Tag: Myanmar conflict

From striking civil servants to rebels holed up in the dense jungle, five people speak of how their lives have been upended by the coup

Pope Francis earlier this week also called for prayers for Myanmar where an old Catholic church was burned and destroyed this month

The call to disengage the junta came after a meeting between the top leaders of the Myanmar and Thai armed forces

The stern-looking 40-year-old monk with broad shoulders and wide-set eyes made a name for himself in Sagaing’s Kanbalu township

“In a country blessed with so many great resources, the destruction of lives is a heart-wrenching tragedy,” said the Catholic bishops

The pope asked the people to pray that the conflict will end soon and that “a new time of forgiveness, love, and peace will begin”

More than 150 soldiers entered Chan Thar village in Ye-U township and set up camp inside the Assumption church compound

Myanmar has been in turmoil since Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government was toppled in a military coup almost two years ago

“We can never find any solution through war .... It is of great importance to tame our mind and stay humble and not to choose the path of war"

The blasts were the latest attack by groups seeking to remove the junta from power following the February 2021 coup