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.
Rescued From Execution, Fathers Weep For Their Sons in Myanmar
Video by Arakan Army highlights testimony of civilians captured by junta troops in Rakhine State who narrowly escaped execution after being used as porters and human shields.
Myanmar Junta Blocks Flow of Exports to Checkpoint on China Border
The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army has re-opened the border crossing in Chin Shwe Haw, a town it seized from the regime during Operation 1027, but no trade is flowing from either side of …
Myanmar Resistance’s ‘Final Warning’ to Junta Sparks Civilian Exodus in Kale Warzone
More than 50,000 abandon homes in Sagaing township as Myanmar regime troops respond to resistance’s ‘final warning’ with arbitrary artillery and airstrikes.
How Should Bangladesh Handle Myanmar’s Fleeing Soldiers?
On February 6, 264 members of Myanmar’s border and security forces took shelter in Bangladesh to escape heavy fighting between Myanmar’s army and the Arakan Army. They were disarmed by the members of …
Why Shan State’s Formidable Armies Have Shunned the Fight Against Myanmar’s Junta
After six decades of political wrangling, assassinations and opium trading, Myanmar’s Shan forces remain bitterly divided, lacking a common vision for their people.
Why Shan State’s Formidable Armies Have Shunned the Fight Against Myanmar’s Junta
After six decades of political wrangling, assassinations and opium trading, Myanmar’s Shan forces remain bitterly divided, lacking a common vision for their people.
Myanmar awaits approval to add traditional Thingyan festival to Unesco lists
YANGON: Myanmar’s traditional Thingyan festival (water festival) was submitted to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) in March 2023 and the approval comes through …