Human rights group Amnesty International on Thursday called for an investigation into potential war crimes committed by the Burmese military. Among Naypyidaw’s alleged atrocities are indiscriminate killings and the airdropping of internationally-outlawed cluster munitions. Burma has been ruled by military junta since
Burma’s Supreme Court rejected Monday a special appeal by the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her conviction in a case in which she was charged with corruption for allegedly receiving gold and thousands of dollars as a bribe from
Burma’s military government confirmed Monday that Beijing-brokered talks with ethnic rebel forces are taking place. The rebels, aligned with the Three Brotherhood Alliance, have claimed significant amounts of territory in the conflict-ravaged Southeast Asian nation. Burma has been run by a highly-contested
Burma’s military junta has reportedly begun freeing police and soldiers who had previously been jailed for desertion or going absent without leave. The alleged move was made after a notable struggle with personnel shortages. Burma has been a military dictatorship since the
Former Burmese Information Minister Ye Htut has been sentenced to 10 years in prison over Facebook posts that allegedly spread false or inflammatory news. Ye Htut, 64, often used social media as a platform to criticize Burma’s military junta. The country has
11 civilians, including eight children and a senior citizen, have reportedly been killed in an airstrike on the village of Vuilu, Burma, by the country’s military junta. “All the children were under the age of 12 and two of them are the
Ethnic rebels fighting Burma’s military junta claimed Wednesday that an entire army battalion surrendered to their fighters. The Three Brotherhood Alliance, comprised of three different ethnic groups, has made significant progress against Naypyidaw in recent weeks, with 127 soldiers from the infantry
The Arakan Army, a Burmese ethnic rebel group, has reportedly ambushed two Border Guard Police outposts in Rakhine, a state in the country’s west. The Arakan Army is one of three rebel groups comprising the Three Brotherhood Alliance, which began collaborative efforts
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the leader of Burma’s military government, said Friday that counterattacks are planned against successful ethnic rebel operations in the country’s northeast, according to state-run media. Maj. Gen Zaw Min Tun also conceded that three towns on the
An alliance of ethnic rebel groups on Friday launched a coordinated offensive in northeastern Burma to seize military targets in areas near the Chinese border, the groups and residents of the area said. The Arakan Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army