Chinese envoy discusses election with Myanmar junta chief
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. A Chinese envoy has met Myanmar’s junta chief to discuss help for an election that the military...
Category : Myanmar
Thailand’s power and fuel cuts hurting ordinary Myanmar residents
Thailand’s move to cut off electricity, fuel and internet service to an area across the border in Myanmar rife with scam centers is hurting ordinary...
Myanmar junta troops massacre 11 villagers, most too old to flee, residents say
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Myanmar soldiers on a sweep through a central village known for its support of anti-junta forces killed...
Myanmar junta chief says election to be held by January 2026
BANGKOK – Myanmar will hold parliamentary elections by January next year, the leader of the ruling military said, without setting a date for a vote...
6 shot dead after confrontation over Myanmar gold mine operation
Six people were shot dead following a protest against a gold mine in northeastern Myanmar operated by an ethnic army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance...
Myanmar military battles to push rebels back from Chinese economic zone
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Myanmar’s military bombed a village in an economic zone that is vital to China’s investment in Myanmar,...
Myanmar sends first workers to Russia; junta chief to Belarus
Read RFA coverage of these topics in Burmese. Myanmar has sent workers to Russia for the first time with 24 skilled construction employees setting off...
Myanmar army tries to clear fighters from road, 20,000 villagers flee, rebels say
Read RFA coverage of this story in Burmese. Myanmar’s military has launched air and artillery strikes as it tries to clear pro-democracy fighters from the...
Tougher times for Myanmar’s political prisoners, a parent and rights group say
Read RFA coverage of this story in Burmese. Military authorities in Myanmar have imposed harsher conditions and punishments on political prisoners, restricting their access to...
Nearly 30,000 civilians displaced by fighting in Myanmar’s heartland
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Nearly 30,000 civilians in central Myanmar’s Sagaing and Magway regions were forced to flee their homes in...
