life shattered after falling victim to elaborate social media job scams promising high-paying positions abroad. The Witness reports that at least 41 South Africans are...
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In Southeast Asia, Guterres calls for climate action
Addressing a joint summit between the UN and Southeast Asian countries in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, Secretary-General António Guterres described the region as “a beacon of cooperation” and a key pillar of global stability. With Timor-Leste’s...
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SA youth held captive in Myanmar after fake Thailand job adverts
Dozens of young South Africans are trapped in Myanmar, their dreams of a better life shattered after falling victim to elaborate social media job scams promising high-paying positions abroad. ALSO READ | South Africans stranded after escaping...
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