Myanmar

Weeping, weak and soaked, dozens of Rohingya refugees rescued after night on hull of capsized boat

An Indonesian search and rescue ship has located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees, and began pulling survivors who had been standing on its hull to safety

Indonesia's rescue of Rohingya refugees at sea is a reminder of an ordeal that began in Myanmar

A dramatic story of survival and rescue off Indonesia’s west coast is a reminder of the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar who make extremely dangerous voyages across the Indian Ocean to seek better lives

Thailand sends aid to war-torn Myanmar, but critics say it will only help junta

Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Myanmar on Monday, sending ten trucks over the border from the northern province of Tak in what officials hope will be a continuing effort to ease the plight of millions of people displaced by fighting

Myanmar resistance group says its drones hit targets in the capital, but army says it shot them down

Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group says its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military headquarters in the capital, Naypyitaw, but the country’s ruling military said it destroyed the drones as they attacked

UN human rights body backs measures against Myanmar and investigations in Iran

The U.N.’s leading human rights body has agreed to measures aimed at putting pressure on Myanmar and Iran, whose governments have been accused of using violence against their own people

Ethnic guerrillas in Myanmar look set to seize an important town on the Thai border from military

Guerrilla fighters from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority are claiming to be close to seizing control of a major trading town bordering Thailand

Rohingya who moved to island in Bangladesh are learning job skills, says Japanese charity chief

The chairman of Japan’s Nippon Foundation says the charity will spend $2 million to help move tens of thousands more Rohingya refugees to a remote island in Bangladesh and provide them with skills training

Myanmar military begins basic training for draftees as resistance forces keep the pressure on

Myanmar’s military has begun basic training at military bases and schools across the country for draftees called up under the country’s recently activated conscription law

Thai foreign minister urges Myanmar's military to avoid violent attack on border town its army lost

Thailand’s foreign minister says he has urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents

Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from a Myanmar prison to house arrest due to heat wave

Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest

About 1,300 people from Myanmar flee into Thailand after clashes broke out in a key border town

Officials in Thailand say about 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand as fresh fighting erupted at a border town that has recently been captured by ethnic guerillas

Ethnic Karen guerrillas in Myanmar leave a town that army lost 2 weeks ago as rival group holds sway

Guerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Myanmar’s military government have withdrawn from the eastern border town of Myawaddy two weeks after forcing the army to give up its defense

Thailand urges bigger ASEAN role in resolving Myanmar conflict

Thailand called on Friday for the regional bloc ASEAN to take a more proactive role in trying to resolve the crisis in military-ruled Myanmar, after weeks of fighting near its

Myanmar warlord at centre of battle for key border town

Armed soldiers loyal to a turncoat warlord patrol the streets of southeastern Myanmar's frontier town of Myawaddy, as troops of the ruling junta and rebels jostle for control of the outpost

Myanmar rebel group withdraws troops from key town on Thai border

An armed ethnic group in Myanmar has withdrawn its troops from a town along the Thai border following a counteroffensive by the ruling junta from whom rebel fighters wrested the key trading

Thai King approves ex-diplomat Maris as foreign minister

Retired diplomat Maris Sangiampongsa has been endorsed as the country's new foreign minister by Thailand's king, the official Royal Gazette said on Wednesday.

India deports Myanmar refugees who fled 2021 coup

India on Thursday deported the first group of Myanmar refugees who had sought shelter after a 2021 military coup, a top state minister said, following

Fighting flares at Myanmar-Thai border as rebels target stranded junta troops

Fighting raged at Myanmar's eastern frontier with Thailand on Saturday, both governments said, forcing 3,000 civilians to flee as rebels fought to flush out Myanmar junta troops holed up

In Myanmar war, crucial window looms for junta and rebels

In the jungles of southeastern Myanmar's Dawna Hills, rebels from an armed ethnic group are fighting to hold back columns of reinforcements sent by the country's ruling junta to try to

Cambodia's former PM urges Myanmar junta chief to allow video call with Suu Kyi

Cambodia's former Prime Minister Hun Sen asked Myanmar's ruling general on Tuesday to allow him to speak to detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on a video call, a request

Myanmar junta reiterates election plan after ex-Cambodia PM seeks Suu Kyi access

Myanmar's military chief discussed plans to hold an election in the country with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen in talks this week, a senior official said, even as the ruling junta faces

Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor

Reports that soldiers of Myanmar’s military government last week carried out a massacre of more than 30 civilians in a village in central Myanmar have been supported in interviews with a local administrator and a man who says he survived the killings

As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas flee again

A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine is claiming to have seized a town near the Bangladesh border, marking the latest victory for foes of the country’s military government

Myanmar rebel group claims control of town, denies targeting Rohingya

A powerful armed ethnic group in Myanmar said on Sunday it had won control over a town in the western state of Rakhine after weeks of fighting, denying accusations it had targeted members

UN warns of rise in violence in Myanmar's Rakhine, US and EU express alarm

The United Nations human rights office on Friday warned there was a risk of a serious rise in violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, where it received "frightening and disturbing

UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state

The U.N. human rights office has warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine and new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the army and an ethnic armed group fighting it

Myanmar's Rohingya in the crosshairs as fighting escalates in Rakhine

East, Southeast Asia had record methamphetamine seizures last year. Profits remain in the billions

A new United Nations report says East and Southeast Asia are awash in record amounts of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs

Myanmar's ethnic armies consolidate strongholds as junta weakens, reports say

Myanmar's ruling junta has lost control over vast tracts of territory, including access to much of its international borders, allowing ethnic armed groups to expand and consolidate regions

Myanmar's Tin Oo, pro-democracy general who co-founded Suu Kyi's party, dies at 97  

Tin Oo, a towering figure in Myanmar's pro-democracy movement and close ally of detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, died on Saturday at age 97, political associates and close friends

Myanmar junta arrests dozens in bid to stabilise currency

Myanmar's junta is cracking down on gold and foreign exchange traders and agents selling foreign real estate, with 35 arrests announced in the last two days as part of efforts to stabilise

Myanmar poverty deepens, economic growth stagnant, World Bank says

Poverty in Myanmar is more widespread than at any time in the last six years and growth in the conflict-torn nation is likely to remain at a measly 1% in the current fiscal year with

Learning from Myanmar's rebels, junta builds new Chinese drone fleet

Myanmar's resistance fighters notched decisive breakthroughs last year by relying on a scattered fleet of drones in battles against one of Southeast Asia's most feared militaries.

Thousands of Rohingya feared trapped in fighting in western Myanmar

Tens of thousands of Muslim minority Rohingya are feared to be caught in fighting in western Myanmar, as a powerful armed ethnic group bears down on junta positions in a coastal town on the

UN rights chief: Rohingya have 'nowhere to flee' in western Myanmar fighting

Tens of thousands of Muslim-minority Rohingya, who were feared to be trapped amid fighting in western Myanmar, had nowhere to flee, the United Nations human rights chief said on

Supporters of Myanmar's jailed leader Suu Kyi mark her 79th birthday with a flower-themed protest

Supporters of Myanmar’s imprisoned ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi have carried out peaceful flower-themed protests marking her 79th birthday

Myanmar junta still able to access weapons and money overseas, says UN expert

International efforts to isolate Myanmar's ruling junta appear to have dented its ability to purchase new military equipment from overseas, but the military is

India concerned about violence in Myanmar, urges early democratic transition

India's foreign minister said he voiced concern about the impact of continuing violence in Myanmar in a meeting on Wednesday with his counterpart from the Southeast Asian nation.

Myanmar central bank denies UN report on weapons transactions

Myanmar's central bank denied a U.N. report that the country's military government can still access money and weapons for its war against anti-coup forces, saying financial institutions

Family demands accountability for NY police killing of 13-year-old boy. Police said he aimed BB gun

Relatives of a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police in central New York are demanding justice

Japanese executive among 11 arrested in Myanmar for inflating rice prices

Myanmar arrested four executives of supermarket chains, including an official of a Japanese joint venture, for selling rice at inflated prices, state media said on Monday, as the war-torn

Rohingya minority in firing line as rebels attack western Myanmar town

It was soon after afternoon prayers at a mosque near western Myanmar's Maungdaw town last month that 45-year-old Abdur said he looked up and spotted a

France, Britain and others allowed to intervene in Myanmar ICJ genocide case

Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Britain and the Maldives are allowed to intervene in Gambia's Myanmar genocide case with the

Fierce fighting breaks out as militias launch new attacks against regime in Myanmar's civil war

New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war

Thai banks admit lack of capacity to investigate Myanmar weapon payments

Major Thai banks defended themselves on Thursday against criticism that they facilitated weapons purchases by the Myanmar junta, saying they lacked the capacity to investigate all

New players emerge in fighting in Myanmar's northeast, as powerful ethnic militias intervene

Recently renewed combat in northeastern Myanmar between troops of the military government and ethnic minority militias has in the past few days become more complicated, as two minority groups not previously involved in the fighting stepped into the fray

Thai government to meet banks over alleged transactions for Myanmar arms 

Thailand's government will meet next week with commercial banks and state agencies to investigate transactions allegedly used for weapons purchases by Myanmar's junta, and urge

Myanmar's figurehead president suffering severe health problems, adding to uncertainty

The nominal president of military-ruled Myanmar is suffering from serious illnesses, state media reported on Friday, in a rare statement on the health of a key junta figure just weeks

Strife-torn Myanmar marks 77th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San

Myanmar’s military government has held a wreath-laying ceremony in the country’s largest city to mark the 77th anniversary of the assassination of the country’s fallen independence heroes, including Gen. Aung San, the father of the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar's civil war has seen a devastating increase in attacks on schools, researchers say

A group that monitors armed conflict in Myanmar says an intensification of fighting in the Southeast Asian nation's civil war has resulted in a sharp increase in destructive attacks on schools

Myanmar's embattled junta chief takes on role of nominal president

All duties of Myanmar's figurehead president have been transferred to the chief of the ruling junta, Min Aung Hlaing, after the nominal head of state was placed on medical leave following a

Myanmar junta leader assumes presidential powers as president takes ‘sick leave,’ state media reports

Myanmar junta leader assumes presidential powers as president takes ‘sick leave,’ state media reports

ASEAN seeks to tackle Myanmar crisis, South China Sea tension

The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN met in Laos on Wednesday as it seeks to advance a stalled bid to resolve a crisis in Myanmar and cool tensions in the

Thailand to set up task force to prevent transactions for Myanmar arms

Thailand will form a task force to enhance the due diligence capabilities of its financial institutions in order to prevent transactions by banks that could lead to arms purchases

Myanmar violence, South China Sea tensions are top issues as Southeast Asian diplomats meet in Laos

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have gathered in the capital of Laos for a regional forum that runs through Saturday

Myanmar regional military HQ captured, rebels say, in blow to junta

A rebel army in Myanmar said on Thursday it had seized control of a major regional military headquarters near the border with China, in what could be the biggest recent defeat for a ruling

Indonesia presses Myanmar on peace commitments as ASEAN ministers meet

Indonesia's foreign minister at a regional meeting on Thursday called out warring camps in Myanmar over their refusal to agree to dialogue, as fighting intensifies between the ruling

Ethnic armed groups in Myanmar claim capture of regional military headquarters and gem mining center

Ethnic armed groups in Myanmar are claiming to have captured two strategically important towns in the northeast

Southeast Asia top diplomats condemn Myanmar violence, urge peaceful means to settle sea disputes

Southeast Asian top diplomats have condemned violence in Myanmar’s ongoing civil war and urged for “practical” means to defuse rising tensions in the South China Sea during the last of the three-day regional talks with allies including the U.S., Russia and China

Australia's Wong urges Myanmar generals to take a different path and end conflict

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Saturday the conflict in military-ruled Myanmar was worsening and her message to the ruling junta was the situation there was unsustainable

ASEAN urges Myanmar to start peace process, alarmed over Gaza casualties

Foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN on Saturday condemned violence against civilians in military-ruled Myanmar and urged all parties to end hostilities and follow

Myanmar's junta terrorised a Rohingya Muslim town. Then rebels burned it down

Saifur Rahman woke up to screams. In the darkness, the air reeked of fuel. Flames blazed in the distance. 

Myanmar junta extends emergency rule amid escalating conflict

Myanmar's embattled military government extended a state of emergency on Wednesday for another six months, state media said, as the junta struggles to maintain its grip on power with

Myanmar's military regime extends state of emergency by 6 months as civil war rages

The military regime that seized power in Myanmar 3 1/2 years ago extended a state of emergency in the civil war-wracked country for another six months, saying it needs time to prepare for long-promised elections

Myanmar rebels are claiming their biggest victory yet over junta forces. Could it be a turning point in the brutal civil war?

Myanmar rebels are claiming their biggest victory yet over junta forces. Could it be a turning point in the brutal civil war?

Myanmar junta says senior officers held as rebels take over major base

Myanmar's junta has lost communications with senior officers at a major military base near the Chinese border, in a rare admission of battlefield failure after rebels announced they had

Strategically important Myanmar military HQ appears to fall to the resistance, in a blow to regime

Myanmar’s military regime says it has lost communications with the commanders of a strategically important army headquarters in the northeast

Many dozens of Rohingya, including children, killed in drone attack while fleeing Myanmar, witnesses say

A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed many dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said

Japanese executive convicted in Myanmar for selling rice above set prices returns home

A Japanese business executive has returned to Japan after being convicted and released this week after more than a month of detention in Myanmar

Myanmar releases detained Japanese man, says Japan foreign ministry

Myanmar authorities have released a Japanese man from detention, Japan's foreign ministry confirmed on Tuesday, following reports in media of the release of a manager of supermarket

Myanmar court sentences Japanese executive to a year in prison for violating rice price control

A Myanmar court on Monday sentenced a Japanese executive from the local unit of supermarket chain operator Aeon Co to one year in prison for violating rice price controls, Kyodo news

China's foreign minister meets with Myanmar's military boss as civil war strains their relations

China’s top diplomat has visited Myanmar and met with the leader of its military government as growing instability from the neighboring country’s civil war causes concern in Beijing

China promises aid for elections in Myanmar, junta-run media says

China has promised technical support and aid to military-run Myanmar for conducting a census, followed by an election, state media said on Thursday, signalling Beijing's backing to a junta

China will support a democratic transition in Myanmar, says foreign minister

China will support a democratic transition in Myanmar and backs a regional plan to find a way out of the ongoing crisis in the Southeast Asian country, Foreign

Wounded and grieving, Rohingya flee deadly attacks in Myanmar

Ducking as mortar fire exploded around them, Rohingya refugee Mustafa Kamal and his family narrowly escaped the attack by a rebel

US meets Myanmar opposition, pledges expanded support

U.S. officials met virtually with members of Myanmar's opposition movement on Friday and pledged to expand direct support to help a transition to civilian government and

Myanmar households crippled as currency tumbles to record low

A rapid depreciation of Myanmar's currency is pushing up the prices of essentials, including food and medicine, crippling ordinary households in the Southeast Asian country wrecked by

In Myanmar's jungles, young volunteers train hard to fight junta

A dense bamboo forest in rebel-held territory surrounds the training ground in eastern Myanmar where more than 100 young people, mostly in their twenties, are undergoing rigorous military

Rohingya refugees mark the anniversary of their exodus and demand a safe return to Myanmar

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees have rallied in a southern Bangladeshi coastal district where they live in sprawling camps, marking the seventh anniversary of their mass exodus from Myanmar

Rohingya demand end to violence on seventh anniversary of flight from Myanmar

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees rallied in camps in Bangladesh on Sunday on the seventh anniversary of the military crackdown that forced them to flee, demanding

China's military to conduct armed patrols, live-fire exercises near Myanmar border

China's military said on Monday it had organised army units and joint air-ground police patrols near its border with Myanmar to maintain security and stability as fighting between

China is conducting military patrols near the Myanmar border as civil war rages on the other side

China’s military is carrying out armed patrols near the Myanmar border this week, where the government is concerned about potential fallout from fierce fighting in a civil war on the other side

A proposed UN resolution on Myanmar condemns military attacks on civilians and urges peace efforts

Britain is circulating a United Nations resolution on Myanmar urging renewed peace efforts

A military court has sentenced a Myanmar journalist to life in prison, outlet's editor says

The editor of an independent online news service in Myanmar says a military court has given a life prison sentence to one of its journalists and sentenced another to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law

Massacre survivors say history is repeating – with new perpetrators

Massacre survivors say history is repeating – with new perpetrators

Myanmar junta announces census for promised 2025 election

Myanmar's military government will conduct a nationwide population and household census in October, state media said on Monday, paving the way for a promised election next year amid raging

7 years after genocide, plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is exacerbated by camp violence

Hundreds of thousands of minority Muslims fled Myanmar in 2017 amid a government crackdown. Seven years on, they remain in refugee camps.

Thousands of Rohingya flee to Bangladesh from violence in Myanmar, official says

Around 8,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh in recent months, escaping escalating violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, according to Bangladeshi

On Myanmar's frontline, Rohingya fighters and junta face a common enemy

Myanmar's military long viewed the insurgency among persecuted Rohingya Muslims as an existential threat to the majority Buddhist nation, but as the Arakan Army

Bangladesh calls for faster resettlement process for Rohingya

The head of Bangladesh's interim government, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, on Sunday called for a fast-tracked third-country resettlement of Rohingya

Thailand protests Myanmar's navy firing at Thai fishing boats

Thailand protested an incident involving Myanmar's navy firing on Thai fishing vessels, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Sunday, after one fisherman drowned, two were

Bangladesh ramps up border vigilance as thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar

Bangladesh has ramped up vigilance at its border with Myanmar, with at least 18,000 Rohingya Muslims crossing over in recent months to escape escalating violence in

Red Cross pushes for aid corridors into war-torn Myanmar

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is in talks with Myanmar's ruling junta, its armed opponents and its neighbours to

Rohingya refugees in India on hunger strike over 'prolonged' detention

More than 100 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar including women and children have been on hunger strike since Monday to protest at their

Floods in Myanmar leave 19 dead, displace thousands

At least 19 people were killed in Myanmar after heavy rains triggered floods in and around the war-torn country's capital city, with rescuers moving some of the 3,600 people displaced to

Death toll in Myanmar from Typhoon Yagi reaches 74. Dozens of other people are missing

State-television in Myanmar says the death toll in the military-run country from flooding and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi has reached at least 74

Myanmar's flooding death toll rises to 113, state media reports

Myanmar's death toll from floods rose to at least 113 as of Saturday evening, the country's military government said on Sunday, following heavy rains brought on by Typhoon Yagi that has

Floods wreak damage in Myanmar, killing at least 226, state media says

Floods in Myanmar have killed at least 226 people in just over a week, state media reported on Tuesday, after heavy rains brought on by Typhoon Yagi battered the central provinces of the

Casualties in Myanmar push Southeast Asia's death toll from Typhoon Yagi past 500

State media in Myanmar reported that floods and landslides triggered by last week’s Typhoon Yagi and seasonal monsoon rains have claimed at least 226 lives, with 77 people missing

Myanmar military stepping up civilian killings and arrests, says UN report

Myanmar's military government has ramped up killings and arrests in an apparent bid to silence opponents and recruit soldiers in an escalating

Thailand pushing for talks to repair key Myanmar highway

Thailand wants to work with warring sides in Myanmar to repair a key highway cutting through the conflict-ridden country as it seeks to stabilise borders areas and keep trade

India's Manipur on high alert over alleged influx of 900 militants from Myanmar

India's northeastern state of Manipur has been placed on high alert after intelligence reports of a potential influx of 900 suspected Kuki militants from

UN Myanmar investigators monitor reports that 'executions may be imminent'

A United Nations team of investigators on Myanmar is closely monitoring reports that executions in the country could be imminent, its chief said on Monday, warning such a step could

Pope asks for liberation of Myanmar's detained ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Pope Francis has called for the liberation of Myanmar's detained former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and offered the Vatican as a safe haven, the pontiff said in a recent

Myanmar junta urges armed opposition to join political fold in elections

Myanmar's ruling military on Thursday urged its armed opponents to abandon what it called "terrorism" and join the political fold in a general election next year, in an unexpected outreach

Myanmar's opposition rejects a military appeal for talks on a political solution to armed conflict

The main group coordinating opposition to military rule in Myanmar has rejected a surprise offer from the ruling generals to hold talks on a political solution to the country’s nationwide armed conflict

Myanmar civil war fuels surge in cross-border drug trade, Thailand official says

Thailand has seen a surge in illegal drugs trafficked from neighbouring Myanmar and a sharp increase in methamphetamines and heroin

Indonesia hosts international meeting on Myanmar with UN, junta rivals, sources say

Indonesia is hosting an international meeting involving the United Nations and opponents of Myanmar's ruling military, sources with knowledge of the

ASEAN must play key role in resolving Myanmar crisis, Thai PM says

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Monday the regional bloc ASEAN must play a key role in ending the protracted civil war in Myanmar, ahead of a summit of the

Senior member of Myanmar's former ruling party dies while serving prison sentence

Zaw Myint Maung, a senior member of Myanmar’s former ruling party arrested during the 2021 military takeover, has died

Myanmar and South China Sea to test ASEAN relevance in upcoming summit

Southeast Asian leaders will meet in Laos this week as Myanmar's civil war and mounting tensions in the South China Sea risk corroding the ASEAN

Blinken to discuss Myanmar, South China Sea and Ukraine at Asia summits Laos

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will represent the United States at summits with Asian leaders in Laos this week and expects to discuss human rights in Myanmar, China's "

ASEAN leaders meet in Laos as Thai PM urges Myanmar engagement ahead of election

Southeast Asian leaders met in Laos on Wednesday for a summit expected to seek ways address the worsening civil war in Myanmar, with Thailand calling for

New arrests revive concern that nonviolent political protesters in Myanmar may be tortured

Concern is rising that two nonviolent activists opposed to military rule in Myanmar are at high risk of torture after being arrested in raids this week in Yangon, the country’s biggest city

ASEAN urges early accord on South China Sea code, end to Myanmar violence

Southeast Asian leaders called on Sunday for swift agreement on a code of conduct for the South China Sea based on international law, while demanding an

Head of Myanmar's military government urges ethnic rebels to join peace talks

The head of Myanmar’s military government has invited ethnic rebels to hold peace talks to end armed conflict across the country

Myanmar navy fires at Thai fishing boats, detains 31 fishermen, Thailand says

Myanmar's navy opened fire on a group of Thai fishing vessels on Saturday, causing one fisherman to drown, and detained 31 crew members from one of the boats, a spokesperson for

This country’s internet freedom is now as bad as China’s, report finds

This country’s internet freedom is now as bad as China’s, report finds

A small blast in Myanmar's second-biggest city damages Chinese Consulate

The Chinese Consulate in Myanmar’s second-largest city has been slightly damaged by an explosive device

China condemns attack on Myanmar consulate

China condemned on Monday an attack on its consulate in Mandalay and urged Myanmar authorities to make every effort to arrest the perpetrators, a spokesperson of its foreign

Armed group says it takes control of Myanmar rare earth mining hub

An armed group fighting Myanmar's ruling military said it has taken control of a mining hub that is a major supplier of rare earth oxides to China, likely

Boats carrying Rohingya land in Indonesia's North Sumatra and Aceh

About 146 Rohingya, including children, came ashore in Indonesia's North Sumatra province on Thursday, an official said, the second wave of arrivals to the Southeast Asian country

Resistance forces push military regime close to brink in Myanmar

Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regime’s military with rapid gains of huge swaths of territory that inspired others to attack around the country

UK, EU and Canada impose new sanctions targeting Myanmar military

Britain imposed on Tuesday further sanctions targeting the Myanmar military's access to equipment and funds, saying the measures would hinder the junta's ability to carry out

UN envoy says she met Myanmar army chief, calls for end to violence

United Nations Special Envoy Julie Bishop visited Myanmar's capital and met with the head of the country's military junta, she told a U.N. meeting on Tuesday, adding that

Six dead as boat carrying nearly 100 Rohingya arrives in Indonesia

Six people have died as nearly 100 Rohingya landed by boat in Indonesia's Aceh province, a local fishing community said on Thursday, in the latest wave of arrivals to the Southeast

Myanmar junta chief to make first China visit since seizing power

Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing will travel to China this week to attend regional summits, state media said on Monday, in the embattled top general's first visit to the influential

Why Myanmar's travel-shy leader could be difficult to arrest

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking an arrest warrant for Myanmar's leader and military chief Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity in the

China tells ICC to be 'just and fair' after it sought warrant for Myanmar junta chief

The International Criminal Court (ICC) must be "just and fair" and exercise its duty "prudently", China's foreign ministry said on Thursday, in response to a query about the ICC

China pledges support for Myanmar's political transition

China's Premier Li Qiang expressed support for Myanmar's political reconciliation and 2025 election plans in a meeting with Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday,

Thai PM meets Myanmar junta chief on sidelines of summit in China

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra met Myanmar's junta chief on the sidelines of a regional summit in China on Thursday, in a rare overseas trip by a general grappling with a civil

Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns

The U.N. Development Programs is warning that Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could face an imminent acute famine

Myanmar's war-torn Rakhine faces famine with 2 million people at risk, UN says

Myanmar's war-ravaged Rakhine state could face imminent famine according to a United Nations report, which estimates that more than two million people could be at the risk

Thai soldiers tortured and killed Myanmar migrant, rights group says

A human rights group called on Thailand to fully investigate three soldiers for the "horrific" death of a Myanmar migrant on the border earlier this year, saying they had tortured

Thailand detains 70 migrants believed to be Rohingya from Myanmar

BANGKOK -Thailand arrested 70 immigrants, including 30 children, who were suspected of being Rohingya in the country illegally from Myanmar, a Thai official said on Saturday, in the latest wave of

ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar's military regime

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has asked judges to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority

Myanmar advocates urge US to place sanctions on bank used by junta

Washington should impose sanctions on a Myanmar bank being used to circumvent existing U.S. restrictions, advocates said, urging the outgoing Biden administration

China claims 'wipe-out' of large telecom fraud centres in northern Myanmar

China and Myanmar's law enforcement agencies have "wiped out" all large-scale telecom fraud centres operating in northern Myanmar, Chinese state media reported on Thursday, after

In world's largest refugee camps, Rohingya mobilise to fight in Myanmar

One day in July, Rafiq slipped out of the world's largest refugee settlement in southern Bangladesh and crossed the border into

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar’s military leader

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar’s military leader

UN expert: Myanmar's desperate military ramps up attacks including beheadings, rapes and torture

Myanmar’s desperate military junta is ramping up attacks on villages that have fallen to opposition groups

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing faces ICC arrest warrant request

Just days after the United Nations accused his military of brutally driving what eventually became 1 million Rohingya out of the country, Myanmar's then-

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

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday he would seek an arrest warrant for Myanmar's military leader

Reaction to the ICC prosecutor's warrant request for Myanmar military leader

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday said he was seeking an arrest warrant for Myanmar's military leader

Myanmar rebel army ready for dialogue with junta, with China's help

An ethnic minority army that is part of formidable rebel alliance fighting Myanmar's ruling military has announced its willingness to hold talks with the junta after a year-

Why is the ICC prosecutor pursuing Myanmar's top general?

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking an arrest warrant for Myanmar's junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, for crimes against humanity related to the alleged persecution

Rebel group takes key Myanmar border town and rare earth mining hub in setback for military regime

Witnesses say a powerful rebel group has seized a key trading town in northeastern Myanmar on the Chinese border, taking control of a lucrative rare earth mining hub in another setback for the military-led government