Posts Tagged ‘Myanmar’
[ The ASEAN Post ] Myanmar Leader In Moscow For Security Conference
Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing left the capital Naypyidaw Sunday on a special flight to attend the Moscow Conference for International Security, state-run MRTV said. He was attending at “the invitation of Russian Defence Minister,” it said, adding he had been “greeted” by the Russian ambassador to Myanmar at the airport. It did not give…
Read MoreUN General Assembly voted 199-1 (36 abstain) to call for an end to arms sales to Myanmar’s military junta.
UNGA adopted resolution with an overwhelming vote to denounce arm sales to Myanmar’s military in the light of the military coup and violence. “The risk of a large-scale civil war is real. Time is of the essence. The opportunity to reverse the military takeover is narrowing.” UN special envoy on Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, told…
Read More[ Myanmar Now ] Anti-regime group bombs condo project linked to junta cabinet member
A high-end condominium project owned by the family of a junta cabinet member was bombed on Thursday morning, in the latest of a series of attacks on pro-regime targets. The construction site of the 68 Residence luxury condominium project in Yangon’s Bahan Township was hit by an explosion at around 5am on Thursday, sources said.…
Read More[ The Irrawaddy ] Myanmar Military Truck With Soldiers on Board Blown Up in Yangon
An army truck with regime soldiers on board was blown up in Yangon’s Tamwe Township on Friday afternoon in the most serious attack to date on a junta target in the city. Witnesses said they saw soldiers on board the truck, which was parked outside an office of the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development…
Read More[ The Irrawaddy ] Time Is Right for India to Step In and Help Solve Myanmar Crisis
The Myanmar junta chief’s candid admission that his regime is not in full control of the country ravaged by a civil war offers an opportunity for India to step in to mitigate the crisis. Last month, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing reportedly said in a television interview that he did not expect to see such an uprising…
Read More[ Myanmar Now ]Armed USDP supporters destroy homes of pro-NLD villagers in Kanbalu
Armed members of the military-allied Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) destroyed four homes in a village in Sagaing Region’s Kanbalu Township on Wednesday, according to local sources. About 50 USDP members and supporters carrying guns, sticks and knives gathered at the party’s office in Yi Dway village at 6am before proceeding to the homes…
Read More[ BusinessWorld ] The European Union and ASEAN are natural partners and have a common agenda
“The EU launched in April 2021 an Indo-Pacific strategy, with one key message: we want to step up our engagement and work with our partners to boost trade and investment, economic openness, and a sustainable approach to connectivity in the region. Besides being an economic powerhouse, the EU is also ready to be a political…
Read More[ Radio Free Asia ] More Than 10,000 Displaced by Renewed Fighting in Myanmar’s Battle-Ravaged Chin State
More than 10,000 people have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Chin state amid renewed fighting between junta troops and anti-coup militias in the region, according to sources, who reported casualties from clashes on Tuesday. A refugee told RFA that thousands had fled Mindat township to the surrounding mountains and jungle to escape the fighting, which resumed…
Read More[ News18 ] Chief minister of Myanmar’s Chin state, Salai Lian Luai, among 9,247 people taking refuge in Champhai, Mizoram, India
The chief minister of Myanmar’s Chin state, Salai Lian Luai, is among 9,247 people who have taken refuge in Mizoram following a military coup in the neighbouring country in February, a senior police officer said on Tuesday. Chin, a state in Western Myanmar, shares its Western border with Mizoram. “The Chin state chief minister crossed…
Read More[ Reuters ] Myanmar militia group halts attacks on troops; Suu Kyi ‘confident’ in court
A militia group in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Kayah State announced a halt to attacks on military targets on Tuesday, after appeals from local communities to cease fighting that had damaged homes and displaced more than 100,000 people. The Karenni National Defence Force (KNDF), one of the largest of several civilian militias formed in recent weeks to…
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