News About Myanmar

The bombings are the latest in a series of strikes on Sagaing Region, where junta aircraft have repeatedly targeted populated areas and transport corridors

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the decision was made after a review of conditions in the country

The pro-regime Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) announced on Monday that any armed group or individual caught transporting foreign nationals, specifically Chinese, within areas under its control in Karen State’s Three Pagodas Pass, Hlaingbwe, Kyainseikgyi, and Manerplaw townships will be arrested and prosecuted.  Residents in Myawaddy Township, along the Myanmar-Thailand border, told DVB that the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and its allied People’s Defence For

Airstrikes kill six civilians in Sagaing Region Six civilians were killed and a hospital was damaged by airstrikes carried out by the Burma Air Force on Kanhtooma village in Taze Township of Sagaing Region, residents told DVB on Monday. Pro-military media claimed medical and motor services were targeted. Taze is located 69 miles (111 km) north of the Sagaing Region capital Monywa.  A Taze resident told DVB on the condition of anonymity that six people were killed instantly du

Myanmar’s military has begun broadcasting extensive video on regime media of its crackdown on online scam centers, showing buildings being bulldozed and over 1,000 foreigners detained. Myanmar is notorious for hosting cyber scam operations that target people all over the world. They usually involve gaining a person’s confidence with romantic ploys and luring them into bogus investment schemes. The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has estimated that such activities gener

Thailand’s view of Myanmar as a single, unified state no longer reflects the federalized political landscape emerging over the border, according to a top Thai scholar. Dr. Fuadi Pitsuwan, a lecturer in International Relations at Thammasat University’s Faculty of Political Science, added that Thai policy makers tend to see Myanmar – and especially the border – through a security lens. This ignores political and economic changes that are reshaping the country, including its fro