Two Myanmar military fighter jets bombed the village at 7.30pm on Wednesday, killing six boys and two girls between the ages of 5 and 12, along with their teacher and two villagers, authorities in Matupi township of Chin State told The Irrawaddy.
India may need to reconsider its engagements in Myanmar
This article is authored by Akash Sahu, leading an independent policy and strategy consulting practice from New Delhi.
Renewed fighting in Myanmar has displaced 26,000 people since Monday, UN says
Renewed fighting between the Myanmar Armed Forces (MAF) and the Arakan Army (AA) has displaced over 26,000 people in western Rakhine state, according to a UN body.
Myanmar’s corruption crackdown against two ‘scapegoat’ generals shows cracks within military junta
Although Myanmar produces enough rice to feed its people, it has to import oil and cooking oil. For this reason, the Central Bank of Myanmar’s provided US$600 million annually to well-connected …
With drones and dawn assault, Myanmar’s Chin rebels open new front
In the pre-dawn darkness on Monday, a 22-year-old Myanmar rebel fighter approached a hill-top military camp in remote Chin State with dozens of comrades for an assault that opened up another front in …
As fighting surges in Myanmar, an airstrike in the west reportedly kills 11 civilians
Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on a village in a western region have killed at least 11 civilians, including eight children, a leading …
29 more Myanmar soldiers flee to Mizoram, total now 79, since Monday’s escalation of violence
Mizorams Inspector General of Police Headquarters, Lalbiakthanga Khiangte said that 29 more Myanmar Army soldiers, including the two officers, fled to Mizorams Champhai district and approached the …
An ethnic resistance group in northern Myanmar says an entire army battalion has surrendered to it
A Myanmar army battalion based near the Chinese border surrendered to an alliance of ethnic armed groups that launched a surprise offensive last month against the military, a spokesperson for one of the groups said Wednesday.
Myanmar fraud-gang leaders arrested, chief criminal commits suicide
China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on Thursday announced that Ming Guoping, Ming Julan and Ming Zhenzhen, ringleaders of a telecom and online fraud criminal gang in northern Myanmar’s Kokang Self-Administered Zone,
‘Deeply concerned’ India wants secession of violence in Myanmar
India fears the violence could spillover to its side of the border and result in large influx of refugees from Myanmar.