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 a …
Thailand Working ‘Relentlessly’ to Solve Myanmar Crisis, PM Says
Thailand is “working relentlessly” to bring an end to the crisis in neighboring Myanmar where rebel groups have been clashing with the military-government, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin …
UN investigators investigate mass displacement in Myanmar
UN war crimes investigators said on Thursday they were tracking the escalating fighting in conflict-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State, and were …
UN investigators probing mass displacement in Myanmar
UN war crimes investigators said Thursday they were tracking the escalating fighting in conflict-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State, and were probing reports that thousands from a persecuted minority had …
Fuelling the future, poisoning the present: Myanmar’s rare earth boom
Demand for permanent magnets, mostly used in EVs and wind turbines, is driving the boom in rare earth mining across Kachin state. It appears that Myanmar’s HREE output goes predominantly to rare earth …
New investigation reveals the alarming expansion of heavy rare earth mining in Myanmar, and the devastating cost for communities and the environment
The world’s dependence on heavy rare earths from Myanmar’s conflict-affected Kachin state has rapidly increased and is having a devastating impact on communities and the environment.
More than 1,300 Myanmar nationals pour into Mizoram to escape clashes across border
Aizawl: As the civil war in Myanmar rages on, a fresh batch of more than 1,322 refugees have entered India in the past week, fleeing across the border into Mizoram, state home department officials …
‘Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos emerge hub of organised financial crimes targeting Indians’
Nearly half of financial frauds targeting Indians are originating from the three south-east Asian countries of Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos …
Rohingya activists say Myanmar armed group has displaced thousands
Rohingya activists accused a Myanmar ethnic armed group on Wednesday of displacing thousands of the persecuted minority in the western Rakhine state, after the United States said it was troubled by …
Japan Aid Project Still Helping Myanmar’s Military
Despite Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s pledge last February to “appropriately handle” the flow of government aid to Myanmar’s abusive military, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official told the …