Myanmar's home affairs leader, Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, headed a diplomatic contingent to Hanoi for regional discussions on combating forced labor exploitation and cross-border criminal networks. The visit centered on the sixth gathering of Mekong basin nations working under the COMMIT framework to address trafficking operations that increasingly exploit digital platforms for recruitment and transport logistics.
Bilateral talks with Vietnamese and Chinese security officials addressed joint enforcement mechanisms, with particular emphasis on dismantling internet-based fraud rings and stabilizing frontier zones. Participants endorsed a decade-long action blueprint extending through 2035 while examining victim protection protocols and...
Myanmar's information chief, U Maung Maung Ohn, traveled to Pindaya township in Shan State to inaugurate a literacy initiative at a secondary school within the Danu Self-Administered Zone. The minister emphasized government priorities to expand educational access and cultivate reading culture among young people, noting the zone's current stability and development progress.
Authorities distributed 50 digital television receivers for the autonomous region along with printed materials for local libraries. The Shan State administrator contributed three million kyat, while the zone's leadership body chairman provided over 4.8 million kyat and a private firm added 2.5 million kyat in support.
U Maung Maung Ohn later visited the Forever...
Myanmar's government has detained more than 220 foreign nationals connected to cyber fraud operations during raids on the Shwe Kokko complex, bringing the total arrested since mid-November to 1,590 individuals from various countries. Authorities confiscated nearly 3,000 computers, over 21,000 mobile devices, and more than 100 satellite receivers while dismantling infrastructure used for illegal gambling and scam activities. The operation has destroyed 206 structures at the Myawady-Maethawtalay site, with hundreds more slated for demolition.
Since late January, Myanmar has expelled nearly 10,000 people who entered the country without authorization, repatriating them through Thailand after processing. Another 2,490 await transfer to...
U Soe Htet, who leads the New Chinland Congress under the alias Salai Melu, has urged constituents to back his organization in upcoming parliamentary contests restricted to Chin State constituencies. The political group emerged through consultations with regional intellectuals, activists, and community leaders who have shaped policy direction for the mountainous territory where indigenous residents comprise the demographic majority.
The chairman outlined a four-point agenda centered on brokering ceasefires among warring factions, reconstructing infrastructure damaged by military confrontations, advancing the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement signed a decade ago, and establishing farm-based economic activity suited to local terrain and...
U Ba Shein, chairman of the Rakhine Nationalities Party, has called on voters across the state to support his organization's candidates in the upcoming multiparty general election. The party received official approval from the Union Election Commission after applying for registration earlier this year and represents the Rakhine population alongside seven additional ethnic communities living within the state.
The political organization advocates for a democratic federal union that grants equal rights to all ethnic groups while preserving the Rakhine national identity. Party priorities encompass advancing peace negotiations, promoting cooperation among diverse populations in the region, supporting rehabilitation efforts, and...
Zimbabwe Building Contractors Association leader Tinashe Manzungu declared that digital transformation has become essential for survival as the nation's construction industry faces regulatory shifts and technological advances. Speaking at the organization's newly established training academy in Nyanga, Manzungu emphasized that practitioners must embrace green building techniques and smart urban planning to remain competitive in a sector that attracted more than 3.1 billion dollars between 2020 and early 2024.
Manicaland Provincial Affairs Minister Misheck Mugadza highlighted tourism infrastructure gaps in the Eastern Highlands requiring additional hotel capacity, while Deputy Local Government Minister Benjamin Kabukira outlined...
A multibillion-dollar technology hub planned for Marondera faces collapse as municipal authorities continue distributing residential plots on property that national land officials confirmed belongs to investor John Fadzisayi Jani. The war veteran entrepreneur accuses local government administrators of deliberately sabotaging the Elmswood Farm development through illegal allocations despite ministerial documentation establishing his ownership rights.
Jani warns that protracted court proceedings combined with bureaucratic interference threaten the 15,000-job initiative intended to transform the Mashonaland East city into a regional innovation center. The businessman contends that administrative misconduct and judicial bottlenecks...
More than 4,000 households face displacement at Spitzkop Farm in Zvimba following a protracted property conflict with Vevhu Resources, which allegedly collected 3.6 million dollars from residents for a housing development between 2008 and 2019. The Uchena Land Commission determined the developer had illegally marketed government property and ordered financial restitution to the Ministry of Local Government while directing settlers to remain pending official regularization.
Arise Spitzkop Residents Association chairman Clifford Kashiri stated families paid fees for years before discovering approval documentation was fraudulent. Despite a High Court prohibition on entering the disputed 348-hectare tract, residents report continued...
A Bindura court has detained Johannes Mhlanga on cannabis possession allegations after farm security personnel discovered him wandering through Wethington agricultural property. Magistrate Ruramai Chitumbura ordered the 45-year-old held pending further proceedings.
Security officers searching recovered ten packets of marijuana totaling 600 grams from the suspect. Criminal Investigation Department personnel subsequently transported Mhlanga to the station for processing on drug trafficking charges.
