Another 179 BGP members fled to Bangladesh through the Jamchhari border in Naikhongchhari on Mar 11. The BGB-31 Battalion in Naikhongchhari is looking after them. On Mar 30, three men from the Myanmar …
Govt urges pulses importers from Myanmar to use Rupee-Kyat direct payment system
The Central Bank of Myanmar on January 26, 2024 had released guidelines for payment procedures under SRVA through PNB and UAB bank.(Reuters) The government on Saturday asked importers from Myanmar to …
Myanmar’s rebel offensive hits close to home
Since the 2021 coup in Myanmar, the military regime continues to face resistance from armed rebel groups which have managed to push troops from several strongholds.
Middle class wiped out: Half of Myanmar’s people forced into poverty by civil war, UN report finds
Once considered among the most promising economies in Southeast Asia, Myanmar is now suffering from soaring levels of poverty as a devastating civil war drives tens of millions further into destitution,
Myanmar junta loses ground as insurgency gains momentum
While the junta faces no imminent risk of being overthrown, the loss of critical territories and a severe hit to troop morale is testing general Min Aung Hlaing’s grip on power and could prompt a shift in the way Myanmar’s neighbours approach a weaker regime.
Payment mechanism for traders importing pulses from Myanmar simplified: Govt
Government eases payment mechanism for importing pulses from Myanmar, urging traders to utilize Rupee/Kyat direct payment system.
Thai foreign minister urges Myanmar’s military to avoid violent attack on border town its army lost
Thailand’s foreign minister on Friday said he urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents, and that so far they seemed to be exercising restraint.
Fall of Myanmar town to rebels sends people fleeing into Thailand
By Panu Wongcha-um MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters) -Hundreds of refugees crossed over the river frontier between Myanmar and Thailand on Friday following the fall of a strategic border town to rebels fighting Myanmar’s military junta.
Why the fall of Myawaddy, Myanmar’s ‘gateway’ to Thailand, is so important
Anti-coup fighters say they’ve taken control of the eastern border town, sending the remaining soldiers into retreat.
Sasha Goss: What about Myanmar?
There has been a hidden civil war and genocide going on in Myanmar for quite some time, yet no protesters in our area. Interesting how one war gets huge amounts of attention and another goes unnoticed …