The Irrawaddy22d
Myanmar Junta Raids Villages Ahead of Magwe Pagoda Festival
Junta troops have been raiding villages near Mann Shwesettaw Pagoda in Magwe Region’s Minbu Township since last month as the regime prepares for the annual festival there that lasts from February to ...
The Irrawaddy22d
Who Will Be Myanmar’s Kingmaker?
In post-independence Myanmar, the KNU came close to seizing state power when its troops reached the doorstep of Yangon in the 1950s. Now, EROs control more than half of the country and this is ...
Voice of America22d
Chinese actor’s abduction to Myanmar sign of growing diversity of scams
The recent abduction of a Chinese TV actor to Myanmar and his subsequent release is shedding new light on the lengths to which human traffickers operating online scam centers in the war-torn ...
myanmar-now23d
Young people from Myanmar’s conflict zones face growing scrutiny in Yangon
Myanmar’s military regime has stepped up its efforts to keep track of young people from areas that it no longer controls, especially in Yangon, according to multiple sources. As conflict rages across ...
Eos23d
Another tailings landslide in Hpakant, Myanmar
Landslides in the jade mining area of Hpakant in Myanmar have been a regular theme of this blog over the years. This is a mining area on an epic scale, but it is also a true wild west, with poor ...
scmp.com23d
‘Scam City is growing’: how Myanmar’s cyber fraud hubs outfox efforts to shut them down
Scam factories threaded along the Myanmar border with Thailand have been thrust back under the spotlight after the rescue of a Chinese actor who says he was duped by a fake casting call into ...
The Conversation23d
From Myanmar to Gaza, Ukraine to Sudan – 2024 was another grim year, according to our mass atrocity index
Collin J. Meisel receives funding from the U.S. government, but the results and views expressed here are his own and do not represent the views of the USG. With major conflicts in Africa, the ...
The Star25d
6,000-plus held captive in Myanmar’s human trafficking networks, says international report
BANGKOK/YANGON (The Nation Thailand/ANN): A report ... revealed that more than 6,000 people from 21 countries are being held captive in Myanmar. The victims, including 3,900 Chinese nationals ...
Nikkei Asia26d
Myanmar mobile carrier Mytel now on U.S. sanctions list
BANGKOK/YANGON -- U.S. authorities placed Myanmar mobile carrier Mytel on a sanctions roster due to its financial ties to the country's military. The U.S. Commerce Department added Mytel to its ...
Al Jazeera English26d
At least 40 killed in Myanmar military air attack in Rakhine State, UN says
A man stands near a burning house at the site of an attack carried out by Myanmar's military on Ramree island in western Rakhine State [Handout/Arakan Army via AFP] Published On 11 Jan 202511 Jan ...
Al Jazeera English26d
Myanmar’s rebels liberate territory – administrating it is the next battle
Myanmar – Thaw Hti was a tiny speck amid a march of hundreds of thousands that snaked its way through the streets of Yangon in 2021, demanding a return to democracy after the Myanmar military ...
Reuters26d
Myanmar military air strike kills dozens in Rakhine village, UN says
Jan 11 (Reuters) - Dozens of people were killed in an air strike by Myanmar's military government in the western state of Rakhine this week, the United Nations said, as the Southeast Asia nation's ...