US condemns Myanmar refugee camp strike, calls it ‘military attack’

October 11, 2023

The United States on Tuesday condemned what it called a reported ‘military attack’ in Myanmar on a refugee camp that led to the killing of several civilians, Reuters reports. THE TAKE At least 29 people, including women and children, were killed in Myanmar in an artillery strike on a refugee camp near the border with […]Continue Reading

Post-Coup Myanmar: 29 killed in army strike on camp for displaced

October 11, 2023

Twenty-nine people were killed and dozens wounded in a military strike on a camp for displaced people in northern Myanmar, a spokesman for an ethnic rebel group that controls the area told AFP on Tuesday. Myanmar’s junta has been accused of carrying out multiple bloody attacks on civilian targets as it struggles to quell resistance […]Continue Reading

Myanmar Supreme Court rejects jailed Suu Kyi appeals

October 8, 2023

The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar has rejected appeals against six corruption convictions for the jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to media reports, Reuters reports. Suu Kyi, in detention since the military toppled her government in a 2021 coup, faces 27 years in prison. She is appealing dozens of convictions for crimes […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s cash-strapped junta hikes taxes, utilities despite surging inflation

October 2, 2023

Myanmar’s cash-starved military regime is again preying on householders and businesses in a desperate bid to prop up its coffers, The Irrawaddy reports. In its latest moves, the regime has increased utility bills while announcing that license fees for jade and gems dealers will be hiked sixfold next year. The state-owned Myanmar Gems Enterprise issued […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army searches Western Myanmar for Muslim ‘criminal gangs’

September 30, 2023

The ethnic Rakhine armed group, the Arakan Army (AA), has been searching Muslim villages near the Bangladesh border in Rakhine State, searching for Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) alleged criminals, The Irrawaddy reports. Large numbers of AA troops have been searching at least nine Muslim villages in northern Buthidaung Township since last week, said residents. […]Continue Reading

UK, Canada, Taiwan criticise Myanmar as generals unleash ‘corrective purge’

September 30, 2023

The United Kingdom and Canada have joined the United States in condemning plans by Myanmar’s coup leaders to hold tightly controlled elections, as Taiwan voiced strong criticism of the regime’s atrocities and crackdown on its opponents, Al Jazeera reports. Their condemnation is an indication of the hardening divisions between China and Russia on one side, […]Continue Reading

UN: Myanmar military ups airstrikes, mass killings to subjugate population

September 26, 2023

NEWS DESK Volker Türk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, is calling for international action to bring an end to the increasingly brutal, repressive regime of Myanmar’s military, which toppled the country’s democratically elected government February 1, 2021, VOA reports. In a report submitted Tuesday to the U.N. Human Rights Council, the U.N. rights […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta massacres Sagaing resistance fighters

September 24, 2023

Myanmar’s junta killed 24 Sagaing Region resistance fighters and two civilian administrators on Friday evening, according to rebel groups, The Irrawaddy reports. Troops stationed at the entrance of Myaung Township reportedly surrounded resistance fighters from the Chay Yar Taw People’s Defense Force (PDF) and other PDFs under the civilian National Unity Government. “They Continue Reading

Myanmar Junta Hosts Chinese Envoy for Talks on Closer Ties

September 19, 2023

Two Myanmar junta ministers met with China’s special envoy to Myanmar, Deng Xijun, in Naypyitaw on Monday to discuss closer collaboration in ASEAN affairs and the United Nations, The Irrawaddy reports. Deng Xijun arrived in Myanmar just as the 78th UN General Assembly launched in New York, where delegates are expected to decide on Myanmar’s […]Continue Reading

Former Refugee Puts Plight of Myanmar Children Center Stage at Miss Universe Pageant

September 19, 2023

Sa Myer Oo who made it into the top 10 finalists at the Miss Universe Finland 2023 pageant, was born and raised in a refugee camp for displaced Karenni people on the Thai side of the Myanmar-Thai border, The Irrawaddy reports. She lived at the refugee camp until she was 11, before immigrating with her […]Continue Reading