Myanmar

A Reuters investigation reveals that Myanmar’s ruling junta is actively suppressing information about a severe food crisis affecting millions. Aid workers and researchers report being pressured not to collect or publish data indicating widespread hunger. The Integrated Food Security Phase…

Myanmar’s junta is preparing to dispatch migrant workers to Russia in 2025, responding to a request from Russia amid its acute labor shortage of nearly 5 million workers due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, RFA reported yesterday. The first…

UN experts have called for a “course correction” in the international response to the escalating crisis in Myanmar, where civilian deaths have surpassed 6,000, Reliefweb.int reported yesterday. They emphasized that these figures highlight the international community’s failure to protect the…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for an arrest warrant for Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmar’s military junta, over alleged crimes against humanity against the Rohingya Muslim minority, Arab News reported yesterday. This request follows a…

The United Nations has reported a staggering rise in civilian casualties from anti-personnel landmines in Myanmar, with children constituting over 32% of the 1,003 recorded casualties, Jurist News reported yesterday. This alarming statistic underscores the severe impact of ongoing violence…

Myanmar recorded the highest number of landmine victims in 2023, with over 1,000 people killed or injured, VOA reported today citing the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). The ongoing conflict between the military and various ethnic rebel groups has…

The International Labor Organization (ILO) is set to take action against Myanmar’s military junta for failing to comply with its recommendations regarding labor rights and civil liberties, RFA reported yesterday. Following a Commission of Inquiry’s findings in October 2023, which…

Around 2 million people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state are at risk of starvation due to a combination of intense conflict, military-imposed trade blockades, and a rapidly collapsing economy, a senior UN official warned. According to international human rights reports, the…

Mass killings in Myanmar have surged for the fourth consecutive year, with at least 466 people reported killed in massacres from January to October 2024, RFA reported yesterday citing the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar. This increase follows the military’s…

A 19-year-old Rohingya refugee was tragically killed in a gunfight between rival Myanmar-based armed groups at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday evening, ANN reported. Five others were injured in the incident, which occurred in the Ukhiya upazila.…