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Communities strive to shield youth from conscription: Young people and their families are seeking any way they can to evade the Myanmar military’s conscription ...
frontiermyanmar.net/en/communities-strive-to-shield-youth-from-conscription/
Human Rights Defenders: The former rebel running a school for migrant children: News from Myanmar in recent years have been downbeat, with many human rights ...
frontiermyanmar.net/en/human-rights-defenders-the-former-rebel-running-a-school-for-migrant-children/
Myanmar rebel group says it withdraws from key town on Thai border: A Myanmar rebel group has withdrawn its troops from a town along the Thai border following a ...
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-rebel-group-says-it-withdraws-key-town-thai-border-2024-04-24/
A senior Myanmar military official has not been seen in public for weeks following a drone attack, leading to speculation he might have been wounded ... Show more
Fear stalks communities in Rakhine State: Renewed fighting in Rakhine between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army has brought renewed insecurity ...
frontiermyanmar.net/en/fear-stalks-communities-in-rakhine-state/
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest: Myanmar’s detained former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest ...
cnn.com/2024/04/16/asia/myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyi-house-arrest-intl-hnk/
‘Afraid to sleep at home’: Myanmar civilians flee to Thai border as conflict intensifies
channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmar-coup-crisis-thailand-border-towns-fleeing-conflict-myawaddy-4291716
Myanmar military faces humiliating rout on Thai border
Officials of the military regime have fled the eastern town of Myawaddy on the Thai-Myanmar border in ... Show more asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Crisis/Myanmar-military-faces-humiliating-rout-on-Thai-border
Rebels raise flag at seized Myanmar base, commander confident of retaining control
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/rebels-raise-flag-seized-myanmar-base-commander-confident-retaining-control-2024-04-15/
‘Really puzzling’: Myanmar’s uranium mystery: The United States claimed it foiled a plot by an alleged Yakuza boss to sell weapons-grade plutonium sourced by an ...
frontiermyanmar.net/en/really-puzzling-myanmars-uranium-mystery/
Clashes break out at Thai-Myanmar border between soldiers, armed groups: Thai police say the latest violence was triggered when Karen groups launched an attack ...
aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/20/clashes-break-out-at-thai-myanmar-border-between-soldiers-armed-groups
CNA Explains: Why was Aung San Suu Kyi moved out of prison?: Myanmar correspondent Leong Wai Kit looks at China’s possible involvement, the significance of the ...
channelnewsasia.com/asia/aung-san-suu-kyi-myanmar-jail-house-arrest-prison-4282641
Myanmar Rebels Take Key Trading Town, but Counteroffensive Looms: The fall of Myawaddy, on the Thai border, was one of the most significant gains by resistance ...
nytimes.com/2024/04/12/world/asia/myanmar-rebels-myawaddy.html
‘Living in fear’: RCSS conscription kicks off: The Restoration Council of Shan State has ramped up forced conscription in its headquarters region ...
frontiermyanmar.net/en/living-in-fear-rcss-conscription-kicks-off/
Myanmar’s military staged a coup in 2021, strangling democratic reforms and jailing much of the country’s civilian leadership ... Show more www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/04/20/world/asia/myanmar-civil-war.html
‘Business is back’: BGF adapts under pressure: The Kayin State Border Guard Force announced its separation from the Myanmar military, and is trying to ...
frontiermyanmar.net/en/business-is-back-bgf-adapts-under-pressure/
In a rebel-held Myanmar town, fragile unity pushes junta to the brink: MYAWADDY, Myanmar: Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized ...
channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmar-rebel-town-fragile-unity-junta-4274296
Myanmar’s junta loses key base to rebel forces: Defeat is latest setback to regime as it struggles to bolster army and reassert control
ft.com/content/a39e2b69-6db6-4542-ab61-5f5cd4b36dec
About 1,300 people flee from Myanmar to Thailand after clashes in key border town
pbs.org/newshour/world/about-1300-people-flee-from-myanmar-to-thailand-after-clashes-in-key-border-town
Quick Glance: Refugees Flee Violence in Southeastern Myanmar
- Thousands of people from Myanmar’s Kayin (Karen) State have fled to Thailand to escape the fighting between the junta and ethnic Karen troops.
- The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) captured the last military outpost in Myawaddy, leading to retreat and reinforcement by junta forces.
- The battles intensified, causing an influx of refugees crossing the Moei River into Thailand, with Thai authorities offering humanitarian aid.
- Thailand is fortifying its border defenses and providing assistance to refugees as the situation remains tense along the border.
Myanmar anti-regime drones chase and attack military generals: BANGKOK/YANGON -- Senior generals of the Myanmar military have become the targets of drone attacks ...
