When an alliance led by three rebel armies seized swaths of territory near Myanmar's border with China from the military junta last October, Beijing looked the other way. A year on, rebel forces ...

BANGKOK/BEIJING, Oct 25 - When an alliance led by three rebel armies seized swathes of territory near Myanmar's border with China from the military junta last October, Beijing looked the other way.

How an Anxious China Is Backing Myanmar's Faltering Junta in Civil War By Shoon Naing, Wa Lone, Devjyot Ghoshal, Poppy McPherson, Antoni Slodkowski BANGKOK/BEIJING -When an alliance led by three ...

Members of KNU’s armed wings on parade in 2019, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the organisation’s initiation of an armed movement against the Myanmar military (Photo: KNU) The Myanmar military ...

The Myanmar junta’s military is fortifying Karen State’s Myawaddy town, a major trading hub on the border with Thailand, deploying more troops there ahead of expected resistance attacks. The town has ...

The ruling military junta said on Saturday that the roof of the building was damaged, but no one was injured. The junta said security forces are investigating the cause of the blast. It denounced ...

Exporters would prefer to swap to kyat at the prevailing market rate (about 4,400 kyat per US dollar), but since 2022 have been forced to do so at two rates set by the junta. A quarter of proceeds ...

More than 400 junta troops, with air support, are reportedly trying to retake Madaya Township, which is an hour’s drive north of Mandalay. Mandalay People’s Defense Force (PDF) and allies seized 35 ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Leader of Mali’s ruling junta Lt. Col. Assimi Goita, center, attends an independence day military ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The head of the military junta that seized power in Mali in 2020 promoted himself Wednesday to the rank of army general with special title: Colonel Assimi Goita of the land ...