The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

UN World Food Program decries looting and burning of its warehouse in western Myanmar combat zone

The United Nations’ food agency has strongly condemned the looting of food supplies and burning of one of its warehouses in a war-torn area in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024

On the Shadow Tracks by Clare Hammond review – a train to Myanmar’s dark heart

On a 3,000-mile journey, the journalist meets disparate peoples and discovers a world too often veiled, piecing together a fascinating modern history of a country blighted by corruption and conflict

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024

Young men trapped between war and conscription in Myanmar’s Rakhine

Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine see dreams of education and work disappear as conflict escalates in long-troubled state.

Al Jazeera · Jun 20, 2024

Myanmar's embattled military government cracks down on free flow of news by blocking VPNs

Myanmar’s military government has launched a major effort to block free communication on the Internet, shutting off access to virtual private networks, or VPNS

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2024

Myanmar's economy in crisis as civil strife disrupts trade and livelihoods

Myanmar, once a thriving emerging economy, is struggling to regain momentum as the country's civil war increasingly disrupts trade and livelihoods

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2024

UN says violence against children in conflict reached extreme levels in 2023, including in Gaza

A new U.N. report says violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023, with an unprecedented number of killings and injuries in crises, from Israel and the Palestinian territories to Sudan, Myanmar and Ukraine

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2024

Singapore Airlines reveals compensation for injured passengers of turbulence-hit flight

The SQ321 flight from Bangkok to London suffered severe turbulence over Myanmar, causing it to instantly plunge 178ft

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2024

Patient shot dead on hospital ward

A Myanmar patient was shot dead while awaiting surgery at a Khon Kaen hospital in the early hours of Friday.

Bangkok Post · Jun 7, 2024

Myanmar's military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers

A spokesperson for Myanmar’s military government has denied accusations that army troops and their local allies killed 76 people when they entered a village last week in the western state of Rakhine

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2024

Tin Oo, co-founder of Myanmar's National League for Democracy with Aung San Suu Kyi, dies at 97

Tin Oo, one of the closest associates of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and a co-founder of her National League for Democracy party, has died

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024