Myanmar

Myanmar: Civilian casualties rise as resistance forces tighten noose around military

World
David Turner

BANGKOK (AP) — Six months into an offensive against Myanmar ’s military government, opposition forces have made massive gains, but civilian casualties ...

Powerful ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to capture base and hundreds of soldiers

World
David Turner

BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful ethnic minority armed group battling Myanmar’s army in the country’s west claimed Monday to have taken hundreds ...

Thailand remains neutral in Myanmar conflict, says foreign minister

World
David Turner

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand remains neutral in the Myanmar conflict and is able to accept up to 100,000 people displaced by the ...

Video of massive fire in central Philippines falsely linked to conflict in western Myanmar

World
David Turner

Screenshot taken on March 1, 2024 of the misleading post Myanmar’s junta has struggled to crush widespread armed opposition to its rule ...

Feds charge Japanese Yakuza leader with nuclear materials trafficking

U.S.
Amanda Smith

The DOJ alleges that a high-ranking member of the Yakuza, Takeshi Ebisawa, was the central figure in a plot to funnel American ...

Why Delhi wants to fence the ‘troubled’ border

World
David Turner

Just over a week ago, India’s federal home minister Amit Shah announced a plan to fence the open border with neighbouring Myanmar. ...

US Imposes Sanctions on Myanmar Junta’s Lucrative Oil Enterprise

World
David Turner

(Bloomberg) — The US announced sanctions against the Myanmar junta’s most lucrative state-owned enterprise, one of Washington’s most significant moves yet to ...