The brutal regime – which has close links to Russia and China – is trying to forcibly expel Kyaw Zwar Minn from the property. Specialist detectives who deal with national security issues have been drafted in to investigate. The pro-democracy diplomat was
A Thai state enterprise that has been exporting electricity to neighboring Myanmar has cut off power to two border towns with notorious casino complexes that allegedly host major organized crime operations, Thai officials said Tuesday. The towns of Shwe Kokko and Lay
A missing video camera that was dropped by a Japanese journalist who was killed while filming a street protest in Myanmar has been found nearly 15 years later. The 50-year-old journalist was one of ten people who were killed when soldiers arrived
Air strikes by Myanmar’s military on a village in the country’s northwest on Thursday killed at least eight civilians, including two children, according to members of a rebel ethnic minority group and independent media reports. The attack on Khuafo village, just north
A massive fire at a crammed camp for Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh left thousands of the refugees homeless Sunday, a fire official and the United Nations said. No casualties were reported at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar district, said Emdadul Haque,
Two years after Myanmar’s military seized power, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced support Monday for the democratic aspirations of Myanmar’s people and warned that the military’s planned elections amid a crackdown on civilians and political leaders “risk exacerbating instability.” U.N. spokesman Stephane
Air strikes by Myanmar’s military on two villages inhabited largely by ethnic Karen killed five civilians, including a mother and her 2-year-old daughter, and destroyed two churches, two relief organizations said Friday. The dead from the air strikes on Thursday also included