Amidst the civil war in army ruled Myanmar, violent agitations have gripped another neighbouring country, Bangl …
Fight on despite truce, Myanmar says
MeKong News, an online news site reporting from Shan state, said on its Facebook page that the army was carrying out airstrikes and firing heavy weapons Friday morning in the area around 105-Mile Trade Zone in Muse, a major city that is a border crossing point with China.
Myanmar: two more journalists arrested as junta’s crusade against the right to information continues
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the recent arrest of two journalists by the Myanmar military junta and calls on the international community to increase pressure for their release and that of the 68 other media professionals detained in the country.
Battle For Main Trade Zone on Myanmar’s Border With China Continues to Rage
Fighting between ethnic and Myanmar junta troops for control of Muse, the key border trade zone between Myanmar and China in northern Shan State, continued to rage on Thursday despite recent “peace talks” between both sides in China’s Yunnan Province.
UN: Myanmar Is Now World’s No1 Opium Producer
Myanmar has become the world’s largest opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, which reduced its production after the Taliban imposed a ban in April last year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported on Tuesday.
In war-torn Myanmar, illicit poppy production flowers once more
Myanmar has regained its lead in global opium production, surpassing Afghanistan. The nation’s farmers are turning to cultivating poppy flowers to make ends meet. In Afghanistan, the Taliban’s ban has led to a 95% drop in the cultivation of opium poppies.
Myanmar’s Three Brotherhood Alliance seizes town from military despite China-backed ceasefire
Ethnic minority fighters battling Myanmar’s junta said Saturday they seized a trading hub in Shan state, days after China said it had mediated a temporary ceasefire. Clashes have raged across Myanmar’s northern Shan state since the Arakan Army (AA),
Myanmar ethnic minority fighters seize town from military
Ethnic minority fighters battling Myanmar’s junta said Saturday they seized a trading hub in Shan state, days after China said it had mediated a temporary ceasefire.
Inside ‘Operation 1027’, the anti-junta offensive in Myanmar
Operation 1027, so named for the date and month of its launch has seen the Brotherhood Alliance capture over 300 junta bases and 20 towns across three states and two regions. Experts say rebels have r …
A Thai senator linked to a Myanmar tycoon is indicted for drug trafficking and money laundering
Thailand’s Narcotics Control Board has announced that in the past few months it has carried out searches of several of Upakit’s residences and seized property worth more than 400 million baht ($11.5 …