Tag: Myanmar

“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’s military, which seized control of the government in a 2021 coup, routinely uses criminal defamation laws to punish its critics

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

The reopened Myawaddy-Mae Sot Friendship Bridge will boost trade between the Southeast Asian neighbors

HRW called on Indonesia to take action to hold the Myanmar junta accountable for its failure to implement a regional five-point consensus

Four vessels carrying Rohingya refugees have already landed in Indonesia in November and December last year

The junta-imposed state of emergency is due to expire at the end of January

Myanmar has been engulfed by fighting between junta troops and anti-coup rebels since the military seized power almost two years ago