Myanmar’s Kachin rebels take key town on approach to Bhamo
Ethnic minority Kachin fighters in northern Myanmar captured military camps on the approaches to the major town of Bhamo on Wednesday, another setback for the...
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Myanmar junta says it releases 600 political prisoners in mass amnesty
By RFA Burmese Myanmar’s junta has released 5,864 prisoners, including about 600 political prisoners, to mark Independence Day, a spokesman for the military said, but...
31 political prisoners died in prisons across Myanmar in 2024
Read RFA coverage of this story here and here. The death toll of political prisoners in the military junta’s prisons across Myanmar hit 31 in...
Rohingyas’ return to Myanmar uncertain, despite rebel control of Bangladesh border
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. The dream of returning home to Myanmar remains uncertain for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled...
Myanmar enacts cybersecurity law that aims to restrict use of VPNs
Myanmar’s junta has enacted a cybersecurity law that will penalize unauthorized provision of virtual private networks, or VPNs, which many people use to circumvent internet...
Air, artillery strikes set grim benchmark for civilian casualties in Myanmar in 2024
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. On the evening of Dec. 27, Myanmar’s military dropped a massive bomb on Pi King village in...
Acts of charity bring light to wartime Myanmar
Nearly four years after the February 2021 military coup snuffed out an experiment in democracy and plunged an already poor country into deeper poverty, the...
After 2024 setbacks, junta forces now control less than half of Myanmar
Myanmar’s junta forces now control less than half the country after suffering major battlefield setbacks in 2024 -– including the loss of command headquarters in...
Myanmar’s Arakan Army takes a major town, says ready for talks
Myanmar’s Arakan Army insurgents captured the west coast town of Gwa from the military, a major step toward their goal of taking the whole of...
Almost 65,000 Rohingya have entered Bangladesh since late 2023, govt says
Nearly 65,000 Rohingya have crossed into southeastern Bangladesh since late last year amid unrest and violence in Rakhine, their home state in neighboring Myanmar, according...
