Karen Groups Battle Myanmar Military for Control of Key Outpost

By The Irrawaddy 28 June 2022 Fierce clashes continued Tuesday between the Karen National Union (KNU) and the Myanmar military following the Karen ethnic armed group’s attack on a military outpost in Waw Lay in Karen State’s Myawaddy Township on Sunday, …

Myanmar Junta Tortures Sagaing Anti-Regime Activist’s Mother to Force Surrender 

Burma A Wetlet protest. Wetlet Basic Education Students’ Union By The Irrawaddy 28 June 2022 Myanmar’s regime has detained a protester’s mother in Wetlet Township, Sagaing Region, and demanded that the activist hand herself in.  Daw Htwe Htwe Thein, the …

Top diplomat embarks on second trip to Myanmar

Foreign minister Prak Sokhonn – in his capacity as the ASEAN special envoy on Myanmar – will lead a delegation of the bloc’s diplomats to the country for a five-day visit from June 29 to July 3 in a bid to find a peaceful solution to the prolonged crisis …

China FM to visit Myanmar this weekend: junta spokesman

Mizoram : Drugs Worth Over Rs 1 Crores Seized From Aizawl; Myanmar Couple Held

  Ezrela Dalidia Fanai, NET Correspondent, Mizoram  In a major crackdown against drug menace, the Assam Rifles personnel have confiscated a massive stockpile of Methamphetamine tablets worth over Rs 1 Crores from the possession of a Myanmar-based couple in …

DPM Prak Sokhon to pay visit to Myanmar tomorrow

Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhon, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will be visiting Myanmar, along with a delegation, in his capacity as ASEAN Special Envoy to Myanmar. The Deputy Prime Minister will be leaving Cambodia on June …

ASEAN envoy calls for Suu Kyi return to house arrest ahead of Myanmar visit

A regional envoy tasked with facilitating talks between Myanmar’s junta and its opponents called on Monday for deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be returned to house arrest from solitary confinement, ahead of his second visit to the country. The …

Regional Envoy Calls for Myanmar's Suu Kyi to be Spared Jail Time

A regional envoy for the crisis in Myanmar has urged the country's military leaders to return deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest from her prison cell in solitary confinement. Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, envoy for the …

Myanmar Army Abandons Taga, Headquarters of Northeast Insurgent Groups, after Three Years

The Tatmadaw or Myanmar Army has left the Taga areas of Sagaing, Myanmar, which were captured in January 29, 2019 from the Northeast-based insurgent groups, according to sources. A top insurgent leader from Sagaing confirmed: “The Myanmar Army left the …

Activist monk urges Tokyo to cut ties with Myanmar junta

OSAKA--A Buddhist monk from Myanmar who was a leader of the Saffron Revolution urged the Japanese government to sever ties with his country’s military and recognize the pro-democracy National Unity Government as the legitimate one. Ashin Htavara, 38, who …