Burma’s military was accused of launching an airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the northern state of Kachin late Monday that killed about 30 people, including about a dozen children, Kachin militants and activists and local media said. Col. Naw
About two dozen members of local resistance forces in central Burma were killed in an army ambush as they sought to evacuate villagers ahead of a feared attack by the military, according to resistance members and media reports. The total number of
A Burmese court has handed down a harsh 20-year prison sentence with forced labor to a photojournalist associated with an underground news agency due to his coverage of the aftermath of a devastating cyclone that struck in May. During this judicial process,
A 38-year-old Burmese hip-hop artist has been found guilty of criticizing Myanmar’s military-controlled government and sentenced to 20 years in prison, a family member said Thursday. The sentence given Wednesday to Byu Har, also known as Min Oat Myanmar, appeared to be
Burma’s military-led government reduced the prison sentences of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a clemency connected to a religious holiday in the Buddhist-majority country, state media said Tuesday. Former President Win Myint also had his sentence reduced as part of
Recent fighting between the Burmese army and civilian rebels has left at least 26 civilians dead in Shan State, with the conflict predominantly taking place in the hotly contested Pekon township. Burma has been embroiled in conflict since February 2021, when a
Soldiers from Myanmar’s military government raided a village in the country’s central region, killing 19 villagers including four children and burning their bodies, independent media and a resident said Friday. The killings on Wednesday in Nyaung Pin Thar village in Bago region’s
Soldiers in Myanmar rampaged through several villages, raping, beheading and killing at least 17 people, residents said, in the latest of what critics of the ruling military say are a series of war crimes since the army seized power two years ago.