Myanmar

Myanmar: 19 school students die as junta airstrike targets schools in Rakhine

The group posted a statement saying that the junta launched an airstrike targeting two private schools in Kyauktaw township, in midnight attacks on Friday. The strikes killed 19 school students between the ages of 15 and 21 and wounded 22 others

Myanmar shuts key trade crossing with Thailand as junta seeks to choke rebel funding before polls

The crossing at the Myawaddy bridge, which carries more than $120m worth of goods between the neighbours each month according to Thai customs data, was sealed to trading vehicles

Myanmar: Civil war still raging, but junta announces national election from Dec 28

Even as a civil war continues to rage in the country, Myanmar's junta has announced that the first phase of national elections will take place on December 28. The exercise has been condemned internationally as a sham as the junta is bound to control the result of any election in the country.

Myanmar: As junta plans election amid civil war, hopes for peace remain dim

Till all resistance forces are united and agree on a future federal structure, it is difficult to foresee a new model of government for Myanmar

Myanmar: Children among those tortured by security forces, says UN report

Children were among those tortured, often detained as stand-ins for missing parents. Some torture resulted in death, according to the 16-page report released Tuesday

Myanmar: Myint Swe, who became Acting President after junta toppled Suu Kyi govt, dies at 74

Myint Swe, the acting president of Myanmar since the military coup in 2021, has died at the age of 74. He withdrew from public life last year after the state media reported he was suffering from neurological disorders and peripheral neuropathy disease.

Myanmar election in December: Junta lifts emergency 4 years after coup against Suu Kyi govt

Four years after Myanmar's military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government in a coup, the junta has ended the emergency in the country and has formed a commission to hold elections in December.

New Myanmar junta law: Jail for those who criticise election plan

Myanmar's junta has enacted a harsh new election law criminalising dissent and protest against its planned vote, with penalties including prison and even the death sentence amid widespread opposition and a civil war.

Is Trump opening up a new front against China — in Myanmar for rare earths?

With outreach to Myanmar's military regime and discussions about a similar outreach to rebels, US President Donald Trump appears to be opening up a new front against China with eyes on Myanmar's rare earth reserves. Here are the proposals on the table to divert Myanmar's rare earths away from China.

Arakan Army is key to India’s Myanmar strategy: Time to acknowledge it

The successful completion of the Kaladan project is much more than just a ‘friendship treaty’ between India and Myanmar. It could become the axis around which India manages the growing instability on its northeastern borders