A paramotor attack on a festival and protest in central Myanmar has killed at least 24 people and wounded 47 others, a spokesperson from the exiled National Unity Government told BBC Burmese.
Myanmar junta strike kills dozens at festival protest: residents
YANGON: A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, an attendee and a local committee member told AFP on Tuesday (Oct 7).
Thai call centre victims rescued from Myanmar traffickers
YANGON: Sixteen Thai citizens lured into scamming compounds in Myawaddy have been repatriated and are undergoing assessment as human trafficking victims.
Myanmar could boost power output by 30% if gas losses were prevented, says Energy Minister
YANGON: Union Minister for Energy U Ko Ko Lwin said that about 85 per cent of Myanmar’s natural gas consumption is used for electricity generation, and if gas leakage and loss could be prevented, the …
Myanmar trial set to begin for 2 Reuters journalists
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar is set to put two reporters from the Reuters news agency on trial this week after they were charged under a colonial-era state secrets act, in a case that highlights growing …
Justice For Myanmar gets 2025 Right Livelihood Award for exposing Junta finance
Justice For Myanmar (JFM), an anonymous collective of Myanmar activists, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Right Livelihood Award.
Myanmar’s minister outlines promising areas of cooperation with Belarus
Myanmar is eager to actively develop contacts with Belarus in education, tourism, and banking, Myanmar’s Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations Wah Wah Maung told journalists.
Rohingya Muslims plead for help at the U.N. to stop the killings in Myanmar
The Rohingya have suffered decades of displacement, oppression and violence, while seeing no action in response to determinations that they are victims of genocide, one advocate said.
UK pledges £27m in new aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Foreign secretary says aid will deliver food, shelter, clean water, and healthcare to people displaced by conflict in Myanmar …
Visuals from Myanmar falsely linked to Cambodia-Thailand border conflict
Cambodia and Thailand engaged in five days of deadly fighting in July and tensions remain high two months later, but images and clips shared online alongside claims it shows “Cambodian troops …