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Myanmar

Latest news from the South-East Asian country

People watch as rescue workers try to locate residents trapped under the rubble of the Sky Villa Condominium in Mandalay, Myanmar. AFP

UAE expresses solidarity with Myanmar and Thailand after devastating earthquake

UAEMarch 29, 2025
An excavator clears the rubble of a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar, as the search for survivors of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake continues. AFP
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Myanmar quake death toll exceeds 1,600 as rescuers search for survivors

AsiaMarch 29, 2025
BANGKOK, THAILAND - MARCH 28: Thai rescue workers arrive on scene at a construction building collapse in the Chatuchak area following an earthquake on March 28, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28, 2025, causing strong tremors that were felt in Bangkok, where buildings swayed and hundreds of people evacuated onto the streets. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca / Getty Images)
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Hundreds feared dead as devastating earthquake hits Myanmar and Thailand

NewsMarch 28, 2025
Rohingya refugees on the boat anchored off the coast of South Aceh on Monday. Photo: AFP

One dead as boat carrying 100 Rohingya stranded off Indonesian coast

MENAOctober 21, 2024
Members of Myanmar’s military security force patrol a street during a 'silent strike' to protest and to mark the third anniversary of the military coup in Yangon. AFP

Myanmar's military declares mandatory service for young men and women

WorldFebruary 11, 2024
Lawyers seeking to halt Israel’s offensive in Gaza (left) hope tactics that swayed judges on Myanmar's alleged genocide of Rohingya Muslims (pictured in a refugee camp in Bangladesh) will prevail. AP / Reuters
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Lawyers look to Rohingya case in ICJ bid to stop Gaza war

Palestine-IsraelJanuary 10, 2024
Myanmar rebels said they took control of Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang region, after the local military command surrendered. Reuters

Myanmar rebels claim control of another northern town

AsiaJanuary 06, 2024
A farmer working in an illegal poppy field in Hopong, Myanmar Shan State. AFP

Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world's largest producer of opium

AsiaDecember 12, 2023
Seized weapons of the Myanmar army with the photo of Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing in a rebel outpost in Shan state this month. The Tatmadaw has faced severe setbacks in recent weeks. AP

Is Myanmar's ruling military on the brink of collapse?

CommentNovember 23, 2023
The aftermath of the strike on Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp, in Laiza, north-eastern Myanmar, in which 29 people were killed. AP

Artillery strike on Myanmar refugee camp kills 29

AsiaOctober 10, 2023
epa06254670 Rohingya woman struggles while walking through water inside Bangladesh border as they fled from Budichong, Myanmar after crossing the Naf river, Bangladesh, 09 October 2017. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 525,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar from violence over the last few weeks with most of them trying to reach Bangladesh. International organizations have reported claims of human rights violations and summary executions allegedly carried out by the Myanmar army. Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar Kyaw Tint Swe visited Bangladesh and agreed to take back the Rohingyas after mutual understanding with the Bangladesh government. EPA-EFE/ABIR ABDULLAH

Rohingya seek justice and safe return to Myanmar six years after violence

AsiaAugust 25, 2023
The pardons for Aung San Suu Kyi could mean a six-year reduction in her 33-year jail sentence. AFP

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi 'pardoned in five of 19 cases'

AsiaAugust 01, 2023
Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at an event in Yangon, Myanmar in 2011. Legal officials in Myanmar says its Supreme Court has scheduled hearings for this month to consider appeals concerning her convictions in cases brought by the military government. AP Photo

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to appeal prison sentence

WorldJuly 02, 2023
A burning pile of seized illegal drugs marking the UN's International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. AFP
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Myanmar burns $446m of illicit drugs

AsiaJune 26, 2023
Rohingya refugees protest at a camp at Cox's Bazar in south-east Bangladesh, demanding safe return to Myanmar with citizenship rights.

Rohingya protest at ration cut and forced repatriation claim

WorldJune 09, 2023
A Rohingya woman carries her baby next to her destroyed house at Basara refugee camp, in Sittwe. AFP

Bodies of Rohingya piling up in Myanmar after Cyclone Mocha

AsiaMay 20, 2023
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