The 'world's biggest structure' made of tonnes of gold that stands at huge 112 metres
The structure is covered in gold plates and topped with a crown containing 4,531 diamonds, including one that weighs 72 ...
Centuries of history and culture reduced to rubble after Myanmar earthquake
Myanmar's religious temples stood as symbols of faith and history. After the recent 7.7 magnitude earthquake, many are ...
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Live Updates: Death Toll Exceeds 3,000; Indian Army field hospital begins operations; 70 Aftershocks Within a Week and more
In the five days after Myanmar’s March 28 earthquake, the military regime launched 32 airstrikes on 11 locations, including ...
Where is Mandalay, Myanmar’s earthquake-stricken city, and what cultural treasures does it hold?
Friday morning saw Myanmar hit by a 7.7 earthquake, with buildings and other structures turned to rubble after collapsing.
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Up to 100,000 still work in Myanmar’s scam hubs – and not all are victims, Thai police say
Despite a weeks-long multinational crackdown, scam centres along the Thai-Myanmar border are still operating with up to 100,000 people working there, according to the top police general leading ...
The Star19d
Over three tonnes of ICE and other drugs seized in Myanmar, headed for Malaysia
YANGON: Myanmar authorities have seized 3.465 tonnes of ICE (methamphetamine) and 200 kg of ketamine in Yangon, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) said on Tuesday (March 18).
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Ethiopian Tech Workers Are Trapped in Myanmar’s Scam Centers
Speaking from a dormitory-style building, the scam center worker pleaded for help, saying foreign citizens were “trapped” in a compound in Myanmar, “beaten,” and forced to work without pay.
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Myanmar junta torches Catholic cathedral in Kachin
The military junta in Myanmar’s strife-torn Kachin state has allegedly burnt down a Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Patrick on the eve of the revered saint’s feast. Soldiers from the junta’s ...
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Myanmar seizes cups with pagoda images at Shwepalin restaurant
Officials seized disposable cups with pagoda images from a restaurant at the 39-mile rest stop on the Yangon-Naypyidaw-Mandalay Expressway, sources said. On the night of March 16, officials from the ...
The Diplomat20d
Cambodia’s Hun Sen, Myanmar Junta Celebrate Closure of US-Funded Media Outlets
In a post on X yesterday, a major Myanmar military propaganda account opined that the shutdown of VOA and RFA would end “years of divisive foreign propaganda that fueled unrest and weakened ...
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Indonesia to question more than 500 citizens freed from Myanmar scam centres
JAKARTA, March 18 (Reuters) - Indonesia will question hundreds of its citizens arriving in the capital on Tuesday after they were rescued from online scam compounds in Myanmar, the largest batch ...
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Tourist detained in US back home in Wales, dad says
A backpacker detained in the US is back home in Wales after an emotional airport reunion, her father has confirmed. Becky Burke, 28, had been held in a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE ...