Telecom outages impact livelihoods in Myanmar’s Rakhine
Read RFA coverage of this story in Burmese. Telecommunications outages in western Myanmar’s embattled Rakhine state have persisted for nearly 100 days, impinging on its...
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Myanmar refugees in limbo after US suspends resettlement program
Read RFA coverage of this story in Burmese. UMPIEM MAI REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand — Saw Ba had been living in a refugee camp on the...
New Thai rule gives Myanmar junta greater power to block workers: activists
MAE SOT, Thailand – Thailand’s latest labor documentation rule requiring Myanmar government approval has raised concern among migrant worker advocates, who warn the policy could...
Myanmar junta blocks fuel to eastern border scam center town
Read RFA coverage of these topics in Burmese Myanmar’s junta has blocked the supply of fuel to a town bordering Thailand where scam centers are...
The secret jungle hospital where Myanmar’s rebels are treated
Part of a three-story series on the fight for and rebuilding of Myanmar’s Kayah state following the 2021 coup. Read Part 1 and Part 2....
China thanks Thailand for scam crackdown; militia frees foreigners
MAE SOT, Thailand – Chinese President Xi Jinping thanked Thailand’s visiting prime minister on Thursday for a crackdown on scam centers in Myanmar a day...
Myanmar authorities arrest 475 young people in Yangon in January: group
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Myanmar junta authorities arrested nearly 500 young people in the biggest city of Yangon in January for...
Nearly 300 Myanmar nationals in Singapore naturalized in 2024 to avoid returning home
Nearly 300 Myanmar nationals living in Singapore have renounced their ties to their homeland and acquired Singaporean nationality last year, according to an announcement from...
In the Myanmar military, life insurance for soldiers isn’t paying out
Part of a three-story series to mark the fourth anniversary of Myanmar’s 2021 coup, looking at how the military treats its own soldiers. The 2021...
Myanmar extends state of emergency for another 6 months
Myanmar’s ruling military extended a state of emergency for another six months on Friday four years after it ousted an elected government in a coup,...
