For India, security is the primary concern. Myanmar shares a porous 1,600-kilometer land border with India, which include the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Manipur. Of the Indian states that face the most direct consequences of the Tatmadaw’s ongoing crackdown, Mizoram is...
At the start of the Common Era, as the tribal system decayed—a process which was intensified by Indian influence—the first states appeared in Burma. Mon city-states arose on the southern coast of Burma during the first centuries A.D. They were characterized by comparatively developed class ...
ais the largest country in the Indian Subcontinent and shares borders with Pakistan to the west, China and Nepal to the north, Bhutan to the north-east, and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Indonesia lie to the south-east in the Indian Ocean. It is the ...
Earlier this month, Myanmar asked India to return the police officers who crossed the border. India shares a 1,643-kilometer (1,020-mile) border with Myanmar, and is home to thousands of refugees from Myanmar in different states. Copyright 2021 TheAssociated Press. All rights reserved. This ...
Mahmud said he had also raised the issue with India, which shares a 1,643-kilometer (1,020-mile) border with Myanmar and is home to thousands of refugees from Myanmar in different states. Indian officials in November estimated that thousands had entered northeastern states in India...
Myanmar’s Naga people hail mostly from the semi-autonomous northwestern part of the country, which shares a border with Nagaland in India. Again, Naga refers to various subgroups who share cultural and linguistic similarities. Naka is the Burmese word for “pierced ears,” which is a common ...
Even though telephone services are usable in hotels the charges are relatively higher than using an international phone card. Each minute called to any city in the United States can cost about $7. Services of sending and receiving e-mails are available at a couple of dollars for one e-mail...
In April 2022, he took a trip to Kayah State, which shares a mountainous border with Thailand. A union of anti-coup armed groups has actually taken considerable area there and in neighbouring southern Shan. Dr Ye’s choice to transfer to this “liberated location” triggered a rif...
"We cannot hurt our people, that's why we came to Mizoram," said one of the policemen, who hails from the northwestern town of Tedim. Mizoram is a state in India's northeast that shares a border with Bangladesh and Myanmar. After the military coup, one police officer said they were ...
(AA) launched attacks on the junta’s Border Guard Police (BGP) outposts in Rathedaung Township in northern Rakhine State in western Myanmar early Monday morning. The attacks pile further pressure on the regime, which is currently struggling with an array of resistance offensives in other ...