Myanmar Domestic News Updates – May 17, 2025 Evening

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – May 17, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. NUG Representatives and Myanmar Revolution Fighters Attend the 45th Anniversary Commemoration of the Gwangju Democratic Uprising The National Unity Government (NUG) has announced today that its …

5.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Myanmar

[Sat, 17 May 2025 23:36:20 +0300] Naypyidaw - Saba: A 5.2-magnitude earthquake has struck central Myanmar, continuing the seismic activity the country has been experiencing since the violent earthquake that struck at the end of March, which caused …

Myanmar Workers Arrested in Bangkok and Chiang Mai Restaurants

BANGKOK — Immigration authorities have apprehended seven Myanmar nationals working illegally at food establishments—five in Bangkok and two in Chiang Mai. Officers from Immigration Division 1 conducting the May 17 inspection noted Chinese signage in the …

Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 hits Myanmar

An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck near Kyaukse in Myanmar on Saturday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). A working seismograph is shown in a display about earthquakes. (Reuters) The tremor were felt at 15:54 UTC, …

5.2-magnitude quake hits 21 km SSW of Kyaukse, Myanmar -- USGS

HONG KONG, May 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 21 km SSW of Kyaukse, Myanmar at 1554 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 21.43 degrees north …

58 Myanmar Junta Airstrikes Target Civilians in Two Weeks

Myanmar’s regime has continued its airstrikes on mostly civilian targets like schools, hospitals and religious sites. The Irrawaddy has recorded around 58 airstrikes on civilian targets in resistance-held territory since May 2, despite its quake truce, …

7 Myanmar nationals detained in Champhai

Why Northeast-Kolkata link via Myanmar — not Bangladesh — is significant

Amid a downturn in India’s relationship with Bangladesh, the long-delayed Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP) linking Mizoram to Kolkata via Myanmar has grown in importance.The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has now …

Rebels in the jungle: photo report from civil war-torn Myanmar

Myanmar refugee camp. During the war, government forces burned villages to discourage people from supporting the rebels. The civil war is causing unimaginable suffering for the people, with government air strikes causing large numbers of civilian …

6 mild quakes recorded in Myanmar, northern Thailand 

The Department’s Earthquake Observation Division reported that two of the quakes occurred in Thailand. The first quake struck at 0:45 a.m. of Saturday in Banlao Subdistrict, Sung Men District, Phrae Province, with a magnitude of 1.5 and a depth of 5 …