Myanmar

Myanmar’s Karen Rebels Say 25 Slain Men Were Junta Spies, Not Civilians

“We had to detain these agents to protect the young people,” said a Karen National Defence Organisation spokesman.

Screen shot of a video obtained by RFA showing the aftermath of an explosion in Yangon, Myanmar, June 18, 2021

Bomb Explodes at Headquarters of Pro-Military Party in Myanmar

2021-06-18

Blast was one of six Friday explosions in largest city Yangon.

Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha speaks virtually from Bangkok during the 75th annual UN General Assembly in New York, Sept. 25, 2020.

UN Assembly Adopts Resolution to 'Prevent Flow of Arms' Into Myanmar

2021-06-18

The resolution also calls for the release of President Win Myint, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, and all who have been 'arbitrarily detained, charged, or arrested' in Myanmar.

Protesters prepare to burn the flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as they take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, JUne 14, 2021.

Revised UN Resolution Waters Down Call for Halting Arms Sales to Myanmar

2021-06-17

ASEAN had lobbied for the removal of a clause calling for an arms embargo on Myanmar that was included in an earlier draft of the UN General Assembly resolution.

Rohingya women wait in line with their children at an NGO-run health center on Bhashan Char Island, Bangladesh, June 13, 2021.

Deadly Diarrheal Outbreak Afflicts Rohingya Residents on Bangladesh Island, Refugees Say

2021-06-17

Lack of knowledge about hygiene may be at fault, a district health officer says.

Capt. Lin Htet Aung, who left the Myanmar Army’s Light Infantry Battalion #528 to join pro-democracy forces resisting the military coup, in undated photo.

Interview: Captain Who Left Myanmar Army Estimates 800 Troops Have Defected Since Coup

2021-06-17

"We understand why people hated the military so much and that’s why we are joining them," says Capt. Lin Htet Aung.

Authorities place the body of Soe Soe Lwin into an ambulance after her assassination in Yangon Myanmar, June 8, 2021.

Anti-Junta Forces in Myanmar Have Killed a Dozen Local Officials Since Coup

2021-06-17

Junta says the killings were terrorism, while shadow government says they were acts of war.

A protester holding signs supporting the newly formed opposition National Unity Government (NUG) during a demonstration against the military coup in the southern Myanmar city of Dawei, April 29, 2021.

Interview: ‘We Cannot Accept People Dying,’ Says Myanmar NUG Health Minister

2021-06-17

"I do not want (the junta) to push hundreds of thousands of people to their deaths," says physician Zaw Wai Soe, who serves as the parallel National Unity Government's minister of health and education