Over three years since the Myanmar military coup, the junta’s flailing efforts to consolidate power have ravaged the country’s population. Fighting has intensified across much of the country, …
UN outraged as two dozen Myanmar villagers killed
Military air strikes in western Myanmar have killed at least 25 members of the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority, including children, local media reported, prompting the UN chief to express concerns …
UN chief condemns escalating violence in Myanmar
Clashes between military and ethnic minority forces in Myanmar are growing more intense. The United Nations Secretary-General is sounding the alarm about civilians being caught in the firing line.
Thai House Committee Proposes Four-Point Plan for Crisis in Myanmar
He said that the committee has come up with a four-point proposal which would help the government provide a coordinated response. First, the government should set up a special pan …
UN rapporteur for Myanmar: Thailand taking hard look at situation
In an interview, Tom Andrews talks with BenarNews affiliate Radio Free Asia about recent Thai Parliament seminar on Myanmar.
Four-point plan for crisis in Myanmar
The House committee on foreign affairs has put forward a four-point action plan to help solve the crisis in Myanmar.
The Myanmar conflict is a regional problem
Three years ago, on March 9, 2021, army trucks pulled up in front of Mizzima’s headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar. Soldiers proceeded to ransack and loot the office of the independent media group, taking …
Myanmar aims to plant 700,000 acres of rain-fed paddy in 2024-25 FY
YANGON, March 17 (Xinhua) — Myanmar aims to plant 700,000 acres of rain-fed paddy with 140 billion kyats (about 66.6 million U.S. dollars) of state economic promotion fund in the 2024-25 fiscal year …
Escaping to Thailand: Fleeing military service in Myanmar
Plans by the Myanmar junta to forcibly conscript young people have prompted thousands to flee the country. Many are trying to get to Thailand. Julian Küng reports from the border region.
Hellfire and Damnation in Myanmar: Ex-World Bank Country Head Recounts Rohingya Catastrophe Response
Ellen Goldstein’s Damned If You Do pulls no punches in its excoriating account of World Bank incompetence amid crisis.