Guerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Burma’s military government have withdrawn from the eastern border town of Myawaddy two weeks after forcing the army to give up its defense, residents and members of the group said Wednesday. Their
Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s former leader, has been transferred from prison to house arrest due to health concerns during a heat wave. Suu Kyi’s health has reportedly deteriorated in prison, with concerns raised about her well-being, including symptoms such as low
A resistance group fighting Burma’s military rule said on Sunday its fighters had repelled an attempt by junta troops to advance on the key town of Myawaddy along the Thai border that was seized by the rebels last week. Reinforcements of junta
The head of Burma’s ruling military council marked Armed Forces Day on Wednesday with a speech claiming that the nation’s youth were being tricked into supporting the resistance against army rule, and that ethnic armed groups allied with the resistance engage in
About 340 Burmese security forces, including members of its Border Guard Police, are now reported to have fled the country for Bangladesh, according to Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud. The exodus of troops across Burma’s western border came amid fighting with the
Over 100 members of the Burmese Border Guard Police fled their posts and crossed the Bangladeshi border to take refuge from ethnic rebel forces. Rebel groups, including the Arakan Army and its parent Three Brotherhood Alliance, have made significant headway against Burma’s
A joint statement released Wednesday by Burmese rebel forces outlined a political road map to the end of military rule in the strife-torn Southeast Asian nation. The statement is considered to be the clearest statement of intent by the Burmese resistance to
China’s increasingly assertive posture in the South China Sea and escalating violence in Burma topped the agenda for Southeast Asian diplomats at their meeting in Laos on Monday, with the Laotian foreign minister expressing guarded optimism that progress could be made this
Burma’s military has reached a cease-fire agreement with an alliance of ethnic minority guerrilla groups it has been battling in the country’s northeast, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Friday. Burma’s military government confirmed the development. The agreement was brokered at talks mediated
Kachin Independence Army fighters claimed Wednesday to have shot down a Burmese military helicopter. The rebel group is one of several ethnic resistance forces combating Burma’s military dictatorship. Burma has been ruled by military junta since the 2021 overthrow of democratically-elected State