Arakan Army reportedly inflicting heavy casualties on junta troops close to country’s top coastal resort in Rakhine State.
A regime directive says former personnel without disabilities younger than 67 must return to the armed forces with under-55s facing combat duties.
MNDAA arrests seven TNLA soldiers in struggle over administration of Kutkai after liberation from junta control.
He served as Bangkok’s point man on the crisis in Myanmar and negotiated the return of Thais trapped in the Kokang region.
Amid searing temperatures, and without power for hours a day due to post-coup energy disruptions, Yangon residents are taking refuge in the city’s parks.
Despite being sanctioned by Washington, daughter of the founder of Myanmar military junta-linked crony conglomerate has enrolled in elite business school in France.
Resistance troops are cutting off the junta’s access to Thailand as they drive the Myanmar military from Karen State.
Water shortages and heat-related illnesses hit central Myanmar as mercury soars to record levels, pushing some towns on to the list of hottest locales in the world.
Xi calls for partnership as Washington’s top diplomat delivers mixed message during visit to China.
All 74 lawmakers jailed in ASEAN are in Myanmar prisons and 73 of them are members of the National League for Democracy, report by ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights says.
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