A village elder stands outside a school destroyed by aircraft fire in Shan State. Mai Thomas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesIn the early days of a brutal 2021 military crackdown on anti-coup …
Defections, Rather Than Sanctions, Are What Is Needed For Myanmar
The current Western approach may be pushing tycoons and senior officials into the military’s arms. Better to entice them in the other direction.
2 Years of Turmoil: Myanmar’s Grinding Stalemate
The military says things are under control, while the resistance insists total victory is just around the corner. But the state of the battlefield suggests otherwise.
US Sees Door Open to China Talks, Cites Concerns Over Myanmar
The Biden administration believes there is still room to open up a dialog and collaborate with Beijing on pressing global matters despite rising tensions over issues such as Taiwan, a senior US …
Screaming people and bodies everywhere: The horrific aftermath of Myanmar junta airstrike that killed 165
Relatives were still recovering the charred bodies and limbs of victims killed in a military airstrike on a village in central Myanmar Wednesday, a day after one of the deadliest attacks since the …
Children Among 8 Killed By Drone Attack In Myanmar
(MENAFN- IANS) Naypyidaw, April 14 (IANS) Eight people, including five children, were killed and 31 others injured by a drone attack in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, the Information Team of Myanmar’s …
Myanmar sentences Baptist pastor to 6 years in prison after speaking out against atrocities
A court in Myanmar has sentenced the former president of the Kachin Baptist Convention Hkalam Samson, who was arrested and detained by the country s junta in December, to six years in prison despite …
Trafficked teens tell of torture at scam ‘casino’ on Myanmar’s chaotic border
But instead of a job, Kham ended up trafficked and held captive in a nondescript building on the Burmese-Thai border, about 200 miles (322 km.) south of the Golden Triangle and 400 miles (644 km.) …
ASEAN Chair Indonesia Condemns Deadly Myanmar Air Strike
It remains to be seen whether Indonesia, the bloc’s current chair, can lead a tougher and more effective regional response to the country’s conflict.
Military airstrikes in Myanmar kill at least 100 people
Airstrikes in Myanmar on Tuesday have killed at least 100 people — The New York Times reported at least 30 of those killed were children. According to The Associated Press, “The military is …