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Tag: Myanmar News
Insurgent Groups Seize Two Major Towns...
A rebel army and allied forces near Myanmar’s northwestern border with India have seized towns that were previously under the junta control, sources told Radio Free Asia.
Myanmar Junta Says International Groups Must...
International aid groups who want to provide assistance to earthquake-hit areas of Myanmar must gain prior approval from junta authorities, said a top military official, as the death toll surpassed 3,500.
Search for Survivors Continues 3 Days...
Rescuers in Myanmar and Thailand continued their search for survivors Monday, saying signs of life were still being detected following the 7.7 magnitude quake that rocked both countries three days earlier.
Junta Airstrike Hits A Clinic in...
Myanmar junta bombed a medical clinic in Magway region Saturday morning, killing 11, including medical staff and children, despite no recent battles between junta forces and anti-junta militias in the area, residents told Radio Free Asia.
Junta Troops Forcibly Recruit More Than...
Authorities in Myanmar forcibly recruited more than 70 young men from a single town in the south-central Ayeyarwady region, residents said Monday, as the junta launched a new round of training for the country’s draftees.
Myanmar Children, Monks Among Dozens Killed...
Myanmar’s military killed 40 civilians, including Buddhist monks and children, in airstrikes in northern Myanmar as it tries to pound its enemies into submission, insurgents told Radio Free Asia on Monday.
Thailand’s Power and Fuel Cuts Hurting...
Thailand’s move to cut off electricity, fuel and internet service to an area across the border in Myanmar rife with scam centers is hurting ordinary people more than the crime syndicates it was trying target, residents told Radio Free Asia.
Myanmar Junta Bombs Rebel Wedding,At Least...
Myanmar’s air force bombed a wedding party for two pro-democracy fighters on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, members of the anti-junta force in the Magway region told Radio Free Asia.
China Repatriates 200 Citizens from Myanmar...
Two hundred Chinese nationals were due to be flown to their homeland on Thursday in aircraft laid on by their government after leaving online fraud centers in an eastern Myanmar district on the border with Thailand, Thai officials said.
Myanmar Junta Frees Nearly 1,000 Rohingya...
Myanmar’s military government has released from prison nearly 1,000 members of the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority, a human rights group said on Monday, a rare gesture of goodwill towards the persecuted community.