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Next few months crucial in Myanmar war
Published on 07/05/2024
» In the jungles of southeastern Myanmar’s Dawna Hills, rebels from an armed ethnic group are fighting to hold back columns of reinforcements sent by the country’s ruling junta to try to reclaim Myawaddy, a critical trading outpost on the Thai border.
Myanmar's displaced close to Thai border dig to safety from junta air strikes
Published on 20/03/2023
» At a makeshift camp for Myanmar's displaced people, two young men hack away at the red earth with a hoe and machete to build a bunker before the next junta shelling or air raid.
Philippine dictator's son wins landslide presidential victory
AFP, Published on 10/05/2022
» MANILA: The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos cemented a landslide presidential election victory Tuesday, as Filipinos bet on a familiar dynasty to ease rampant poverty -- dismissing warnings the tarnished clan will deepen corruption and weaken democracy.
Civilians reported killed, bodies burned in Myanmar
Published on 25/12/2021
» The charred remains of more than 30 people, including women and children, were found in burnt-out vehicles in Kayah state in Myanmar on Saturday, a rebel group and a monitor said, accusing the military junta of the attack.
Myanmar anti-coup fighters seize police post, kill security forces
Reuters, Published on 23/05/2021
» Fighters opposed to Myanmar's military junta seized a police station in the eastern town of Mobye on Sunday and claimed to have killed at least 13 members of the security forces and captured four, local media said.
Thousands rally against Myanmar junta, calling for 'spring revolution'
AFP, Published on 02/05/2021
» YANGON: Thousands of anti-coup protesters marched in Myanmar Sunday, calling for a "spring revolution" with the country in its fourth month under a military regime.
Flash mobs hit streets of Yangon
AFP, Published on 01/05/2021
» YANGON: Explosions blasted off throughout Myanmar's largest city on Saturday as protesters held flash marches for democracy, defying a brutal junta that has held onto power for three blood-drenched months.
Myanmar protesters join new armed force near Thai border
Reuters, Published on 27/04/2021
» Chanting in Burmese their readiness to fight "for the people", around 120 youths jogged around a muddy forest clearing in the morning light in a video released by a group that has proclaimed itself a new fighting force against Myanmar's military junta.
Myanmar troops fire warning shots at Thai boat
Published on 23/04/2021
» Myanmar’s military fired warning shots at a civilian boat carrying Thai border patrol officers, security sources and a resident said on Friday, amid heightened tensions in border areas since the junta seized power nearly three months ago.
Rapist-murderer of girl, 6, sentenced to death in Myanmar's Shan State
Reuters, Published on 23/12/2020
» Leaders of a minority ethnic group that unofficially controls a swathe of eastern Myanmar has sentenced a man to death for the kidnap, rape and murder of a six-year-old girl.