An ethnic armed group in northeastern Myanmar has seized a major crossing point for trade along the Chinese border.
CORRECTION-INSIGHT-Rebel fire and China’s ire: Inside Myanmar’s anti-junta offensive
Generals from Myanmar’s junta held peace talks in June near the border with China with representatives of three powerful ethnic armies. They sat across a wide table covered with blue cloth and …
China is backing opposing sides in Myanmar’s civil war
W hen Myanmar’s junta toppled the country’s elected government and seized power in February 2021, China called it a “major cabinet reshuffle”. After that bloody coup sparked a civil war, in which …
Myanmar ethnic group seizes another crossing point along Chinese border
An ethnic armed group in northeastern Myanmar has seized a major crossing point for trade along the Chinese border, residents and media reports said.
Fighting from afar to run Myanmar
THREE blocks from the White House, at the end of a fluorescent-lit hallway on the sixth floor of a coworking space for “business nomads, freelancers and energetic entrepreneurs”, sits the American …
How online scam warlords have made China start to lose patience with Myanmar’s junta
In the end it was the thriving online scam centers that finally forced China to lose patience with Myanmar’s brutal military rulers.
Myanmar’s ragtag rebels fire dynamite from catapults – and they’re winning
A band of young Myanmar resistance fighters hide in a muddy ditch and hook up a stick of dynamite to a slingshot. “Hide, hide. Ignite it. Provide wind protection. Son of a bitch, it’s exploded,” they …
15 suspected drug smugglers killed in clash with Thai soldiers near Myanmar
Fifteen suspected drug smugglers were killed and about 2 million methamphetamine tablets seized in northern Thailand near the Myanmar border after a shootout with Thai soldiers, Thai officials said.
Marcos denounces ‘worsening’ violence in Myanmar, urges ASEAN to act
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. condemned the continued civil war in Myanmar and urged the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to address the worsening violence.
Asean should be ready to help Myanmar, says Marcos
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) should be ready to assist Myanmar amid an ongoing military turmoil, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Sunday. Speaking at the First Session of the …