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...
Category : Myanmar
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...
Myanmar junta frees nearly 1,000 Rohingya from prison, group says
Myanmar’s military government has released from prison nearly 1,000 members of the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority, a human rights group said on Monday, a rare...
Myanmar militia hosting scam centers says it will deport 8,000 foreigners
Read RFA coverage of these topics in Burmese A pro-junta Myanmar militia hosting extensive online fraud operations in its zone on the Thai border has...
