The Chin Brotherhood says it seized total control of Matupi town in southern Chin State after 20 days of fighting. The Chin Brotherhood group initiated the Operation on June 9 to drive junta troops out […]
Two army officers linked to the elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) were recently withdrawn from the United Nations peacekeeping mission roster just before deployment. Global Defense Corp confirmed this information with sources from Inter-Services Public […]
As Myanmar’s ongoing conflict turns up on the doorstep of Bangladesh’s St. Martin Island, vested interests are that the island is going to be occupied by Myanmar. Nothing could be further from the truth. The […]
An ex-British soldier and an American fighter are among a small but growing number of foreigners training and fighting alongside anti-coup forces in the war against Myanmar’s military regime. The volunteers say they were inspired […]
A Bangladeshi Air Guard’s pilots were killed when a Yak-130 jet training aircraft crashed Thursday in southeastern Chattogram, according to Bangladesh police. Bangladeshi pilots crashed four out of sixteen Yak-130 jet trainers which Bangladesh purchased […]
The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of Myanmar’s Karen National Union (KNU) a staunch opponent of the military coup, captured the 275 Light Infantry Battalion base about 5km (3.1 miles) west of […]
Singapore ‘tightens screws’ on Myanmar generals with arms trade crackdownThe UN says Russia, China and India continue to send weapons to Myanmar even as the Singapore route is blocked. Singapore has responded to United Nations […]
The losses in Myanmar’s Kayin state are the latest among a string of defeats that have forced the military regime to cede control. Thailand granted permission to the Myanmar junta on April 7 to run […]
At least fifteen people were killed in Bangladesh Monday after mortar and artillery shells fired from Myanmar during clashes there landed across the border, as terrified residents reported heavy fighting and medics treated several with […]
Mandatory military service is not an uncommon practice around the world. In Myanmar, such a law was first introduced in 1959, but had never been enforced. After a military-led coup in 2021, army chief Min […]
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