Myanmar junta

Myanmar junta

People of Maungdaw township of Myanmar are seen from the Teknaf area of Bangladesh, at the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, during the ongoing conflict in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo

On Myanmar's frontline, Rohingya fighters and junta face a common enemy

In a once-unthinkable arrangement, the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO) says its fighters have reached an "understanding" with the military not to attack each other, as they both...

Myanmar's Prime Minister and State Administrative Council Chairman Min Aung Hlaing attends a meeting with Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in Moscow, Russia July 12, 2022. Photo: Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Myanmar junta announces census for promised 2025 election

New recruits of Bamar People's Liberation Army (BPLA) participate in a training session at a camp in a territory belonging to political organisation the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), in Karen State, Myanmar, March 6, 2024. A dense bamboo forest in rebel-held territory surrounds the training ground in eastern Myanmar where more than 100 young people, mostly in their twenties, are undergoing rigorous military drills. From former chefs to ex-journalists, rappers and poets, people from all walks of life have joined the resistance movement with a single goal: to overthrow the military regime that seized power in the Southeast Asian nation in 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

In Myanmar's jungles, young volunteers train hard to fight junta

The Rohingyas were forced to leave their homes and settle in makeshift refugee camps around six years ago. Photo: Reuters

Rohingya minority in firing line as rebels attack western Myanmar town

Military personnel participates in a parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Myanmar central bank denies UN report on weapons transactions

People prepare a drop bomb attached to a drone at a workshop at an undisclosed location in Myanmar in this picture released on June 5, 2024. Photo: Angry Bird Drone Rangers/Handout via REUTERS

Learning from Myanmar's rebels, junta builds new Chinese drone fleet

Stacks of Myanmar kyat are seen on the counter before a client collects them, at a bank in Yangon, Myanmar October 19, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Minzayar/File Photo

Myanmar junta arrests dozens in bid to stabilise currency

Soldiers from the rebel Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) patrol on a vehicle next to an area destroyed by the Myanmar military's airstrike in Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town, April 15, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha//File Photo

Myanmar's ethnic armies consolidate strongholds as junta weakens, reports say

In Tachilek, Myanmar, a throng of students returns home after morning classes at the town’s Basic Education School. Photo: UN Photo/Kibae Park.

Myanmar junta plans October national census

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi is welcomed by Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 30, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Samrang Pring/File Photo

Myanmar junta reiterates election plan after ex-Cambodia PM seeks Suu Kyi access

Soldiers salute Arakan Army chief Major General Twan Mrat Naing during a parade in Myanmar, 6 April 2018. File Photo: Arakan Army deputy chief Brig Gen Nyo Twan Awng/Twitter

Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar's civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military

Soldiers salute Arakan Army chief Major General Twan Mrat Naing during a parade in Myanmar, 6 April 2018. File Photo: Arakan Army deputy chief Brig Gen Nyo Twan Awng/Twitter

Hundreds of Myanmar junta troops surrender near Bangladesh border

A soldier from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) carries an RPG launcher at a Myanmar military base at Thingyan Nyi Naung village on the outskirts of Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Karen National Union, in Myanmar, April 15, 2024. Photo: Reuters/File Photo

Myanmar rebel group says it withdraws from key town on Thai border