BANGKOK (AP) — Guerrilla fighters from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority claimed Monday to be close to seizing control of a major trading town bordering Thailand, as soldiers and civil servants loyal to the military government appeared to be preparing to abandon their
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said Thursday 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 or seized more than a dozen drones
Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Burma on Monday, aiming to alleviate the suffering of millions displaced by ongoing conflict. Critics say the aid may only reach areas controlled by the Burma military, potentially aiding their propaganda efforts.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres condemned escalating violence in Burma shortly after Monday airstrikes killed at least 25 members of the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority. Guterres “condemns all forms of violence and reiterates his call for the protection of civilians, including aid workers
Thailand plans to open a humanitarian corridor within a month to deliver aid to suffering civilians in war-torn Burma. The plan initially targets a small proportion of the 2.6 million displaced civilians in Burma due to ongoing armed conflict. The aid plan
An undocumented migrant from Burma has died in a road accident while fleeing an immigration detention center with over a hundred others in Malaysia late Thursday, officials said. The incident was the second reported breakout from a Malaysian detention center in as
Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday will launch the first bipartisan caucus on Burma to pressure U.S. administrations to act on the crisis in the Southeast Asian country since the military staged a coup three years ago, according to a
The Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group based in Burma’s Rakhine state, has seized Paletwa, a township bordering India and Bangladesh. The Arakan Army declared the Paletwa region a “Military Council-free area,” signaling the end of the ruling military government’s administrative control.
Alounkeo Kittikhoun, recently appointed as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ special envoy to Burma, arrived Wednesday in the conflict-ravaged nation run by military dictator Min Aung Hliang. Alounkeo, a seasoned Laotian diplomat, previously served as his nation’s Vice Minister for Foreign
Five European countries and Canada are looking to join a genocide case brought against the Burmese government by the Gambia. Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. filed a “declaration of intervention in the case,” the International Court of Justice