Junta shelling kills two children, injures several in Myanmar’s Rakhine state — Radio Free Asia

A Myanmar military helicopter flies over Minbya, Sept. 25, 2022. Credit: Hantar

Military shelling in Myanmar’s Rakhine state over the past four days has claimed the lives of at least two children and injured several others, residents said Monday, as clashes ramp up between junta troops and ethnic insurgents following a two-year lull. Late on Sunday evening, junta troops from the 9th Military Operations Command (MOC-9) in

Nearly half of 3 million who fled Myanmar due to conflict did so since coup — Radio Free Asia

IDPs from Kyaung Pyar, Kyaukkyi township, Bago region, flee their village after military raids, July 4, 2022. Credit: Citizen journalist

Nearly 3 million people have fled Myanmar because of armed conflict, nearly half of whom left the country after last year’s military coup, an independent research group said Friday. The Myanmar Institute for Strategic and Policy Studies (ISP-Myanmar) said 2,930,201 internally displaced persons (IDPs), or slightly more than 5% of Myanmar’s population of 54.4 million,

Drones level playing field for Myanmar’s armed opposition against powerful military — Radio Free Asia

At left, a bomb [blue] begins to fall towards a target. At right, a bomb hits a Myanmar army trench. Credit: Yangon Revolution Force

Nearly 20 months after the military coup in Myanmar, amid a rapidly intensifying conflict, People’s Defense Force (PDF) paramilitary groups are turning to drone technology to level the playing field as they engage with better equipped junta troops. When the PDF formed in the months following the Feb. 1, 2021 military takeover, it’s members were

Myanmar worst for state violence against civilians in first half of 2022 — Radio Free Asia

Undated photo of Myanmar junta troops stationed in Mindat, Chin state. Credit: Citizen Journalist

More incidents of violence against civilians by government forces were reported in Myanmar than anywhere else in the world during the first six months of 2022, according to a U.S.-based group that compiles data on conflict in developing nations. The Armed Conflicts Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a partner organization of the United Nations,

Junta troops kill 12, burn hundreds of homes in 11 days of raids in Sagaing — Radio Free Asia

A munition fragment from a Myanmar military jet lies on the ground in Kawlin township, Sagaing region, Aug. 24, 2022. Credit: Kawlin Revolution-KR

Junta troops in Myanmar’s Sagaing region have killed at least 12 civilians and burned down more than 500 houses in 11 days since entering the region’s northern townships of Kawlin, Kanbalu and Kyunhla, villagers and local defense groups said Friday. Sources in the area told RFA Burmese that the military had set nearly 50 villages

In Myanmar, Vietnamese firms learn the political risks of backing the junta — Radio Free Asia

A bomb blast topples a Mytel tower in Paletwa township in western Myanmar's Chin state, in an undated photo. Credit: Citizen journalist

Vietnamese firms are confronting political risk from overseas investments as the price of doing business with Myanmar’s brutal military regime, a less predictable partner than the authoritarians they are accustomed to. Vietnam’s largest venture in Myanmar is by VietTel, Vietnam’s largest cellular provider. The military-owned company has a major stake in Myanmar’s MyTel, which is

Life is sometimes ‘unbearable’ — Radio Free Asia

Abu Sayyid speaks to a journalist in the courtyard of the Ruhama Mosque in South Tangerang, Indonesia, Aug. 26, 2022. Credit: Pizaro Gozali Idrus/BenarNews

Rohingya refugees living in Indonesia say they are growing more and more desperate as they struggle to get by in the face of an uncertain future, with the prospect of relocation to a third country increasingly remote.  Muhammad Hanif, a Rohingya from Maungdaw township in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, tried to reach Australia from Malaysia by boat

UN faces heat over envoy’s trip to Myanmar — Radio Free Asia

This handout from Myanmar's military information team taken and released on Aug. 17, 2022 shows Myanmar's armed forces chief Snr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing [right] meeting with United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer [left] in Naypyidaw. Credit: Myanmar's Military Information Team/AFP

Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG) and more than 850 civil society groups called on the United Nations to remove its appointed envoy to the country after her visit last week and demonstrate a “serious commitment” to resolving the nation’s worsening humanitarian crisis. U.N. Special Envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer traveled to Myanmar from Aug.

Junta troops kill 5, torch hundreds of homes in Kachin state village — Radio Free Asia

File photo of houses in Se Zin village, Hpakant township, Kachin State. Credit: Citizen journalist

Junta troops killed five civilians and torched as many as 400 homes over three days of air raids, heavy artillery fire and fierce clashes with a joint force of ethnic rebels and pro-democracy paramilitaries in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state, residents said Wednesday. Four of the victims were killed on Tuesday when military jets flew the

Myanmar opposition marks ‘8888’ anniversary with protests, vow to fight on — Radio Free Asia

Protesters give a three-finger salute signaling their opposition to the junta at a rally in Sagaing region, Aug. 8, 2022. Credit: Citizen journalist

Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG) and activists marked the anniversary of the uprising against former Gen. Ne Win on Monday with protests calling for an end to junta rule and a vow to fight until their goal of a federal democracy is achieved. The “People Power Uprising,” also known as the “8888 Uprising,” was

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