Myanmar-India border trade conducted through jungle route

CNI News 10 May 2024 Instead of using the Kalay-Tamu-Kalaywa order trade, the main border trade route of the Myanmar-India border trade, another route is being used, according to Tamu traders. Not only had India closed the border trade, the territory...
10 May 2024

Myanmar-China Trade Imbalance

CNI News 27 May 2024 Since 2018 the Myanmar -China trade has been tilted in favor of China. In FY 2018-19 the trade imbalance stood at USD 1266.423 Mn. This imbalance has continued till date. In 2019-20 the difference was USD1309.122 Mn, in 2020-21 it...
27 May 2024

Myanmar workers not fully paid by employers in China

CNI News 20 May 2024 Employers in China were exploiting Myanmar workers who came through the China-Myanmar border by not fully paying, the philanthropic associations in Muse told CNI News. Although some factories originally had said that they would pay...
20 May 2024

Myanmar Will conduct FAM trip not to make Chinese people misunderstand Myanmar

CNI News 21 December 2023 Myanmar will conduct a familiarization trip or FAM trip to resolve Chinese misunderstanding of Myanmar to an extent, according to the Ministry of Hotel and Tourism. The FAM trip has been planned to start in January 2024 and...
21 December 2023

Myanmar tourists getting interested in Thai Thingyan

CNI News 15 March 2024 Myanmar tourists are getting interested in Thai Thingyan that will be celebrated grandly from 1st until 21st April and making preparations to participate in the event, according to tour operators. Thai Thingyan (Songkran) was...
15 March 2024

Myanmar people competitively rent houses in Mae Sot

CNI News 25 March 2024 Myanmar people were competitively renting houses, dormitories and apartments in Mae Sot on the Thai-Myanmar border and they were finding it difficult, residents of Mae Sot told CNI News. House rental fees and advancement payments...
25 March 2024

Myanmar embassy warns  Myanmar citizens in Malaysia to carry evidence

CNI News 13 October 2023 As Malaysian authorities are checking by surprise and arresting illegal foreign workers, Myanmar embassy has warned its citizens to take passports and necessary documents with them. Myanmar people need to take care of their...
16 October 2023

Myanmar embassy officials in Thailand should conduct reformations relating to Myanmar workers

CNI News 30 December 2023 Myanmar embassy officials in Thailand should conduct reformations in helping Myanmar workers, Thai-based organizations helping migrant workers told CNI News. So, committees should be formed to help and solve the affairs of...
30 December 2023

Myanmar Deputy C-in-C and Indian Ambassador discuss stability of border between two Countries

CNI News 19 June 2024 Vice chairman of the State Administration Council and Deputy Commander in Chief of the Tatmadaw Vice Senior General Soe Win and the Indian Ambassador to Myanmar H.E.Mr. Abhay Thakur discussed the stability of the border between...
19 June 2024

Myanmar citizens must fill in Malaysia Digital Arrival Card before getting to Malaysia

CNI News 29 December 2023 Myanmar citizens who will go to Malaysia must fill in the Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC) before getting to Malaysia starting from 1st January 2024, Myanmar Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has stated. Malaysia probably has taken...
29 December 2023

Myanmar C in C of Defense Services and Thai Lieutenant General discuss about ensuring border trade secure and smooth

CNI News 28 December, 2023 Commander in Chief of Defense Services and chairman of the State Administration Council Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing and Director of Joint Operations of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Lt-Gen Jakkapong Janpengpen discussed about...
28 December 2023

Myanmar and Thai armies to cooperate and crack down Zha Pian

CNI News 23 January 2025 Military chiefs of Myanmar and Thailand met and discussed ways to crack down online fraud together. Vice-chairman of the State Administration Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defense Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)...
23 January 2025

Myanmar and its neighbors

CNI Article 16 March 2025 Author By Chit Min Tun Because of political change that started on 1 February 2021, Myanmar is seen to be deteriorating on all sides. Even though an answer on how to cure the situation has been looking for, it has not been...
16 March 2025

Muslim armed groups could reach Bangladesh if AA captures Rakhine State

CNI News 28 December 2024 If the Arakan Army (AA) had captured the whole Rakhine State, Muslim armed groups including the ARSA might seek refuge in Bangladesh, U Than Soe Naing, a political commentator, told CNI News. The main enemy of Muslim armed...
28 December 2024

Much less likely to hold elections: general secretary of the SNLD

CNI News 25 February 2025 If the words that the chairman of the State Administration Council said were analyzed, the chances that elections could be held in 2025 are very slim, general secretary of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), U...
25 February 2025

MoU workers allowed to be sent by Yangon-Don Muang flight

CNI News 23 January 2024 The Ministry of Labor agreed to send MoU workers to Thailand by Yangon-Don Muang Flight, the Myanmar Overseas Employment Agencies Federation (MOEAF) told CNI News. Because the Yangon-Myawady-Maesot route has not been convenient...
23 January 2024

MOU signed to export high-grade coarse salt from Mon State to South Korea

CNI News 19 November 223 An MoU has been signed to export coarse salt produced in Mon State to South Korea according to the Mon State Salt Business Association. Due to South Korea's demand for salt, an MoU was signed with a company from South Korea on...
19 November 2023

More than 400 Banmauk locals have not been released after being abducted by the KIA

CNI News 29 April 2025 More than 400 locals from Kyaungle and Pinkha Villages in Banmauk Township, Sagaing Region, have been abducted by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) since January and have not been released to this day, according to those close...
29 April 2025

More Thai goods can enter than Chinese goods with higher cost

CNI News 9 May 2024 Not only are there territorial instabilities along the Myanmar-China border trade routes, check points of armed groups along the route have also asked for more money along. So, the prices of goods imported from China are getting...
09 May 2024

More people want to keep state and regional borders as they are

CNI News 16 May 2025 While armed conflicts are growing and there are situations in which efforts can be made to change the borders of States and Regions and to secede, more people want to keep the current border demarcation, according to a survey...
16 May 2025