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I was working as a journalist in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, when the military seized power. That was on February 1, 2021, and everything changed overnight. Only three months before, the ...
The Myanmar civil war broke out in 2021 following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, in which the Tatmadaw deposed the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi.Minority rebel groups across the country, which had all been fighting low-level insurgencies against the government since Burmese independence in 1948, rebelled along with anti-junta civilian groups.
On the night of 23 October 2022, the Myanmar Air Force launched a series of airstrikes in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, Northern Myanmar. The targeted area was within the territory of the Kachin Independence Organization's 9th Brigade in the Anangpa (အနန့်ပါ) area. The airstrikes hit an outdoor concert killing at least 80 ...
Midday bombings near a busy government office injured at least nine people in Myanmar’s second biggest city on Wednesday, in what appeared to be the latest high-profile attack by militants ...
A Myanmar Air Force Mikoyan MiG-29, like the aircraft used in the bombing of Pazigyi. [9]On 11 April 2023, over 800 villagers gathered in Pazigyi to celebrate the opening of an administration office of the People's Defence Force (an armed group opposed to the military government), where food and tea were offered.
The United Nations says it is “deeply concerned” by reports that civilians, including women and children, were killed and injured in a bombing at a camp for internally displaced people in Myanmar.
Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people in another raid in Tabayin. [108] These attacks occurred in Central Myanmar, also known as Anya, an area that had rarely seen armed violence in recent times. [109] On 2 July, troops assaulted several villages in Sagaing Region and reportedly killed 41 civilians.
It said the attack was made with a “handmade bomb planted by PDF terrorists at a bus stop” roughly one block from the Sule Pagoda, a city landmark. Accusations fly after Myanmar bombing kills ...