Month : August 2023

Three months after Cyclone Mocha struck Myanmar, heavy monsoon rains are hampering aid delivery and displacing even more people affected by May’s devastating storm. The...

Junta heavy artillery killed a nine-year-old boy in Sagaing region’s Yinmarbin township, residents told RFA Wednesday. They said the boy, Kyaw Thiha, died Tuesday when...

More than 50 officers and their family members deserted Myanmar’s military and joined the anti-junta Civil Disobedience Movement in the first two weeks of August,...

A provincial court on Tuesday sentenced 10 activists to one year in jail in a case that stems from several long-running land disputes that have...

Hong Kong authorities are investigating a center connected to the president of a major university who spoke out on behalf of students when the campus...

Junta troops killed four civilians in a raid on a village in Sagaing region’s Myinmu township, residents told RFA Tuesday. More than 40 soldiers took...

A Chinese company that operates a potash mine in central Laos will extend its exploration and excavation operations to a further 48 square kilometers (18.6 square...

Two Burmese political prisoners beaten by the ruling military junta’s prison authorities for participating in a ceremony marking Martyrs’ Day have died of their injuries,...

Beijing has accused the U.S. of trying to block its development, claiming that the Biden administration is pursuing “technology hegemony.” It also urged Washington to...