- October 12th, 2024
Myanmar's military junta and the ethnic Karen insurgency, the Karen National Union (KNU) has refused to reopen a critical section of the Asian Highway linking Myanmar and Thailand, citing concerns over potential military advances. The highway, a vital economic and...
Myanmar’s ongoing civil war, rebel groups have flatly rejected a peace offer from the embattled military junta. The junta, which has been grappling with mounting battlefield defeats and widespread defections, made its first peace overture since seizing power in a...
The UNESCO World Heritage site of Bagan, home to nearly 4,000 Buddhist pagodas and temples, has been severely affected by heavy rains and flooding during the recent rainy season. According to reports, about 1,900 ancient structures have suffered damage, putting...
In Myanmar's war-torn borderlands, a discernible pattern has emerged. From Myitkyina and Bhamo in northern Kachin state to Lashio in northeastern Shan and Sittwe on the Bay of Bengal, the Myanmar Army is retreating into urban bastions fortified by air...
Around 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand following fresh fighting at a border town recently captured by ethnic guerillas. Karen guerillas attacked Myanmar troops hiding near the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, a major trade crossing point. The...
Myanmar's civil war, now in its fourth year, has strained Phyo Phyo Aung's family, including her husband Lin Htet Naing, who is in notorious Insein Prison in Yangon. The inmate, who was sentenced to eight years for protesting against the...
Three years after Myanmar's democratically elected government was ousted by a military coup in February 2021, a brutal civil war has left the country devastated. A United Nations report in December stated that the country is on the brink of...
Thousands of residents in western Myanmar's Rakhine state have fled the capital of Sittwe, the administrative and military hub, due to a looming battle between the rebel ethnic Arakan Army and junta soldiers. The fighting is expected to be intense...
The Three Brotherhood Alliance of Myanmar rebel groups used a slogan to gain support from China, which shares a border with Kokang, a region in Shan state. China has expressed frustration with organized crime rings operating in the area, which...
Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has pledged to prioritize economic growth in 2024, blaming the country's economic contraction on the opposition he ousted three years ago. The economy has shrunk by 10-12% since the Feb. 1, 2021 coup, and...
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