Myanmar

Rains add to challenge for Myanmar quake relief, toll at 3,471

Aid agencies have warned the combination of the unseasonable rains and extreme heat could cause outbreaks of disease

Myanmar village air strike kills at least 12, says local official

The Friday afternoon strike hit the village of Letpanhla around 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of the country's second biggest city of Mandalay.

Complicity in Rohingya genocide cannot go unpunished

Rohingya in Myanmar face denial of rights, atrocities, and forced displacement since 1962.

Myanmar junta chief says election to be held by January

The Myanmar military seized power in 2021, making unsubstantiated claims of massive electoral fraud in 2020 polls won resoundingly by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD).

Thailand cuts power to Myanmar border regions to fight scam centres

Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar's lawless borderlands

Myanmar rebel group admits to killings

A rare admission of deadly violence as it fights the ruling junta

More than 3.5 mn displaced in Myanmar: UN

Since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, Myanmar has been rocked by fighting between numerous ethnic rebel groups and the army.

Situation in Myanmar Border: Dhaka needs to engage with Arakan Army

Dhaka needs to engage with Arakan Army, which now controls over 80 percent of Rakhine State, including the 271-km border between Bangladesh and Myanmar, said security experts, former diplomats, and academics yesterday.

Teknaf customs in limbo as 19 mt of rice, authorised by AA, reaches port

The consignment of rice weighing 19 metric tonnes arrived at Teknaf land port on Tuesday evening with the documents sealed and signed by the Arakan Army

November 27, 2024
November 27, 2024

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar military leader over Rohingya campaign

A panel of three judges will now decide if they agree there are "reasonable grounds" to believe general Min Aung Hlaing bears criminal responsibility for the deportation and persecution of Rohingya in Myanmar and Bangladesh.

November 20, 2024
November 20, 2024

Myanmar led world in landmine victims in 2023: monitor

Decades of sporadic conflict between the military and ethnic rebel groups have left the Southeast Asian country littered with deadly landmines and munitions.

October 29, 2024
October 29, 2024

Myanmar's lost generation battles trauma, addiction at jungle rehab

Myanmar's military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in a February 2021 coup, igniting a conflict that has killed thousands, displaced nearly three million people and triggered a boom in drug production.

October 21, 2024
October 21, 2024
October 16, 2024
October 16, 2024

Myanmar ties China with lowest internet freedom: study

The further deterioration in Myanmar, a Beijing ally where the military seized power in 2021, marks the first time in a decade that any country has matched China for a low score in the Freedom on the Net report.

October 8, 2024
October 8, 2024

Myanmar to send rep to regional summit for first time in three years

ASEAN barred Myanmar junta leaders from its summits in the wake of their February 2021 coup, and the generals have refused to send "non-political representatives" instead.

September 25, 2024
September 25, 2024

Myanmar fighters battle to hold prized city

Most fled the weeks of fighting that culminated in the city's capture last month, and those who remain fear a return to the bloody violence.

September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024

Myanmar flooding death toll jumps to 226

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) disaster response agency said an estimated 631,000 people had been affected by flooding across Myanmar.

September 15, 2024
September 15, 2024

Storm, flooding death toll in Myanmar jumps to 74: state media

Search and rescue operations were ongoing, it said, adding that the floods had destroyed more than 65,000 houses and five dams.

September 10, 2024
September 10, 2024

Red Cross head presses Myanmar junta for more aid access

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government in 2021, sparking armed uprisings across the country.