Fighting has ravaged swathes of Myanmar since a coup in 2021, with the junta battling ethnic rebels and dozens of new ‘People’s Defence Forces’ across the country. Rights groups accuse the military of extrajudicial killings,
Zara Factory Staff Face Prison in Myanmar After Protest For Wage Rise
Five union leaders at a garment factory and three supporters face up to eight years in prison after protest for wage rise of 38 US cents a day.
Cyclone-hit areas reel after Myanmar army blocks aid
Of the 5.4 million people in Myanmar who were in Cyclone Mocha’s path, nearly 3.2 million are considered “most vulnerable” according to the UN. Rakhine, where Aye Kyawt Phyu and San San Htay live, is one of the country’s poorest states. Some 78% of its population lived below the poverty line as of 2019, according to the World Bank’s last estimate.
Heyzer’s Exit Marks a Low Point for the UN’s Envoys to Myanmar
Heyzer found, like many envoys of the past, that the ever-changing political and diplomatic landscapes of a poorly-governed and highly unstable government limited her options. The junta, also known as the State Administration Council (SAC),
Former NLD Economist: New US Sanctions Will Disrupt Myanmar Junta Funding
Exiled economist U Sein Htay tells The Irrawaddy that the regime will have to find new revenue streams after this month’s sanctions.
Myanmar burns $446 million worth of seized drugs as illicit trade booms in Southeast Asia
The authorities in Myanmar have destroyed more than $446 million worth of illegal drugs seized from around the county to mark an annual international anti-drug trafficking day …
Hosheng Myanmar Union workers got arrested by the Myanmar military junta.
To know more about the birth of the Hosheng workers’ union, please refer to the article “The Birth of the Hosheng Myanmar Garment Union” from libcom.org.
Officials from Myanmar and Indonesia meet to discuss the repatriation of Indonesian citizens facing difficulties in border areas
Permanent Secretary U Chan Aye of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Dicky Komar, the Chargés d’affaires of the Indonesian Embassy in Yangon, met at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw …
Iran Remains on FATF Blacklist
The international money-laundering watchdog the Financial Action Task Force said Friday that it had made no changes in its blacklist, which for the moment includes three countries Iran, Myanmar and …
Myanmar Insein: A rare glimpse inside a barbaric prison
The BBC speaks to prisoners, including an artist whose smuggled sketches record horror inside Myanmar’s Insein jail.