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They were forcibly recruited by the military after clashes broke out between the junta and ethnic rebels following the February 2021 coup that wrested power from Aung San Suu Kyi's government, the ...
Myanmar military forces executed at least 37 villagers in the Mon Taing Pin massacre in May 2022 after shelling the village of Mondaingbin, Sagaing Region with heavy artillery. [161] The SAC forces entered the local Buddhist monastery, conscripted young male villagers briefly before executing them and other captives by a stupa. [162]
Before the storm made landfall 4,000 out of 300,000 Sittwe residents were evacuated to other cities. The military declare the whole of Rakhine a disaster area. [10] [11] 25 May - Bhamo Sayadaw, one of the most revered monks in Myanmar, passed away at the age of 94. His funeral was held on 6 June in Mandalay. Thousands of followers lined the ...
The military ruled Myanmar with an iron fist for 50 years after seizing power in 1962, insisting it was the only institution capable of holding the diverse country together.
The military junta announced compulsory military service in February [Reuters] The last time Chaw Su saw her husband was in March, when he was forcibly conscripted to fight for the army in Myanmar ...
On 9 December 2024, Arakan Army captured all of the Burmese military outposts and seized control of all of the Myanmar's border with Bangladesh. [13] With this victory, the AA now controls all three Burmese townships bordering Bangladesh: Maungdaw, Buthidaung, and Paletwa. In the aftermath of the Maungdaw battle, the AA arrested Brigadier ...
One of the numerous camps scattered all over the region where between 150,000 and 250,000 internally displaced people have taken shelter after Myanmar military airstrikes and artillery forced them ...
Myanmar's military is battling armed opponents on several fronts, in the fiercest challenge to its grip on the Southeast Asian country since it seized power from an elected government in a 2021 coup.