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More Sagaing villages come under attack from Myanmar’s military
The Myanmar military has continued its rampage across much of southern Sagaing Region in recent days, killing civilians and torching homes in Yinmabin and Khin-U townships.
On Monday, the bodies of four villagers were discovered in Lel…
Human rights violations by Chinese investors against workers in Myanmar exacerbates
Chinese investments and businesses witness human rights violations against workers, as about 600 cases were registered against them worldwide, of which Myanmar had the largest share with 97 cases between 2013 and 2020, according to the…
At least 17 Rohingya, including children, killed in boat capsize
UNHCR expresses shock and sadness after an incident in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Myanmar.
At least 17 Rohingya refugees, including children, have been reported dead after their boat capsized in bad weather off the Myanmar coast.…
Myanmar junta tribunal sentences 7 youths to death in Yangon
Myanmar’s junta condemned seven youths to death this week in the Yangon region after a secret military tribunal found them guilty of murder, a junta newspaper reported.
The seven, all from Hlaingtharyar township in the country’s largest…
Myanmar Junta Kills At Least 36 in Sagaing Village
More Myanmar junta victims have been found around Mone Taing Ping village in Ye-U Township, Sagaing Region, with the death toll rising to 36, according to residents.
Most of the victims were found in torched houses and bore signs of…
“Unprecedented” civilian death toll since coup in Myanmar’s history
More than 5,600 civilians have been killed in Myanmar since the military seized power last year, according to a new estimate by an independent research institute, which called the death toll “unprecedented” in the country’s history.
The…
Defense force in northern Shan State claims deadly ambush on junta convoy returning from battle
A resistance force in the northern Shan State township of Muse carried out a lethal attack on a Myanmar army convoy returning from the frontlines of a clash with ethnic Kokang forces earlier this month, an officer from the resistance group…
Deaths and arrests rise in Myanmar’s heartland
Junta security forces have killed at least 155 civilians and arrested 683 others in Myanmar’s Magway region — the heartland of the majority Bamar people — since the military seized power 15 months ago, according to news agencies.
Local…
Chinese Companies tighten grip on Illegal jade trade in Myanmar
Hpakant, Kachin State- Myanmar - Jade mining has been illegal in Myanmar since 2019 and operations have increased in Hpakant, in the northern state of Kachin, Myanmar’s main jade-mining area since the military seized power in the 2021 coup.…
Myanmar condemns Malaysia for suggesting ASEAN to work with NUG
Myanmar has condemned as “irresponsible and reckless” a Malaysian proposal for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to work with the National Unity Government (NUG) established by those the military removed in February 2021…