MAE SOT, Thailand, April 12 (Reuters) – Thailand has sent messages to Myanmar’s junta to reduce violence, its foreign minister said on Friday, adding preparations are underway for an influx of people …
UPDATE 1-Thailand says it has asked Myanmar junta to reduce violence
MAE SOT, Thailand, April 12 (Reuters) – Thailand has sent messages to Myanmar’s junta to reduce violence, its foreign minister said on Friday, adding preparations are underway for an influx of people …
Exodus to Thailand continues after fall of key Myanmar border town
A stream of people, some fearing air strikes, queued at a border crossing to flee Myanmar early on Friday, a day after the strategically vital town of Myawaddy near Thailand fell to anti-junta …
Exodus to Thailand continues after fall of key Myanmar border town
A stream of people, some fearing air strikes, queued at a border crossing to flee Myanmar early on Friday, a day after the strategically vital town of Myawaddy near Thailand fell to anti-junta …
Singapore ‘tightens screws’ on Myanmar generals with arms trade crackdown
The UN says Russia, China and India continue to send weapons to Myanmar even as the Singapore route is blocked.
Myanmar’s junta is losing ever more ground
Rugged and landlocked, and with a population of just 300,000, Kayah (also known as Karenni) is the smallest and least developed of Myanmar’s seven ethnic states. The Kayah are used to war. They have …
Myanmar’s ethnic Karen guerrillas claim to have seized the last army base defending key border town
Guerrillas from the Karen ethnic minority in Myanmar claim to have captured the last of the army’s outposts in Myawaddy township in the east of the country, virtually clearing the way for them to take …
Chevron (CVX) Exits Yadana Natural Gas Field in Myanmar
Chevron (CVX) withdraws from Myanmar’s Yadana natural gas field, redistributing its stake to PTTEP and MOGE amid human rights concerns.
Myanmar Junta Eyes Business Opportunities in Russia’s Micro Alliance
Facing an economic disaster triggered by the coup three years ago, and a war moving closer to the capital, Myanmar’s military regime is seeking new business partners in the Eurasian Economic Union.
UPDATE 2-Myanmar troops retreat as rebels declare control over key border town
About 200 Myanmar military personnel withdrew to a bridge to Thailand on Thursday after a days-long assault by the anti-junta resistance, which declared it had won control of the critical border town …