A protester who was injured during a crackdown by security forces on a demonstration against the military coup is carried to safety in Yangon, March 14, 2021.

Six Months After Myanmar’s Coup, Life is Worse in Nearly Every Metric: Analysts

Observers predict that the junta’s inability to govern will lead to a power struggle in the long term.

Mingin PDF members in an undated photo.

Junta Troops Arrest Dozens of PDF Militiamen in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region

2021-07-29

The Mingin PDF says its fighters were ambushed after surrounding a pro-military village.

General view of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands December 11, 2019.

Many Hurdles on the Way to Accountability for Rohingya and Uyghur Atrocities, Experts Tell US Hearing

2021-07-29

China, and to a lesser degree Myanmar, have ways to evade international reckoning.

Shoppers line up in Yangon to buy Ye Zaw's 5-kyat eggs and other nonprofit groceries in an undated photo.

Myanmar Activists Sell Eggs Cheaply Amid Skyrocketing Prices for Food

2021-07-29

Food prices have climbed sharply as families struggle to survive amid a surge in COVID-19 infections that is killing hundreds every day.

Volunteers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry the body of a victim of COVID-19 to a cemetery in Yangon's Hlegu township, July 10, 2021.

Junta-Run Public Hospitals Rejecting Even Myanmar’s Sickest COVID-19 Patients

2021-07-29

The alternatives are home care or private hospitals, where treatment is costly and questionable.

A white flag is displayed at a home in Yangon, in an undated photo.

Desperate COVID Families Hoist Flags For Donations in Myanmar’s Cities

2021-07-28

Aid groups use the markers to locate homes in desperate need of food and medical supplies.

Decomposing bodies discovered in the jungle in Kani township, in Myanmar's remote Sagaing region, July 13, 2021.

‘No Fewer Than 10’ Bodies Discovered in Graves in Myanmar’s Kani Township

2021-07-28

The discovery comes weeks after villagers found more than a dozen corpses scattered in a nearby forest.

People gather with empty oxygen canisters as they wait to fill them outside a factory in Yangon, Myanmar, July 11, 2021, amid a surge in coronavirus cases.

Coup, COVID-19 Deal Dual Blows to Myanmar’s Economy

2021-07-28

Six months of strife and a vicious third wave of the coronavirus point to bleak times, economists say.

People pray during the burial of a boy who was killed after accidentally handling an explosive device in Chin state, May 20, 2021.

More Than 80 Ethnic Chin Killed by Myanmar’s Military Since February Coup: Watchdog Group

2021-07-27

Among the dead are a teenage rape victim and two infants, the Institute of Chin Affairs said.

An election official counts a ballot after the polls closed at a polling station in Yangon, Nov. 8, 2020.

Myanmar Junta on Path of ‘Total Self-Destruction’ After Annulment of 2020 Election: Observers

2021-07-27

The move to justify its takeover will destroy any remaining support the military enjoyed, they say.

A Rohingya man carries a woman out of the flooded Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhia, a subdistrict of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, July 27, 2021.

Heavy Rain Causes Deadly Landslide at Bangladesh Rohingya Camp

2021-07-27

Deaths have become a regular occurrence during monsoons in the hilly Cox’s Bazar camps, which house about 1 million refugees from neighboring Myanmar.

A freshwater Siamese crocodile, a critically endangered species native to Southeast Asia, is seen at Thailand's Kaeng Krachan National Park in an undated photo.

UNESCO Adds Thai Park to World Heritage List, Amid Karen Rights Concerns

2021-07-27

Human rights experts cite allegations that indigenous people are being subjected to rights violations and killings.

Flood in Kyaikmaraw township, in Myanmar's Mon state, July 26, 2021.

Floods Add to Misery as Myanmar Struggles to Control Third Wave of COVID-19

2021-07-26

Heavy rains over the weekend left townships in three regions underwater.

Myanmar election officials count votes at a polling station after polls close in the commercal hub Yangon, Nov. 8, 2020.

Myanmar’s Junta Annuls 2020 Election Results, Citing Voter Fraud

2021-07-26

Political parties condemn the move as the military’s “lame excuse” to justify its takeover.

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