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Thai banks are the top suppliers of financial services to Myanmar’s military, UN expert says

A report by a U.N. expert on human rights says that Thai banks have become the main supplier of international financial services for Myanmar’s military government, enabling it to purchase goods and equipment to carry out its increasingly bloody war against pro-democracy resistance forces and armed ethnic minority groups

The Independent UK

Rohingya ‘genocide intensifying’ as war rages in Myanmar’s Rakhine: BROUK

Rights group warning comes as fighting between Myanmar’s military and Arakan Army traps Rohingya in western state.

Al Jazeera

UN World Food Program decries looting and burning of its warehouse in western Myanmar combat zone

The United Nations’ food agency has strongly condemned the looting of food supplies and burning of one of its warehouses in a war-torn area in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine

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On the Shadow Tracks by Clare Hammond review – a train to Myanmar’s dark heart

On a 3,000-mile journey, the journalist meets disparate peoples and discovers a world too often veiled, piecing together a fascinating modern history of a country blighted by corruption and conflict

The Guardian - UK

Young men trapped between war and conscription in Myanmar’s Rakhine

Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine see dreams of education and work disappear as conflict escalates in long-troubled state.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar Protests Mark Aung San Suu Kyi's Birthday

Supporters in Myanmar protest military rule and demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi on her 79th birthday.

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Son Of Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'Concerned' As Mother Marks Birthday In Junta Detention

The son of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is "concerned" about her health, he told AFP on Wednesday, as the Nobel laureate turned 79, passing another birthday in military detention.

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Supporters of Myanmar's jailed leader Suu Kyi mark her 79th birthday with a flower-themed protest

Supporters of Myanmar’s imprisoned ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi have carried out peaceful flower-themed protests marking her 79th birthday

The Independent UK

How the Myanmar VPN ban is plunging citizens into online darkness

Since late May, the military Junta has been cracking down on VPNs to disrupt the free news flow. Besides online isolation, arrests and fines are also the price to pay.

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Myanmar's embattled military government cracks down on free flow of news by blocking VPNs

Myanmar’s military government has launched a major effort to block free communication on the Internet, shutting off access to virtual private networks, or VPNS

The Independent UK

Myanmar's economy in crisis as civil strife disrupts trade and livelihoods

Myanmar, once a thriving emerging economy, is struggling to regain momentum as the country's civil war increasingly disrupts trade and livelihoods

The Independent UK

UN says violence against children in conflict reached extreme levels in 2023, including in Gaza

A new U.N. report says violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023, with an unprecedented number of killings and injuries in crises, from Israel and the Palestinian territories to Sudan, Myanmar and Ukraine

The Independent UK

Singapore Airlines reveals compensation for injured passengers of turbulence-hit flight

The SQ321 flight from Bangkok to London suffered severe turbulence over Myanmar, causing it to instantly plunge 178ft

The Independent UK

Patient shot dead on hospital ward

A Myanmar patient was shot dead while awaiting surgery at a Khon Kaen hospital in the early hours of Friday.

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The Independent UK

Myanmar's military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers

A spokesperson for Myanmar’s military government has denied accusations that army troops and their local allies killed 76 people when they entered a village last week in the western state of Rakhine

The Independent UK

Tin Oo, co-founder of Myanmar's National League for Democracy with Aung San Suu Kyi, dies at 97

Tin Oo, one of the closest associates of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and a co-founder of her National League for Democracy party, has died

Al Jazeera

Myanmar military control weakening as anti-coup forces advance: Report

Expert analyses find ethnic armed groups and anti-coup forces consolidating their positions after major offensive.

International Business Times

Battered, Empty Myanmar Town Shows Price Of Victory Against Junta

Gutted buildings, vacant windows and blocks bombed to rubble show the price paid by the western Myanmar town of Pauktaw for victory against the junta in the country's civil war.

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The Independent UK

Singapore Airlines flight probe reveals 178ft drop in five seconds likely caused injuries

One passenger died of a heart attack aboard the Boeing 777 as it was flying south of Myanmar on the morning of 21 May

International Business Times

Rohingya Forced To Fight Alongside Myanmar Army Tormentors

Rohingya mother Sofura Begum has spent years in a squalid refugee camp after fleeing Myanmar.

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Record Meth Production In Golden Triangle Raises Concerns

Learn about the unprecedented surge in methamphetamine production and trafficking in East and Southeast Asia, originating from the Golden Triangle. Myanmar...

The Independent UK

East, Southeast Asia had record methamphetamine seizures last year. Profits remain in the billions

A new United Nations report says East and Southeast Asia are awash in record amounts of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs

Al Jazeera

Scarred by war, Myanmar children ‘cannot have the life they used to have’

Women and children in states such as Karenni struggle with trauma from air attacks and intense fighting.

Al Jazeera

Some 45,000 Rohingya flee amid allegations of beheading, burning in Myanmar

UN rights chief Volker Turk urges Bangladesh, other countries ‘to provide effective protection’ to the latest refugees.

The Independent UK

UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state

The U.N. human rights office has warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state and new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the army and an ethnic armed group fighting it

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