The computer specialist jumped at the chance – it was money he couldn’t dream of in Sri Lanka, which has been hit by an economic crisis. And so, he took out a loan of 250,000 rupees ($815) to pay the recruiter. Ravi arrived in Bangkok in early 2023, but was immediately sent to Mae Sot, a city in western Thailand.
About 1,300 people from Myanmar flee into Thailand after clashes broke out in a key border town
About 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand, officials said Saturday, as fresh fighting erupted at a border town that has recently been captured by ethnic …
Why Myanmar’s War Matters, Even if the World Isn’t Watching
The civil war is not new. Myanmar’s Army has been on a war footing since the former British colony gained independence in 1948. The recent fighting is unusual because many civilians from the country’s Bamar ethnic majority have taken up arms alongside ethnic groups that have been battling the army for decades.
What’s Happening In Myanmar’s Civil War?
Myanmar’s military staged a coup in 2021, strangling democratic reforms and jailing much of the country’s civilian leadership. Three years on, the Southeast Asian nation is teetering on the brink of …
Clashes resume near Thai-Myanmar border town: Thai army
BANGKOK, April 20, 2024 (BSS/AFP) – Clashes between the Myanmar junta and armed ethnic groups have broken out again near a vital trade hub close to Thailand’s border, an armed group spokesperson and …
Myanmar to take back 285 soldiers who sought refuge in Bangladesh
Myanmar ship to take back troops, also return 150 Bangladeshis stuck in Myanmar, according to new plan – Anadolu Ajansı …
Myanmar’s fled security personnel cleared to repatriate on Apr 22: FM
DHAKA, April 19, 2024 (BSS) – Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said that Dhaka had given clearance to Myanmar authority to return their security personnel who took shelter in Bangladesh on April …
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Being Used as ‘Human Shield’, Son Fears
LONDON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s detained former leader and Aung San Suu Kyi was moved from prison to house arrest possibly to be used by the Southeast Asian nation’s ruling junta as a human shield in its …
Carnage Follows Amnesty in Myanmar: Four Prisoners Shot Dead, 12 Injured
The day after the junta released 3,303 people from prisons in a nationwide conditional amnesty, guards opened fire on a protest in a prison in Kachin State, killing four people and injuring 12 more.
ASEAN says ‘deeply concerned’ over escalating Myanmar violence
Regional bloc ASEAN said it is “deeply concerned” about a recent upsurge in fighting in Myanmar, after fierce clashes over a key trading hub near the Thai border.