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The Myanmar civil war (Burmese: မြန်မာ့ပြည်တွင်းစစ်), [o] also known as the Burmese civil war, is an ongoing civil war since 2021. It began following Myanmar's long-running insurgencies , which escalated significantly in response to the 2021 coup d'état and the subsequent violent crackdown on anti-coup ...
Myanmar has been embroiled in armed conflict since 1948, when the country, then known as Burma, gained independence from the United Kingdom. [5] [6] The conflict has largely been ethnic-based, with ethnic armed organisations fighting Myanmar's armed forces, the Tatmadaw, for self-determination.
11 December - Representatives from Myanmar's ruling military junta hold talks with three rebel groups, facilitated by China, amid an ongoing rebel offensive. [60] 12 December - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reports that Myanmar has surpassed Afghanistan as the world's largest producer of opium. [61] 13 December -
Aung San Suun Kyi’s imprisonment in a jungle jail marks the rise and fall of one of the world’s most iconic women as her country Myanmar is forgotten by the world, writes Peter Popham
A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's military, which then vested power in a military junta.
The pickers are usually migrants from other regions of Myanmar and are unregistered, which makes identification of the missing people difficult. [11] Hundreds of miners scavenge through tailings dumped by trucks at the site. The tailings are piled high forming steep and high slopes, in a moonscape of no vegetation, which is likely to collapse. [4]
Myanmar absent at the US-ASEAN Summit 2022 in Washington, D.C. ASEAN has blocked Myanmar from participating in regional summits since the 2021 coup. [4] For instance, during the 2022 ASEAN summit, Myanmar's chair remained empty. [5] This condition persisted until New Zealand invited the junta to two ASEAN summits hosted in Wellington in April ...
The Battle of Thantlang is a series of battles fought over the control of Thantlang town in Chin State, Myanmar between junta forces and local Chin rebels in 2021. The battle has left the town largely destroyed. [4] In 2023, there continue to be clashes in Thantlang as the junta attempts to regain control of the township. [5]