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.
Prominent Baptist pastor in military-ruled Myanmar detained again hours after release from prison
A prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority has been detained by the authorities just hours after he was released from prison under an amnesty b …
Can’t antagonise one friend to make another happy: Bangladesh Army chief on Myanmar
Army chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed has explained their position on the Myanmar military, which is fighting rebels in parts of the country, including on the borders with Bangladesh.
In a rebel-held Myanmar town, fragile unity pushes junta to the brink
Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized from the ruling junta last week, offers a glimpse of dynamics playing out across the Southeast Asian country as its vaunted military reels from battlefield losses.