The Thai Foreign Ministry urged Myanmar’s military junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi in a statement that also welcomed this week’s move of the... Read More
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Myanmar has two national-level matriculation examinations now: one administered by the Ministry of Education under the State Administration Council (SAC) military junta, the other conducted... Read More
As Myanmar’s civil war approaches its third year, intensified fighting across the country this year between ruling junta forces and resistance fighters has destroyed villages... Read More
The junta army’s heavy artillery shelling in Myanmar’s ancient capital of Mrauk-U in Rakhine State between Sunday and Monday resulted in the deaths of three... Read More
Anti-junta protesters have returned to the streets of Myanmar’s Sagaing region, despite intense crackdowns and raids by military forces, organizers of the demonstrations said. Residents... Read More
Amid the news of escalating violence, it’s easy to lose sight of two events in August 2023 that exposed the Myanmar military regime’s vulnerability. First,... Read More
Junta troops have arrested 11 people in a raid on Myitkyina township in Myanmar’s Kachin state, locals told RFA Thursday. They said that six men... Read More
Myanmar’s Karen National Union says nationwide cease-fire agreement is dead — Radio Free Asia
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Myanmar’s oldest ethnic armed group said Thursday that a nationwide cease-fire agreement it signed with the national army eight years ago is now null and... Read More
Junta jets dropped bombs on a village in Chin state, in the west of Myanmar, killing three people including a nine-year-old girl, the Mindat township... Read More
Farmers, Facebook and Myanmar’s coup
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On 1 February 2021, the day Myanmar’s military launched an early morning raid to arrest key politicians and seize political power, a seemingly innocuous post... Read More