‘Fighting spirit’: How Myanmar’s armed resistance is taking new ground | Conflict News
Shan and Kayah States, Myanmar - The truck rocked violently as the driver attempted to manoeuvre the rough terrain of Shan State’s dirt roads. As…
Boom time for Myanmar opium farmers amid coup chaos | Drugs News
In a remote corner of Myanmar, a line of farmers moves through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the greenish-purple pods to…
Thailand, Laos try to ‘make junta presentable’ amid ASEAN Myanmar inertia | ASEAN News
Chiang Mai, Thailand – Thailand’s controversial humanitarian initiative with crisis-torn Myanmar is facing growing criticism even after its fellow members of the Association of Southeast Asian…
UN seeking more than $850m for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh | Rohingya News
Bangladesh hosts more than a million Rohingya people, many of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar. The United Nations is calling for more…
Fears of mass migration from Myanmar as military plans to draft thousands | Conflict News
Ko Naing* is just the sort of young man Myanmar’s military is looking for. Hoping to make up for recruitment shortfalls and battlefield losses against…
Amnesty calls for war crimes probe over Myanmar military bombing of church
Myanmar’s military should be investigated for war crimes over an air attack last month that killed 17 villagers, including two children, as they attended a…
Amnesty calls for war crimes probe over Myanmar military bombing of church | Conflict News
The January attack in Sagaing killed 17 villagers, including two children, as they attended a Sunday service. Myanmar’s military should be investigated for war crimes…
Dozens of Rohingya refugees flee Malaysian immigration detention centre | Rohingya News
Police blame riot after 115 Rohingya and 16 other people from Myanmar escaped the facility on Thursday night. Malaysia is searching for dozens of Rohingya…
‘Blood and sweat’: Myanmar resistance fights to overturn military coup | Conflict News
On February 1, 2021, a military coup in Myanmar sparked widespread nonviolent protests that quickly turned into an armed uprising after the military responded with…
Shadows Loom Large: Myanmar’s Three Years Under the Military and the Uncertain Road Ahead
Myanmar’s path, once heading towards emerging democracy, has tragically deviated into a spiral of intensifying conflict, widespread displacement, and an economy struggling to survive since…
ASEAN urges ‘Myanmar-owned and led solution’ to crisis triggered by coup | ASEAN News
Southeast Asian foreign ministers have called for a “Myanmar-owned and led solution” to the crisis in Myanmar that began when the military seized power in…
In Myanmar’s Kayah, medics treat war wounded in hidden hospitals | Conflict News
Kayah State, Myanmar – When the military seized power in February 2021, Dr Ye was living a life many young people in Myanmar only dream…
UNHCR: 569 Rohingya died at sea in 2023, highest in nine years | Rohingya News
People from the mostly Muslim Myanmar minority continue to make perilous journeys across the sea in search of safety. Some 569 Rohingya people died or…