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Tag: Myanmar News

April 14, 2023

Death Toll in Myanmar Air Strike...

The number of people killed in an air strike seen as one of the worst attacks on civilians by Myanmar’s junta since a military coup two years ago has risen to 165, the country’s shadow government said Thursday.

April 13, 2023

Military Stymies Rescue Efforts at Scene...

Efforts by workers to rescue the injured and collect the remains of mangled bodies at the scene of a junta air strike that killed at least 80 civilians in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region have been hampered by troops in the area, sources said Wednesday.

April 11, 2023

Anti-Junta Fighter Killed During Deportation from...

One of three Burmese armed resistance fighters who sought medical assistance in Thailand was killed as Thai authorities handed them over to junta authorities en route to Myanmar, Radio Free Asia has learned.

April 5, 2023

Myanmar Navy Arrests 130 Rohingya Attempting...

Nearly 130 Rohingya Muslims leaving Myanmar for Malaysia by boat were arrested by the junta’s navy in waters off Mon state on Sunday after brokers revealed information about them to local villagers.

April 4, 2023

Since Coup, Nearly 450 Civilians Killed...

Civilians are being killed at an alarming rate in Myanmar’s civil war, dying in airstrikes, artillery shelling and while being held in detention, data released from an armed ethnic group fighting the junta showed.

April 1, 2023

Once-Bustling Town of Thantlang Reduced to...

Western Myanmar’s once bustling town of Thantlang, with a sign above its gateway proclaiming that its inhabitants are “Not rich, but happy,” now lies in ruin after an onslaught of military raids, arson attacks, and airstrikes

March 25, 2023

Myanmar Junta Pledges 15 Villages for...

Myanmar’s junta is planning 15 new villages with 750 plots of farmable land in Rakhine state as part of a pilot program that would see 1,500 ethnic Rohingyas repatriated from refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh next month.

March 22, 2023

Civilians in Northern Myanmar Face Growing...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report in April 2022 that at least 102 civilians were killed and 288 others injured by landmines and other explosive weapons in Myanmar since the coup.

March 19, 2023

Pessimistic About Future,Young Burmese Rush to...

Nearly 53,000 people in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, applied for a passport in just a five-day period at the end of February after the portal was opened, the Myanmar Passport Issuing Board said.

March 18, 2023

More Than 170 Myanmar Refugees Arrested...

Authorities in northeast India’s state of Manipur have detained at least 170 refugees from villages along the border with Myanmar since the start of the year, according to the refugees and an aid group, causing others to shelter in the jungle or return home to avoid arrest.

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