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Myanmar junta captures key town, expanding election writ
AFP, Published on 20/08/2025
» NAY PYI TAW — Myanmar's junta said Wednesday its troops have captured a battlefield town in the country's east, clawing back rebel-contested territory as it prepares to stage a disputed December election.
Thai gas pipeline under threat from Myanmar rebels
Online Reporters, Published on 09/08/2025
» A Karen rebel splinter group claims that it controls up to 40 kilometres of a gas pipeline near the Myanmar border, raising concerns that the civil war in Myanmar is beginning to impact Thailand.
Written in blood
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/07/2025
» In 2015, Joe Freeman and Aung Naing Soe noticed the prominent status of poetry in Myanmar politics. At the time, both journalists heard that Maung Saungkha, a 23-year-old poet, posted a poem about having a tattoo of an unnamed president on his penis on Facebook. Saungkha, however, was charged for defaming former president Thein Sein under telecommunication law, serving a six-month jail term.
China pressures rebels in Myanmar rare-earth belt
Published on 08/07/2025
» The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the Chinese-backed military junta in the hills of northern Myanmar.
Trump slaps new travel ban on Myanmar, 11 other countries
AFP, Published on 05/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban on Wednesday targeting 12 countries including Myanmar, Afghanistan, Iran and Yemen, reviving one of the most controversial measures from his first term.
Thailand to press for broader international engagement with Myanmar junta
Published on 23/05/2025
» Thailand will advocate more international engagement with Myanmar at an upcoming Southeast Asia leader summit next week, the foreign minister said, in a push for international cooperation to broaden a diplomatic effort to end a protracted civil war.
Karen seizure of Myanmar base prompts refugee exodus
Online Reporters, Published on 10/05/2025
» Over 300 Myanmar nationals crossed the border into Tak province of Thailand early Saturday as fighting continued after Karen forces seized a military base from the Myanmar army in their state.
China sends team to Myanmar to monitor ceasefire
Reuters, Published on 22/04/2025
» BEIJING — China has recently sent a team to Myanmar to monitor a ceasefire it brokered between the country's ruling military and a rebel group, China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, signalling its deepening involvement in an expanding civil war.
US must change course with Myanmar
Oped, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 11/04/2025
» Myanmar needs help. After more than four years of brutal civil war, the country has been hit by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, the strongest it has suffered since 1946. The resulting humanitarian crisis is dire, and continues to escalate, but despite an extraordinary appeal for international aid from Myanmar's military ruler, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the US has largely failed to deliver.
Myanmar earthquake toll crosses 3,000
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2025
» The death toll from Myanmar's devastating earthquake has surpassed 3,000, with hundreds more missing, as forecasts of unseasonal rain presented a new challenge for rescue and aid workers trying to reach people in a country riven by civil war.