Tag: Conflict
Myanmar’s Catholic bishops appeal for end to hostilities
Bishops also call on govt, military to respect people’s rights and for national unity against COVID-19
Thousands in western Myanmar flee as army plans operations, monitors say
The Myanmar army has been fighting Arakan Army, a group from the largely Buddhist Rakhine ethnic group that is seeking greater autonomy
Divided Koreas mark 70 years since war began, but no treaty...
Historians have estimated the war may have caused as many as 1 million military deaths and killed several million civilians
North Korea reinstalls border loudspeakers; satellite photos show liaison office standing...
Tension between the two Koreas has risen in recent weeks after the North blew up a joint liaison office on its side of the border
Thousands farewell Catholic soldier killed in India-China border clash
Not only Catholics but thousands of people of all faiths gathered for Chandrakanta Pradhan’s funeral
Defectors prepare packages to send to North Korea despite growing tensions
North Korean regime says such activities are an insult to the dignity of their supreme leader
India, China want peace but blame each other after deadly border...
Many of the Indian soldiers who died had succumbed to their wounds, having been unable to survive the night in freezing temperatures
India, China troops clash at Himalayan border, ‘casualties on both sides’
Troops fought with iron rods and stones, no shots fired Indian govt source says
North Korea blows up liaison office on its side of border...
Inter-Korean liaison office was established in 2018 as part of a series of projects aimed at reducing tensions between the two Koreas
North Korea warns of retaliatory actions over defectors in South
Pyongyang is manufacturing a crisis and bullying Seoul to get what it wants, says senior International Crisis Group advisor
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