Mar 27 Despite Myanmar's long string of battlefield defeats, the army holds its annual military strength parade By Grant Peck, Associated Press The head of Myanmar’s ruling military council alleged in a speech that the nation’s youth are being tricked by propaganda into supporting the resistance against army rule. Continue reading
Mar 20 As Myanmar's army faces setbacks, it is stepping up attacks on civilians, a UN expert warns By Associated Press A U.N.-backed independent expert on human rights in Myanmar says the military government is escalating violence against civilians as it faces more setbacks on the battlefield, where it is fighting against pro-democracy and ethnic armed groups. Continue reading
Mar 20 Boat with dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees on board capsizes off Indonesia's coast By Yayan Zamzami, Edna Tarigan, Associated Press Fishermen off Indonesia’s northernmost coast rescued six people after a boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslims capsized. Continue reading
Feb 14 Myanmar says newly activated conscription law will draft 5,000 people a month. Some think of fleeing By Grant Peck, Associated Press The surprise weekend announcement on conscription appeared to confirm that the military has been stretched thin by increasing pressure from armed pro-democracy resistance forces. Continue reading
Jan 12 Myanmar's military says it has agreed to an immediate cease-fire with ethnic guerrilla groups By Associated Press Myanmar's military says it has reached a cease-fire agreement with an alliance of three ethnic minority guerrilla groups that it has been battling in the north. Continue reading
Dec 01 Myanmar's military losing ground against alliance of militias, buoying resistance hopes By David Rising, Associated Press A major offensive against Myanmar's military-run government by an alliance of three militias of ethnic minorities has been moving at lightning speed, inspiring resistance forces around the country to attack. Continue reading
Aug 01 Myanmar's military reduces Aung San Suu Kyi's sentences, still faces decades in prison By Associated Press The clemency was announced a day after Myanmar's military extended the state of emergency it imposed when it seized power from Suu Kyi’s elected government 2 1/2 years ago, forcing a further delay in elections it promised when it took… Continue reading
Jul 12 Ousted Myanmar leader Suu Kyi wants to join talks on crisis, Thail diplomat says By Jim Gomez, Edna Tarigan, Associated Press Thailand’s top diplomat says he met with ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in detention over the weekend and she conveyed her openness to engage in talks to resolve the crisis in her strife-torn nation. Continue reading
May 27 Watch 6:51 Humanitarian crisis worsens as fighting in Myanmar's civil war ramps up By John Yang, Andrew Corkery The United Nations estimates that nearly 18 million people need humanitarian aid as a result of the civil war in Myanmar, now entering its third year. Aye Min Thant, Burmese-American journalist, and Jonathan Head, the BBC’s southeast Asia correspondent, join… Continue watching
May 18 Myanmar raises death toll from Cyclone Mocha to 54, but full extent of damage still unknown By Grant Peck, Associated Press Cyclone Mocha roared in from the Bay of Bengal on Sunday with high winds and rain slamming a corner of neighboring Bangladesh and a wider swathe of western Myanmar's Rakhine state. Continue reading