- July 26th, 2024
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...
Ethnic rebels have taken control of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army's Kokang regional command center in northern Shan state, despite military assets and a large stockpile of arms and ammunition. The MNDAA seized control of the city of Laukkai,...
Ko Aung Aung and Ko Moe Kyaw are two of three survivors of extrajudicial killings carried out by the Shanni Nationalities Army in Kachin state's Se Zin village. The incident, which saw five others murdered on a single night, is...
Myanmar migrant workers in Southeast Asia are facing tougher times due to two recent orders issued by the State Administration Council (SAC). The first order requires migrant workers to remit at least 25% of their salaries every month, sent through...
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