The junta is increasingly relying on troops and mines to secure its infrastructure, including the pipelines sending fossil fuel from the Rakhine coast to China The junta recently placed landmines around oil and gas pipelines running through Hsipaw Township in Read More
The men, aged 18 to 32, were taken and used as human shields for the Myanmar army before they were killed The bodies of five members of a local People’s Defence Force (PDF) were found on Sunday after being forcibly Read More
Poppy McPherson, Tom Allard and Rozanna LatiffMon January 17, 2022, 6:10 AM (Reuters) – Unresolved differences about engagement with Myanmar’s military rulers are causing discord among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), diplomats and government officials say, as a Read More
MANILA (Reuters) – Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is “indispensable” in restoring democracy to the military-ruled country and must be included in any peace talks, regardless of her conviction, the Philippines’ foreign minister said on Sunday. In a Read More
Members of local defence forces say the rescue of detained civilians was an unexpected outcome after they ambush short-staffed police stations in Sagaing Region Wathone Nyein Aye A two-day attack by local defence forces on the Yinmabin township and district Read More
Htet Htet Eaindra Aung fled Yangon and now files reports on the run from remote and embattled Kayah state. By Zin Mar Win2022.01.15 Htet Htet Eaindra Aung was a news anchor at 7-Day TV in Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon when Read More
The victim was killed on his 10th birthday, according to his aunt Wathone Nyein Aye Regime forces shot and killed a 10-year-old boy during a raid on a village in Sagaing Region’s Mingin Township on Wednesday, according to a relative Read More
Some of the victims died on the spot after being shot by regime troops, while others showed signs of being torture to death Khin Yi Yi Zaw / Thura Maung Junta troops have killed at least five civilians and two Read More
The Tamu PDF estimated that it killed 11 people during a shootout on Monday Nyein Swe Resistance forces attacked a prison labour camp near Myanmar’s border with India this week, killing an estimated 11 people in a shootout with guards Read More
Many had already fled the area after 11 people were massacred and burned in the village last month Khin Yi Yi Zaw More than 7,000 people have fled their homes in Sagaing Region’s Yinmabin and Salingyi townships since Saturday in Read More
