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54 killed, 252 injured in Myanmar highway crashes in 11 months
Fifty-four people were killed and 252 others injured in connection with 152 traffic accidents on Myanmar’s Yangon-Mandalay highway in the first 11 months of 2022, the newspaper Myawady reported.
In November, three people were killed and…
Myanmar junta snubbed at Asean defence chiefs’ meet
The Association of South-east Asian (ASEAN) defense chiefs held their annual retreat on Tuesday without a representative from Myanmar amid the prolonged political crisis in the country.
With Covid-19 on the wane, ASEAN started physical…
Myanmar’s civilian government demands more pressure to release all political prisoners
Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government (NUG) urged the population and the international community to increase pressure to force the junta to unconditionally release all political prisoners.
Following the regime’s amnesty on…
Former UK ambassador among prisoners to be freed in Myanmar
Myanmar's military is to release 6,000 prisoners including a former UK ambassador, a Japanese filmmaker and an Australian adviser to the country's ousted leader.
Ex-diplomat Vicky Bowman and Toru Kubota were jailed earlier…
The life of the people of Chin State continues to be wracked by danger and violence
The life of the people of Chin State continues to be wracked by danger and violence, even as they make every attempt to defend themselves against the Burma Army. Burma Army soldiers have been burning homes, a few at a time, in the villages…
UN chief tells Myanmar junta to get democracy ‘back on track’
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday urged Myanmar’s junta to immediately return to democracy, saying it is the only way to stop the “unending nightmare” engulfing Myanmar.
Myanmar has spiralled into a bloody conflict since…
US, EU add more sanctions as Myanmar violence deepens
The United States and European Union have announced new sanctions against Myanmar’s military regime aimed at officials, companies and arms dealers, as campaigners urge quicker implementation of the measures given the deepening crisis in the…
Myanmar crisis poses challenge for ASEAN’s ability to confront future
Myanmar’s crisis could take decades to resolve but as long as it continues, it will pose a challenge to ASEAN’s ability to get on with its agenda confronting the future, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said at an ISEAS, Yusof Ishak…
Fleeing farmers to worsen food crisis in conflict-riven Myanmar
The food security crisis in Myanmar is deepening due to the loss of farmland as a result of conflict and plunging crop yields, prompting families to cut back on meal portions or switch to cheaper and less nutritious food.
Inflation is…
Myanmar military airstrikes kill more than 60, Kachin rebels say
Dozens of people have reportedly been killed in military airstrikes at a celebratory event in Myanmar’s mountainous Kachin state on Sunday, drawing international condemnation of the junta that seized power in the country more than a year…