Ethnic insurgents in western Myanmar say they have captured an important town on one of the main routes to India from military forces. The Arakan Army (AA) – one of three armed groups that launched […]
Myanmar rebels seize town from military junta despite China-backed ceasefire. Ethnic minority fighters battling Myanmar’s junta said Saturday they seized a trading hub in Shan state, days after China said it had mediated a temporary […]
Myanmar’s military has lost control of substantial sections of the country’s border with China in recent days, as forces fighting the coup regime coordinate their attacks in an unprecedented way. The immediate aim of the […]
Three Chinese naval vessels have arrived at Thilawa Port in Yangon for joint drills with Myanmar’s navy amid insurgent conflict along the neighboring nations’ shared border, according to the country’s military and pro-junta media reports. […]
Militias battling Myanmar’s military junta have been applying the lessons learned from Ukraine about deftly using small drones against a larger and far-better-equipped army and have now also increased their odds of completing aerial strikes by cracking the […]
As Myanmar’s military regime struggles to contain a rising tide of armed resistance to its coup of 2021, its unchallenged airpower has already emerged as a central factor in the civil war. At the dawn […]
Myanmar’s military leadership has announced it will extend the state of emergency in the country by six months. The ruling State Administration Council (SAC) first declared a state of emergency after Senior General Min Aung […]
MOSCOW (GDC) – Russia is going ahead with plans to supply Myanmar with Su-30 fighter jets and Yak-130 training aircraft, Interfax news agency quoted Dmitry Shugayev, head of Russia’s military cooperation agency, as saying on […]
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 […]
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