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Crisis/Myanmar-anti-regime-drones-chase-and-attack-military-generals
Myanmar military loses border town in another big defeat: A coalition of opposition forces in Myanmar has taken control of the busiest border crossing into ...
bbc.com/news/world-asia-68750528
How the New UN Special Envoy to Myanmar Should Approach Her Impossible Mission: Former Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop faces an unenviable task in ...
thediplomat.com/2024/04/how-the-new-un-special-envoy-to-myanmar-should-approach-her-impossible-mission/
Myanmar Military Reoccupies Myawaddy Base as Karen Rebels Withdraw: The Karen National Union said that its forces were pulling back from the important border hub ...
thediplomat.com/2024/04/myanmar-military-reoccupies-myawaddy-base-as-karen-rebels-withdraw/
#BangkokPost : Three years after the coup on Feb 1, 2021, the Myanmar military government, aka the "Tatmadaw", has suffered significant losses as a result of ... Show more #opinion #Myanmar #politics
Myanmar's embattled junta now wants help from Muslim Rohingyas: Several Rohingyas who have confirmed that army officers have been going around the camps and ...
saudigazette.com.sa/article/641895
UN must start treating Myanmar crisis with the urgency it requires: The April 4 meeting of the UN Security Council on Myanmar was not just a diplomatic formality ...
arabnews.com/node/2495886
Thailand Ready to Accept 100,000 Refugees, Foreign Minister Says: The impending fall of the border town of Myawaddy to ethnic Karen rebels has raised fears of ...
thediplomat.com/2024/04/thailand-ready-to-accept-100000-refugees-foreign-minister-says/
RFA spoke with Kim Aris and Australian economist Sean Turnell, who was imprisoned with the jailed Myanmar leader, about the conditions of her confinement.
Myanmar's worst violence since the military takeover is intensifying the crisis, the UN says
apnews.com/article/un-myanmar-violence-rights-humanitarian-spillover-conflict-10f1e90a092cdcf6898aa550bd78729b
Arakan Army attacks another junta border outpost in western Myanmar: The push in Rakhine state follows an assault on a nearby outpost that caused several hundred ...
rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/arakan-army-border-outpost-attack-04172024171454.html
Ethnic Karen Rebels Complete Capture of Strategic Myanmar Border Crossing: The fall of Myawaddy, a major hub of overland trade between Myanmar and Thailand ...
thediplomat.com/2024/04/ethnic-karen-rebels-complete-capture-of-strategic-myanmar-border-crossing/
Displaced by conflict in Myanmar, thousands of Rohingya gather along Bangladesh border seeking refuge
yenisafak.com/en/world/displaced-by-conflict-in-myanmar-thousands-of-rohingya-gather-along-bangladesh-border-seeking-refuge-3681795
UN taps ex-Australian foreign minister as special envoy for Myanmar: BANGKOK -- The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Julie Bishop ...
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Crisis/UN-taps-ex-Australian-foreign-minister-as-special-envoy-for-Myanmar
Quick Glance: Julie Bishop Assumes Key Role in Myanmar Conflict
- Julie Bishop was appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the special envoy for Myanmar, filling a position vacant for 10 months.
- Former UN Undersecretary-General for Singapore, Noeleen Heyzer, concluded her tenure after 20 months in June 2023.
- Bishop brings extensive political experience and garnered support from Australia's current Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
- The escalation of the conflict in Myanmar since the 2021 military takeover has resulted in a nationwide armed confrontation with ongoing devastating impacts.
Anti-coup forces claim control of key Myanmar border town: Hundreds of troops reported to have surrendered in ‘major blow’ to generals who seized power in ...
aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/8/anti-coup-forces-claim-control-of-key-myanmar-border-town
Myanmar Resistance Forces Launch Drone Attack on Capital: The daring kamikaze drone attack did not cause much damage, but its political significance cannot be ...
thediplomat.com/2024/04/myanmar-resistance-forces-launch-drone-attack-on-capital/
Rohingya men recruited as militia are seen at a junta training site in this image from a video posted to social media in March 2024 ... Show more
Thai Air Force planes patrol airspace near Myanmar border as fighting escalates: BANGKOK: In a Facebook post on Wednesday (April 10), the Royal Thai Air Force ...
thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2024/04/11/thai-air-force-planes-patrol-airspace-near-myanmar-border-as-fighting-escalates
Myanmar: Military begins basic training to draftees under conscription law: Myanmar’s military has begun basic training at military bases and schools across the ...
apnews.com/article/myanmar-conscription-rohingya-rakhine-army-52990f3c48fdf991528c6f37887b6913
Myanmar junta confirms troops 'withdrawn' from positions in trade hub: Fighting around the trading town of Myawaddy erupted earlier this week.
