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The Kachin News Group (KNG) says the organizer of the event invited 9 singers and actors to entertain the audiences for the anniversary celebration of KIO. The strike resulted in the deaths of over 80 civilians who were attending the concert at the time of the strike, making it the single deadliest attack on civilians since the start of the ...
A rebel group in Myanmar’s northern state of Kachin said its troops on Thursday attacked more than 10 army outposts along the main road to the state capital of Myitkyina, increasing the pressure ...
4 April – The National Unity Government of Myanmar launches an air attack involving 29 drones on junta targets in the capital Naypyidaw. [17] 6 April – Operation 1111: The Karen National Union captures the town of Myawaddy in Kayin State, on the border with Thailand, as hundreds of junta troops surrender and hand over their weapons to rebel ...
The UN has expressed concerns about the ongoing "heavy fighting" between the military and armed resistance groups in Myanmar‘s northern region which displaced more than 30,000 people.
The blast killed 21 people and injured 46. [7] On 7 October 1999, members of the Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors (VBSW) seized the Burmese embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, in an event known as the 1999 Myanmar Embassy siege. Hostages were taken by the VBSW, but all were released without harm after negotiations with Thai authorities.
(Reuters) - Floods in Myanmar have killed at least 226 people in just over a week, state media reported on Tuesday, after heavy rains brought on by Typhoon Yagi battered the central provinces of ...
24 May – Sixteen people are killed when a boat sinks off the coast of Myanmar. [20] 31 May A bombing kills one person and injures nine others near the Sule Pagoda in Yangon. State media accuses the People's Defence Force of responsibility, which the PDF denies. [21]
Two days later, on 23 October, over 80 people were killed by an airstrike in Hpakant Township, Northern Myanmar, during an anniversary celebration for the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO). At least 80 civilians were killed, making it the single deadliest attack on civilians since the start of the renewed civil war. [ 209 ]