A recent study reports that Myanmar junta airstrikes have killed over 359 civilians, including 61 children, and injured 756 others in the first four months of 2024. This is a significant increase in civilian casualties since the military coup in 2021 …
UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
The U.N. human rights office has warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state and new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the army …
‘The entire town is burning.’ Fires rage as Rohingya caught up on the front lines of Myanmar’s civil war
Families of Rohingya people trapped in Myanmar’s west said this week they are desperately trying to contact loved ones after a weekend of widespread arson attacks displaced up to 200,000 people and …
ASEAN visa: Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Myanmar eye Schengen-style tourism boost
A new visa in the ASEAN region could enhance tourism plans in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Myanmar
Myanmar conflict: a state of unprecedented turmoil and suffering, Cardinal Bo says
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, archbishop of Yangon in Myanmar, says there is an “unprecedented state of turmoil and suffering, which seems to have no end” in the country.
Thousands flee Myanmar for Thailand amid flare up in civil war fighting
Myanmar’s civil war has taken a critical turn in recent weeks following a series of defeats for the military junta that reclaimed power in 2021. The exiled civilian government, deposed in that coup, …
Lured with the promise of jobs, 20 Indians enslaved in Myanmar: Kin
MEERUT: Twenty Indian labourers, promised jobs in Thailand, have been enslaved in Myanmar and are seeking assistance from the ministry of external affairs (MEA) to secure their release. Some of their …
Some 45,000 Rohingya Have Fled Fighting in Myanmar: UN
The UN warned that escalating fighting in conflict-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State had forced around 45,000 minority Rohingya to flee.
UN warns of rise in violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine; US and EU express alarm
The United Nations human rights office on Friday (May 24) warned there was a risk of a serious rise in violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where it received “frightening and disturbing reports” of …
Cross-Border Trade Plunges 48% in Myanmar as Ethnic Armies Seize Control
Myanmar’s 6.8 percent drop in total trade during the first one and a half months of this fiscal year was likely caused by plummeting trade at official border posts, which handled 48 percent less …