Schoolteachers in Myanmar, many of whom joined a national strike to protest the ruling military regime, have been increasingly caught in the crossfire following the February 2021 coup that overthrew the elected government. As of May, at least 40 teachers had been killed, according to the ruling junta. Educators who have gone on strike to
Eleven civilians were shot dead or burned to death by military junta troops in northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing region after the soldiers found a weapon in a pagoda compound where the displaced villagers had sought shelter, local residents said Wednesday. Junta forces shot six of the civilians from Kan Pyar village in Myinmu township in the
Kelsey Parker has been applauded for celebrating her remarkable life with late husband Tom Parker amid her crippling grief. The Wanted singer Tom tragically died on March 30 following a two-year battle with brain cancer. Tom, 33, left behind Kelsey and their two young children, Aurelia, two, and nine-month-old Bodhi. Throughout Tom’s cancer fight, the
A newly released military propaganda video suggests that the third aircraft carrier of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could be launched soon, Chinese media and experts said. A six-minute video, produced by the PLA Navy Political Publicity Bureau and the army broadcaster, was posted on Friday. It provides a glimpse into China’s aircraft carrier program
At least seven young Myanmar men and women from Tanintharyi region and Rakhine state have received long prison terms for donating money — U.S. $8 or less in a few cases — to opponents of the military junta that has ruled the country for 13 months, their lawyers and anti-junta activists told RFA. Military authorities
The protesters, making the three-finger salute embraced by opponents of the military, brought two gold and red peacock flags of the National League for Democracy, the celebration of Aung San Suu Kyi. Her civilian federal government was toppled in a military coup one year ago that has actually plunged Myanmar into a deepening civil conflict–
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New systems of Peoples Liberation Army have been established and existing ones updated over the previous decade to man outposts in the South China Sea, leaving Chinas military much better placed to project power in the region, according to a new report. The report The Peoples Liberation Army in the South China Sea: An Organizational
A minimum of 3,000 people have actually been displaced in recent days by battling between local defense groups and government forces in Myanmars southern Chin state, with around 400 crossing for security into neighboring India, local villagers and aid employees say. Citizens from around 30 villages in the states Matupi municipality are now on the
