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Yangon · YangonAt least eight people, including three students, are missing after a ferry capsized in a Yangon river on Wednesday, July 10th, 2024. According to a rescue organization official who spoke with Xinhua News Agency, the incident occurred around 8:10 am local time. The ferry, carrying 16 passengers, collided with a parked ship causing it to overturn. Eight people were fortunately rescued from the water. However, a search and rescue operation is curre…See the Story
Ferry Capsizes in Yangon River, Eight Missing Including Students
Yangon · YangonYangon, Myanmar — Eight people were missing after a boat sunk on a river in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon, the local fire department said on Wednesday.
The boat sank after an accident at around 8:10 a.m. local time in the Yangon river, it said on its Facebook page.
It did not give details on what had occurred or whether any other vessels were involved.
Local media reported the boat had collided with another vessel.
Nine of 17 people on board h…See the Story
Eight missing after boat sinks in Myanmar commercial hub
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Yangon · YangonIndia conceded a late goal to suffer a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Myanmar and continued their winless run against the neighbours in a women's football friendly match in Yangon, Myanmar on Tuesday. Facing Myanmar for the first time after five years, the hosts scored both goals from set pieces with Win Theingi Tun, who plays for Odisha FC, giving them a 14th minute lead. Although her club teammate Pyari Xaxa equalised for India with an opportunist…See the Story
India Lose 1-2 To Myanmar In Women's Football Friendly
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Yangon · YangonYangon, Myanmar – A first batch of 5,000 conscripts called up by Myanmar‘s junta will begin duty at the end of this month, military sources told AFP on Monday, as the generals struggle to crush opposition to their coup. The junta enforced a conscription law in February, three years after it seized power and sparked a widespread armed uprising that has spread across swathes of the Southeast Asian country. The law allows the military to summon all…See the Story
First Myanmar junta conscripts to begin duty at end of month
Aung San Suu Kyi · YangonYangon – Detained Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in “good health”, a junta spokesman told AFP on Thursday, a day after the Nobel laureate turned 79 in military custody. Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained by the military since it toppled her government and seized power in 2021, plunging the Southeast Asian nation into turmoil. The Nobel laureate is serving a 27-year sentence imposed by a junta court after a trial condemned by rights…See the Story