Myanmar Now

The two battalion commanders were receiving medical treatment in an NUG-controlled village until they escaped the day before it was attacked

Beijing invoked Japan’s wartime atrocities in Burmese-language posts, but the move backfired when social media users turned their criticism towards China and its support for the junta

One person has died and 500 hospitalised in a cholera outbreak in Yangon, the country’s largest city, the Myanmar junta has confirmed

Myanmar military troops also torched over 330 homes during their three-month offensive, which has displaced tens of thousands in Myaing and Pauk townships

The deal gives a Russian technology company with links to the country’s security agencies a role in developing a system intended to process Myanmar’s import and export documentation

The visit is the latest in a series of trips abroad by the self-appointed president as part of his diplomatic offensive to restore international ties

A bomb landed on the family’s home in the town of Kyeintali at 11:30pm on Thursday, killing everybody inside as they slept

It is believed that the arrests were related to work the group had reportedly done in support of the NUG’s education programme, but no charges have been laid

The Myanmar military is attempting to capture KIA-controlled territory near the town, which the TNLA was forced by China to hand over to the regime last year

The junta’s attacks have complicated efforts to assist many of the more that 200,000 people affected by flooding in the region

The junta escalated aerial attacks against civilians in the lead up to its fraudulent election, with the conflict continuing “unabated,” UN investigators find

Civilian targets continue to come under attack in areas under the control of the Arakan Army, as the regime suffers heavy casualties in ground fighting

The killings, of four young ethnic Kachin men, were retaliation for the death of several members of the Warazup people’s militia, a KIA source said

The new order requires Rohingya communities around Sittwe to provide recruits on a rotating basis, formalising a junta practice that residents say has already forced thousands into service

Attacks by Myanmar’s military continue in some areas, with war refugees among the worst affected by the devastating floods

Three men received the sentences for the rape, torture, and murder of a young woman in Rakhine State’s Ponnagyun Township last month

Some familiar faces could be seen in Bangkok on Thursday, as Min Aung Hlaing continues to use economic enticements to win international acceptance

A respected performer sacrifices status and security to live among his country’s uprooted and oppressed

Despite a bolstered junta offensive and intensifying air attacks, the AA says it is blocking regime attempts to enter Rakhine State and have seized several bases during the clashes

The two countries agree to push for greater economic cooperation, as critics blast the visit for legitimising and enriching the regime