Insight Myanmar “I always wanted to do good, to help people,” says Sallo Polak—a Dutch humanitarian, founder of Philanthropy Connections Foundation (PCF), and longtime resident of Southeast Asia—expre
Mizzima Ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) held an informal discussion on 24 September regarding the reopening of the Asian Highway (AH1) between Myawaddy and Kawkareik. The road is a major border trad
MUMBAI -- Moglix, a B2B e-commerce startup backed by industrialist Ratan Tata, aims to multiply revenue more than 20-fold to over $10 billion by 2025 following the rolling out of India's goods and ser
This frame grab taken from state-run Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) video footage released on March 28, 2025 shows Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing making a speech in Naypyidaw. Photo: MR
NEW DELHI -- Seeking to tap the huge Indian market, Taiwanese machine tool makers are offering their cutting-edge products for this country's manufacturing sector, which is being aggressively promoted
This successor to the Birla group, one of India's three big conglomerates. The Birla family comes from the famed Marwari merchant community from the western state of Rajasthan. The group is now involv
The National Unity Government (NUG) -A delegation of representatives from the Committee Representing Pyitaungsu Hluttaw attended a Parliamentary Hearing named “Better together, delivering for the peop
AFP A record 21.5 million tourists visited Japan in the first six months of the year, a 21-percent increase year-on-year, official figures showed Wednesday, despite visitors from Hong Kong dropping by
AFP European Council president Antonio Costa arrived in India on Sunday, as the EU and New Delhi seek to seal a free trade pact, capping nearly two decades of negotiations between the economic behemot
NEW DELHI (NewsRise) -- Tata Motors plans to introduce in India two sport-utility vehicles based on a Land Rover platform, tapping the engineering prowess of the marquee brand almost a decade after it
Mizzima The Seventh Swedish National Pension Fund (AP7) announced yesterday that it is excluding the Indian arms companies Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the
Mizzima Key findings • The 2025-2026 election is the fourth general election since 2010. It is the first election to combine Proportional Representation (PR) with the First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) system
AFP President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hoped to find paths to a “just peace” as soon as possible, as a first international summit on pathways to end Russia’s war in Ukraine opened Saturday. More tha
The National Unity Government (NUG) · The spokesperson of the NUG Presidential Office stated that instead of protecting the interest of China, their joint venture security companies in cooperation wit
TOKYO -- Honda Motor leads the global motorcycle market, with a share of roughly 30%. The Japanese company is doing particularly well in the Southeast Asian markets, where it enjoys first-mover advant
Mizzima The Blood Money Campaign released a statement on 5 December 2024, regarding the Indian government’s approach to the situation in Myanmar. The statement is as follows. Myanmar was dragged into
NEW DELHI -- French automaker PSA Group, which owns Peugeot, Citroen, and DS Automobiles, is returning to India in a partnership with CK Birla Group, after a failure 20 years ago and another attempt i
TOKYO -- Major Japanese motorcycle makers are rethinking their Asian strategies in light of unexpectedly poor performance in Indonesia, turning their focus to India in hopes of kick-starting sputterin
MUMBAI (NewsRise) -- A ruling by India's top court banning the sale of vehicles using older fuel technology could hit Hero MotoCorp and Ashok Leyland hard as they are saddled with the most inventory,
MUMBAI -- Honda Motor said Thursday that it aims to boost its two-wheeler sales in India by 20% to 6 million units, including exports, in the current fiscal year ending March 2018. BusinessHonda looks