BANGKOK: Landmines and unexploded munitions claimed more victims in Myanmar than in any other country last year, a monitor said on Wednesday (Nov 20), warning the true toll could be double or triple its estimate of 1,000 people killed or wounded. Decades of sporadic conflict between the military and ethnic Source
Melbourne, Australia – Myanmar’s remote jungle hills may be a world away from sun-soaked Australia, but the two countries share an insidious bond – crystalline methamphetamine. Otherwise known as “ice” or “crystal meth”, crystalline methamphetamine is a highly addictive substance which has permeated Australia’s suburbs. The Australian Federal Police estimates about 70 percent of the…
YANGON: Myanmar’s junta carried out fresh air strikes on an opposition-held town on Friday (Sep 27), hours after issuing an unprecedented invitation to its enemies for talks on the country’s civil war. Thursday’s surprise call for discussions was likely a standard operating procedure to main ally Chin Source
The United Nations’ disaster response agency estimates 631,000 people have been affected by flooding across Myanmar. Source
YANGON: The head of the International Red Cross has pressed Myanmar’s junta chief for greater humanitarian access to conflict-hit areas of the country during a rare face-to-face meeting, the organisation said on Tuesday (Sep 10). Myanmar has been in turmoil since the Source
YANGON: A fifth batch of conscripts Myanmar’s junta hopes will help reverse its battlefield losses has begun training, state media reported on Tuesday (Sep 10). A military source also told AFP the new batch followed around 15,000 other conscripts who had already completed their training. The Source
TACHILEIK, Myanmar: Days of rain have lashed the Myanmar town of Tachileik and triggered flooding that has knocked out power and telephone lines, a resident and local media said on Tuesday (Sep 10), with more rain forecast. AFP images from the town which sits on the border with Thailand showed people ridin Source
Temasek-backed Sembcorp Industries on Monday (Aug 12) temporarily suspended operations at its Sembcorp Myingyan Independent Power Plant in Mandalay, Myanmar. The decision came in response to escalating civil unrest in the region, including in the Myingyan township, where the 225-megawatt gas-fired pow Source
The Myanmar junta’s curbs on internet access have compe…
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