Norwegian state-controlled telecoms operator Telenor has become the latest highest-profile company to exit Myanmar following the military coup in February, selling its business in the country to a Lebanese family investment group. Norwegian state-controlled telecoms […]
After nearly a decade of an often controversial democracy, Myanmar’s forceful backslide into military rule has so far continued to stand strong despite widespread pro-democracy protests and strikes across the country. Myanmar, also known as […]
At least 19 Myanmar policemen have fled to India amidst the Myanmar military’s escalating crackdown on peaceful protests against the military coup that took place last month. An Indian police official who wished to remain […]
Myanmar is on the verge of a new civil war, a spokesperson for the country’s parallel government has warned, as communities increasingly take up arms to protect themselves from a relentless campaign of military violence. […]
As the death toll from the military crackdown against peaceful protesters in Myanmar mounts, some in the Southeast Asian nation are turning to armed combat to fight back. They are trading peaceful resistance against the […]
On Monday 3 May 2021 at 10:20 hrs local time, Kachin Independence Army (KIA) a rebel group in Myanmar’s mountainous north claimed to have shot down a military helicopter with a FN-6 Man-Portable Air-Defense System […]
Bryan Tun has messaged his father only once since February, when a brutal coup swept the military to power in Myanmar, resulting in more than 700 civilian deaths. “Hey Dad,” he wrote to his father, Pwint […]
The coup d’état in Myanmar has restored the powerful armed forces, or Tatmadaw, to full control of the country, after a decade of nominally civilian rule. The carefully constructed 2008 Constitution constrained the ability of […]
Myanmar’s military – the leaders of its recent coup – are funded by a huge chunk of the national budget. But the armed forces also draw a vast and secretive income from sprawling business interests. […]
SIPRI estimates suggest that between 2015 and 2019, Myanmar imported 49 percent of its arms from China while the share of Russia and India stood at 16 percent and 14 percent respectively. Barely a week […]
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