Myanmar

A UN official stated on Thursday that millions of people in Myanmar “cannot afford for us to forget” their suffering as the battle between the government and ethnic minority groups continues, citing growing concerns over safety,...

177 people in all, including Border Guard Police (BGP) officers from Myanmar and customs officers who sought sanctuary in Bangladesh, will be returned. Plans are on for a navy vessel to return that to Myanmar during...

The UN human rights head warned on Friday that three years of military rule in Myanmar had caused unspeakable atrocities and left people locked in an endless nightmare as the crisis worsens. Volker Turk told the...

At least nine people died on Sunday as a result of airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar junta in Kyauktaw, Rakhine State, and Paletwa, a bordering area in southern Chin State, according to the Irrawaddy, which...

Due to the increased violence across the border that resulted in the deaths of two persons in Cox’s Bazar over night and the recent inflow of more than 116 military and paramilitary Burmese personnel, Bangladesh called...

According to sources, 106 Burmese paramilitary border guards have already deserted their posts and sought safety in Bangladesh over the previous two days, with at least two persons killed today when mortar shells fired from Myanmar...

Twelve people were injured Tuesday when a Myanmar military plane overshot a runway while landing in India to collect soldiers who had fled armed insurgents fighting their country’s junta. The Chinese-made Shaanxi Y-8 turboprop skidded off...

As it fights insurrection across the nation, an ethnic armed group in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine said that it has taken control of a town that borders Bangladesh and India. This is the military...

In Myanmar’s Chin State, Buddhists and Christians unite in the Chinland Defense Force to fight the military junta. DW spoke with the armed group, who said they left civilian life to help free the country. Young...

Fighters and locals said on Wednesday that Myanmar’s military is retaking an important town from an armed ethnic minority group in a prolonged offensive using fighter jets. On November 15, the Arakan Army advanced into Pauktaw,...