Myanmar
29 Jan
Four members of the Myanmar security services including a brigadier-general were shot dead by sniper fire on Monday as their helicopter prepared to land, a military source told AFP.
5 Jan
More than 40,000 people suspected of taking part in cyber scams in Myanmar were handed over to China last year, Beijing state media said Friday.
4 Jan
Beijing on Thursday voiced "strong dissatisfaction" that fighting in neighbouring Myanmar had caused Chinese casualties and said it would take "all necessary measures" to protect its citizens, following reports an artillery shell had exploded across the border.
2 Dec
The United Nations called Saturday for nations to rescue hundreds of Rohingya it said were trapped onboard two unseaworthy vessels adrift in the Andaman Sea.
14 Sep 2023
Myanmar's junta is endangering the life of jailed democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi, her political party said on Thursday, accusing the military of depriving her of medical care and food.
13 Sep 2023
Myanmar's junta and Russia have signed a memorandum on "cooperation in election activities", state media reported Wednesday, as both governments plan for polls that critics say will be neither free nor fair. Moscow is a close ally of the junta, providing arms and diplomatic support as Myanmar's military struggles to crush armed opposition to its…
6 Sep 2023
A Myanmar journalist arrested in May while covering the aftermath of a deadly cyclone has been jailed by junta authorities for 20 years, his employer said on Wednesday.
5 Sep 2023
Myanmar's junta will likely hold elections in 2025, party officials told AFP on Tuesday, even as the military struggles to crush resistance to its rule.
24 Aug 2023
Myanmar authorities have handed over seven people suspected of involvement in online scams targeting Chinese citizens to Beijing authorities, state media reported Thursday.
15 Aug 2023
Myanmar authorities have arrested nearly 150 Rohingya suspected of trying to flee the country, an official told AFP on Tuesday. The mainly Muslim Rohingya are seen in Myanmar as interlopers from Bangladesh. They are denied citizenship and require permission to travel. The military launched a crackdown on Rohingya in 2017, and thousands now risk their…
11 Aug 2023
Floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains have killed five people and forced the evacuation of around 40,000 others in Myanmar, officials said Friday.
Footage from Rakhine state, which was ravaged in May by Cyclone Mocha, showed large areas of villages and farmland submerged.....
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