Burma

Source: Bangkok Post MYAWADDY - A Myanmar rebel group has withdrawn its troops from a town along the Thai border following a counteroffensive by soldiers of the ruling junta from whom the rebels had this month wrested the key trading post, an official said on Wednesday. A spokesman for the

Source: Malay Mail YANGON, April 10 -- Myanmar's military and an ethnic minority armed group clashed for a second day around a trade hub on the Thai border today, with residents hiding or fleeing and Thailand beefing up security on the border. More than US$1.1 billion (RM5.2

Source: The News International YANGON: Weeks after Myanmar's military government announced a nationwide draft, two young women from far-flung parts of the Southeast Asian country headed to the jungles to take up arms against the junta. For two men in their 30s in Myanmar's two largest cities, the threat of

Source: Nikkei Asia BANGKOK -- Myanmar civil servants and officials of the military regime began evacuating the eastern town of Myawaddy on the Thai-Myanmar border on Sunday night in one of the most significant setbacks for the regime since its takeover on Feb. 1, 2021. More than 600 military personnel