China, however, has maintained diplomatic ties with Myanmar’s junta. Last November, Nong Rong, then an assistant foreign minister in Beijing, visited the country and met U Than Swe, the deputy ...
hailand called on Friday for the regional bloc ASEAN to take a more proactive role in trying to resolve the crisis in military-ruled Myanmar, after weeks of fighting near its border that halted ...
Myanmar is locked in a civil war between the military on one side and, on the other, a loose alliance of established ethnic minority armies and a resistance movement formed after the junta's ...
Thus, the junta hoped to silence her forever and crush the country’s hopes of ever returning to democracy. Aung San Suu Kyi is still in jail, but an extraordinary thing happened in Myanmar.
Myanmar’s ruling junta, the State Administrative Council, is criticizing a U.S. aid package that is being funneled through opponents of the regime, saying the United States should consider ...
The opposition has also stepped up attacks in areas the junta thought (wrongly) it could enjoy safety, sending the message to Myanmar citizens, regular army troops, and top leaders that it can hit ...
But 200 junta soldiers were left stranded at the customs compound at the No. 2 Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge ... Thailand’s foreign ministry said it was closely monitoring the situation with ...
Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized ... who were previously focused on engaging the junta, have started to rethink their stance on the conflict. Thai Vice Foreign ...
Reuters could not immediately verify the reports, and a Myanmar junta spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment. Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said he was closely monitoring ...
The town of Myawaddy was captured by the Karen National Liberation Army, the armed rebel wing of the Karen National Union (KNU) which is part of Myanmar's broad anti-junta alliance. The loss of ...
Fighting raged at Myanmar's eastern ... setback for a junta that has been squeezed by Western sanctions, with the town a key tax revenue source and conduit for more than $1 billion of annual border ...