standardmedia.co.ke/asia/article/2001493109/myanmar-junta-confirms-troops-withdrawn-from-positions-in-trade-hub
Traditional Thingyan water festival kicks off in Myanmar despite issues at the border
thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2024/04/14/traditional-thingyan-water-festival-kicks-off-in-myanmar-despite-issues-at-the-border
Civil war in Myanmar poses grave threat to civilians: UN rights chief: UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has warned that intensified fighting in Rakhine State ...
thedailystar.net/news/asia/southeast-asia/news/civil-war-myanmar-poses-grave-threat-civilians-un-rights-chief-3590661
History tells Sunak and Cameron they can safely ignore the ICJ: Will Britain heed the warning it could be found complicit in the Gaza genocide and take action? ...
middleeasteye.net/opinion/war-gaza-history-sunak-cameron-ignore-icj
Create right conditions for Rohingya repatriation: G7: Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries have stressed the need to create conditions for ...
thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/create-right-conditions-rohingya-repatriation-g7-3590911
Myanmar junta forcefully recruits over 1,000 Rohingya men, boys: HRW: The junta is using a conscription law that only applies to Myanmar citizens ...
thedailystar.net/news/asia/southeast-asia/news/myanmar-junta-forcefully-recruits-over-1000-rohingya-men-boys-hrw-3586196
The ice pipeline: Inside Australia's crystal meth supply chain: Australians are among the biggest users of ice in the world. Four Corners investigates where some ...
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/inside-crystal-meth-supply-chain-four-corners/103747348
ASEAN needs a longer-term approach to the Myanmar crisis - Academia - The Jakarta Post
thejakartapost.com/opinion/2024/04/22/asean-needs-a-longer-term-approach-to-the-myanmar-crisis.html
Muhammad Noor works to unite stateless Rohingya refugees through digital language preservation and creating digital IDs, offering vital support to their ... Show more www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2105108/
Racial wart on Myanmar’s revolutionary troika: As Myanmar’s political opposition complex marks a three-year anniversary since the 2021 military coup ...
asiatimes.com/2024/04/racial-wart-on-myanmars-revolutionary-troika/
India needs to protect its strategic stakes in 'unstable' Myanmar
deccanherald.com/opinion/india-needs-to-protect-its-strategic-stakes-in-unstable-myanmar-2987691
To make a friend happy, we cannot antagonize others: Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed yesterday said Bangladesh military does engage with its ...
thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/diplomacy/news/make-friend-happy-we-cannot-antagonise-others-3590191
Attempt to bar diplomat from Myanmar military junta fails: Myanmar community members applied to the courts to bar the diplomat from attending the Association of ...
rnz.co.nz/news/national/514612/attempt-to-bar-diplomat-from-myanmar-military-junta-fails
Welcome to Myawaddy: trade town taken by rebels that has Thailand worried: Concerns of a Myanmar military counter-offensive at the border has drawn neighbouring ...
theage.com.au/world/asia/welcome-to-myawaddy-trade-town-taken-by-rebels-that-has-thailand-worried-20240413-p5fjlq.html
Myanmar’s Intensifying Conflict Taking Massive Rights Toll: UN: According to the global body, 18.6 million people in Myanmar will need humanitarian assistance in ...
thediplomat.com/2024/04/myanmars-intensifying-conflict-taking-massive-rights-toll-un/
#VantageOnFirstpost : India has secured its second oversees port, the Sittwe port in Myanmar. An Indian company will now run the operations of the port. This ... Show more
Shift at Myanmar’s Border: A Blow to Military Control: In an unexpected turn, Myanmar's military regime officials began evacuating Myawaddy ...
riotimesonline.com/southeast-asia/shift-at-myanmars-border-a-blow-to-military-control/
Rakhine IDPs caught in the conflict and cut off from aid: The Myanmar military is punishing civilians as the Arakan Army closes in on the state capital ...
frontiermyanmar.net/en/rakhine-idps-caught-in-the-conflict-and-cut-off-from-aid/
Myanmar's worst violence since the military takeover is intensifying the crisis, the UN says
apnews.com/article/un-myanmar-violence-rights-humanitarian-spillover-conflict-10f1e90a092cdcf6898aa550bd78729b
Caught in the crossfire, Mro struggle to survive: Smaller minority groups in Rakhine State are caught between the regime and the Arakan Army ...
frontiermyanmar.net/en/caught-in-the-crossfire-mro-struggle-to-survive/
Myanmar military TV says 13 'terrorist' drones shot down over capital, no damage or casualties
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Commentary: How the Myanmar regime is surviving: Despite some major wins by insurgent groups, the junta remains strong due to its control of arms and air power ...
channelnewsasia.com/commentary/myanmar-civil-war-opposition-forces-sac-arms-air-strike-4239806
China encouraged armed offensive against Myanmar government to protest proliferation of online scams
theregister.com/2024/03/28/scam_centers_china_myanmar/
Myanmar military scales back annual parade as fighting escalates: BANGKOK/NAYPYITAW -- The annual parade to mark Myanmar's Armed Forces Day took place on ...
