Some 95 of the 130 homes in Kha War Thei village in Kyunhla Township are destroyed in an all-day arson attack by junta troops Some 200 junta soldiers set fire to nearly the entire village of Kha War Thei in southern Kyunhla Township on Monday, according to local sources. The troops arrived at the site, […]
On October 23, 2022 at Burmese standard time on 8:40 pm, around 80 people were killed and more than 50 were injured, including many civilians, during the air strike by bombing of fighter jets from military while people were celebrating 62nd anniversary of forming the Kachin Independence Organization at A Nang Pa in KIA 9th […]
The military’s amnesty is a calculated move to win bloc’s backing for elections next year. The Myanmar junta’s announcement that it is releasing several high-profile prisoners including a former UK ambassador and an Australian economist, is an attempt to stave off pressure from ASEAN as the military looks to win legitimacy for national elections slated […]
The surprise announcement comes as the country’s military junta continues to face pressure both at home and abroad Myanmar’s military junta will release thousands of prisoners, including political detainees and a number of prominent foreigners, as part of a general amnesty announced on Thursday, according to state media. Among those set to be freed are […]
Several of those freed under an amnesty announced on Thursday had been arrested on the day of last year’s coup Veteran democracy activist Mya Aye, who has been in junta custody since the military seized power in February of last year, was among nearly 5,800 prisoners pardoned in a mass amnesty on Thursday. He was […]
The victims, who include both resistance fighters and civilians, were killed in a series of attacks in three townships that began late last week Myanmar junta troops killed at least 14 people in a series of raids carried out in three Sagaing Region townships over the past week, according to local resistance sources. The deaths, […]
The group accused junta troops of killing nine civilians—mostly elderly villagers—during a raid late last week The political wing of the Arakan Army (AA) has declared that it will retaliate for the Myanmar military’s mass killing of civilians in northern Rakhine State’s Ponnagyun Township last week. In a statement released on Friday, the United League […]
The UN Secretary-General says the globe has failed the people of Myanmar, which has been engulfed by violence since the military staged a coup last year. “The international community as a whole has failed. And the UN is part of [the] international community. It is dramatic to see the suffering of the Myanmarese people,” said […]
A Myanmar junta Mi-35 combat helicopter mistakenly killed at least 60 regime troops in Myaung Township, Sagaing Region, on Sunday, according to the Civilian Defense and Security Organization of Myaung resistance group. “It’s confirmed at least 60 junta troops were killed by the Mi-35. We saw it through our scopes. The dead bodies were piled […]
The Southeast Asian bloc’s meeting in Cambodia was under pressure to show results. ASEAN leaders called Friday for measurable progress in their peace plan for Myanmar, amid growing criticism over the Southeast Asian bloc’s failure to stem the deepening conflict in one of its 10 member states. Meeting at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations […]