Anti-coup fighters claimed to have taken control of key military base in northeastern Lashio over the weekend. Myanmar’s army chief and coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has acknowledged his troops are under pressure after anti-coup fighters claimed to have taken control of a key military base in the…
On June 25, an explosion shook the town of Mogok, in Myanmar’s central Mandalay region, sending Hla Su and her family rushing for shelter in a nearby trench. Over the next three days, they waited underground for the fighting to stop, but it only got worse. “When the explosions subsided,…
Military pledged to hold elections in 2025 after repeated delays caused by extensions of emergency rule. Myanmar’s military government has extended the country’s state of emergency by six months as it struggles to maintain its grip on power. All members of the military-controlled National Defence and Security Council “unanimously decided”…
Brang, from Kachin State, also fell foul of the traffickers. A university student before the pandemic, he joined nonviolent protests after the coup and travelled to Laukkai in October of 2021 at the invitation of a friend. He arrived to learn that his friend had set him up with a…
The current acting president, Myint Swe, has taken medical leave and transferred his duties to Min Aung Hlaing. Myanmar’s acting president, Myint Swe, has taken medical leave and transferred his duties to the military chief Min Aung Hlaing, says the country’s army. The announcement of the new appointment, broadcast on…
Mae Sot, Thailand – Once again, the attack came from the sky. The Kachin resistance fighters barely heard the sound of the propellers as the Myanmar military’s two drones released their payload above their heads in northern Kachin State in late April. “I fell down to the ground when the…
Amid armed conflict following the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s fast-depreciating currency is destabilising the economy. Myanmar’s military authorities have arrested 11 people, including a Japanese executive, for selling rice at prices higher than prescribed levels. Officials said on Monday that the detainees include rice traders, millers and retailers. The charges relate…
Since war resumed in his native Rakhine State last November, Thura Maung has seen his options narrow. The 18-year-old, from the state’s ethnic Rakhine majority, first fled his home in the coastal town of Myebon in December, when clashes between the military and autonomy-seeking Arakha Army – formerly known as…
Amin thinks it was about a month before they arrived in Malaysian waters. It was the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Malaysia had locked down and sealed its borders, but the people smugglers were hoping that the virus would quickly die down and border control would relax, Amin…
Expert analyses find ethnic armed groups and anti-coup forces consolidating their positions seven months after launching major offensive. Myanmar’s military regime has lost control of more parts of the Southeast Asian country, particularly along its borders, since anti-coup forces formed an alliance to mount a renewed offensive at the end…
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