In Myanmar’s opposition controlled areas the risks of opposing the military leadership and the quiet hope that permeates daily life co-existThe Myanmar junta kills … and the rest of the world looks awayOn a busy strip in eastern Myanmar, restaurants wi…
続きを読むSince the coup in 2021 the carnage has been unceasing, meanwhile Russia and China continue to send weaponsIn the targets of the junta: life and war inside rebel-held MyanmarThe problem is not that governments around the world are unaware of what is hap…
続きを読むSpecial rapporteur Olivier De Shutter calls for action on neglected crisis after finding ‘absolutely terrible’ conditions on visit to Cox’s Bazar camps in BangladeshRohingya refugees in Bangladesh are at risk of becoming “the new Palestinians”, accordi…
続きを読むUNHCR says Myanmar government has refused to allow it to distribute health supplies in Sittwe, where an estimated 90% of Rohingya homes have been destroyedUN staff say they have been denied access to help thousands of Rohingya living in displacement ca…
続きを読むThe harvesting of the luxury wood contributes to deforestation and profits from its sale support the country’s military regimeThousands of tons of timber from Myanmar have continued to be imported into the US, despite government sanctions against the c…
続きを読むRefugee camps bear brunt of deadly category-5 storm, while temperature divide is expected in North AmericaCyclone Mocha brought strong winds and torrential rain to parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday, with refugee camps bearing the brunt of the c…
続きを読むThousands of people were evacuated to monasteries, pagodas and schools in Myanmar, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that tore the roofs off buildings and killed several people. Cyclone Mocha made landfall near Sittwe township in Rakhine state on S…
続きを読むAbout 1,000 people trapped by seawater rescued amid damage to homes, electricity infrastructure and mobile phone mastsRescuers have evacuated about 1,000 people trapped by seawater 3.6 metres (12ft) deep along western Myanmar’s coast after a powerful c…
続きを読むPredicted to make landfall on Sunday, preparations are under way for a partial evacuation of the camp in Cox’s BazarThe plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya explained in 30 secondsTropical cyclone Mocha intensified to become “very dangerous”, the World Meteoro…
続きを読むThe prisoners are to be released the most important Buddhist holy day of the year. However, deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi remains in jail Myanmar’s ruling military council has said it is releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as a humanitarian…
続きを読むGreat Coco lies 55km from India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Beijing has denied it is involved in building a surveillance post thereSince the early 1990s, Myanmar’s Great Coco – a small, remote island in the Bay of Bengal – has been at the centre of …
続きを読むRecord figures for month recorded in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China and South AsiaAsia is experiencing weeks of “endless record heat”, with sweltering temperatures causing school closures and surges in energy use.Record April temperatures have…
続きを読むNews outlet obtains camera of Kenji Nagai, who was reporting on Saffron Revolution when he was shotThe family of a Japanese journalist killed while reporting on Myanmar’s 2007 Saffron Revolution have released his last pictures, sharing footage from a r…
続きを読むKilling in Yangon of Sai Kyaw Thu, a former lieutenant colonel, is confirmed by guerrilla group A top election official in Myanmar has been fatally shot in his car in Yangon, in the latest attack attributed to militants opposed to military rule.Sai Kya…
続きを読むOn 11 April 168 people were killed in deadliest attack since coup as locals were celebrating opening of village hallIt was supposed to be an opportunity for local people to gather and share food. After more than two years of turmoil following the 2021 …
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