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Crisis/Myanmar-military-scales-back-annual-parade-as-fighting-escalates
Myanmar deaths from mines, ordnance tripled in 2023: UN: UN children’s agency says more than 20 percent of the victims were children.
aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/4/myanmar-deaths-from-mines-ordnance-tripled-in-2023-un
Thailand sends aid to war-torn Myanmar, critics say it will only help junta: Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Myanmar on Monday ...
business-standard.com/world-news/thailand-sends-aid-to-war-torn-myanmar-critics-say-it-will-only-help-junta-124032500247_1.html
Quick Glance: Thailand provides aid to Myanmar amidst criticism
- Thailand delivered humanitarian aid to Myanmar to assist millions of displaced individuals.
- Critics argue that the aid primarily benefits areas controlled by the junta.
- The humanitarian initiative was led by the Thai Red Cross with army support.
- The aid is expected to be distributed fairly and contribute to the peace process in Myanmar.
Groups fighting against Myanmar's ruling military are making gains despite air and drone attacks www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2024/3/26/fighting-spirit-how-myanmars-armed-resistance-is-taking-new-ground
Burnings and beheadings: Myanmar junta escalates terror tactics against its people
cnn.com/2024/03/27/asia/myanmar-military-junta-civilian-attacks-intl-hnk-dst/
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Myanmar’s military marks Armed Forces Day amid continued violence: The military starts recruiting civilians next month, after recently rolling out a dormant ...
channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmars-military-marks-armed-forces-day-amid-continued-violence-4222416
Myanmar and the Voices of a Revolution: The Myanmar junta's conscription drive has backfired, bolstering the rebels' ranks.
thediplomat.com/2024/03/myanmar-and-the-voices-of-a-revolution/
Paid articlePaid Commentary: Conscription is pushing many in Myanmar to choose sides: Myanmar’s military regime is seeking to revive a policy of conscription ...
channelnewsasia.com/commentary/myanmar-military-service-law-anger-flee-resistance-4225331
Rohingya Conundrum: Stateless, Helpless and Unwanted: The Rohingya, a Muslim minority from Myanmar persecuted and run out of their homeland ...
thewire.in/rights/rohingya-conundrum-stateless-helpless-and-unwanted
Myanmar military says 'election likely but not nationwide' : Myanmar's military regime plans to hold elections but only in some regions ...
wionews.com/videos/myanmar-military-says-election-likely-but-not-nationwide-704151
Myanmar army moves to enlist first batch of civilians into military: This is in line with the military’s recently enacted conscription law, which has sparked a ...
channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmar-army-enlistment-conscription-law-brain-drain-civilians-4214356
Junta navy arrests around 80 Rohingya off Myanmar coast: The group is ‘being treated well,’ according to an official.
rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/navy-arrests-rohingya-03212024052444.html
Myanmar army behind Facebook pages spewing hate speech: UN probe: Myanmar army behind Facebook pages spreading hate speech against Rohingya: UN probe reveals ...
en.prothomalo.com/international/south-asia/sq0vqipnk0
Myanmar Junta Begins Summoning Civilians for Military Service: The conscription drive has prompted the assassination and resignation of junta administrators ...
thediplomat.com/2024/03/myanmar-junta-begins-summoning-civilians-for-military-service/
Paid articlePaid Myanmar-bound drone jammer seized
Two Myanmar nationals arrested in sting operation in Mae Sot
Two Myanmar nationals have been arrested in the border town of ... Show more www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2767558/myanmar-bound-drone-jammer-seized
‘Fighting spirit’: How Myanmar’s armed resistance is taking new ground: Groups fighting against the ruling military are making gains despite air and drone ...
aljazeera.com/news/longform/2024/3/26/fighting-spirit-how-myanmars-armed-resistance-is-taking-new-ground
Two Dozen Civilians Reportedly Killed in Burmese Military Strikes in Rakhine: U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed concerns at reports the ...
democracynow.org/2024/3/19/headlines/two_dozen_civilians_reportedly_killed_in_burmese_military_strikes_in_rakhine
Karen border force tilts away from Myanmar military regime: YANGON/BANGKOK -- The Border Guard Force (BGF), an armed group active in Kayin state, eastern Myanmar ...
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Crisis/Karen-border-force-tilts-away-from-Myanmar-military-regime
Revered and feared: Asia’s authoritarian states censor and mistreat poets: World Poetry Day brings tributes to fallen and jailed poets and vows not to back down.
rfa.org/english/news/china/asia-poetry-03212024131629.html
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