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Myanmar fighters capture hotly contested northwest town

The junta’s air force has launched sustained airstrikes in the area in response, residents said.

Over 100 Myanmar political prisoners have died since coup, group says

More than half have died from lack of medical treatment, assistance group said.

ASEAN faces tests in tackling Myanmar war, South China Sea tensions

Leaders of the 10-member regional bloc will gather later in the week for talks.

Myanmar census-takers and their protectors face rebel attacks

The census is to draw up voter lists for a 2025 election, but rebels oppose the vote, saying it will be a sham.

Myanmar flood victims say little relief has reached villages after Typhoon Yagi

Similar complaints are heard in Laos: ‘We haven’t had any help at all.’

Senior Myanmar pro-democracy politician dies in custody at 73

Zaw Myint Maung, NLD vice chairman and Mandalay chief minister, had been suffering from cancer.

Rebels battle for Myanmar junta’s western military headquarters

Arakan Army forces are pounding a hill controlling access to Ann town and the Western Command base, residents say

Thousands flee Myanmar airstrikes after rebel ambush

Pro-democracy fighters said scores of junta soldiers were killed and captured in an ambush.

Traders in Myanmar struggle as borders with China remain closed in rebel-held areas

6 of Shan state’s border gates are under the control of insurgent ethnic groups.

Residents of Myanmar’s Lashio flee relentless airstrikes

The military appears determined to recapture areas it lost despite China’s efforts to promote peace

Some 200,000 Myanmar workers detained in Thai immigration crackdown

Authorities inspected documents at workplaces, deporting some workers and fining others in the 3-month initiative.

More than 170 villages of Inlay region have been flooded for about three weeks

Rebels seize junta base near Chinese rare-earth mine in northern Myanmar

Kachin fighters now have near-total control of Chipwi township, a mining hub near the border with China.

Myanmar junta launches census after blasts in Yangon

A guerilla group bombed two Yangon administrative offices the day before the survey started.

Myanmar guerrillas attack junta military headquarters in Mandalay

Activist group said its members fired rockets at the headquarters in heart of Myanmar's second-biggest city