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Myanmar, [f] officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar[g] and also rendered Burma (the official English form until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. [18]
Myanmar civil war (2021–present) (per AAPP, February 2022). [41] The Myanmar Civil War (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ပြည်တွင်းစစ်), [n] also known as the Burmese Civil War, Burmese Spring Revolution, or People's Defensive War, is an ongoing civil war following Myanmar's long-running insurgencies ...
Myanmar protests (2021–present) Part of the Myanmar civil war (2021–present) Clockwise from top: Thousands of protesters participating in an anti-junta rally in Yangon. Protesters posing with the three-finger salute. Protesters in a vehicle with anti-military slogans. A group of protesters forming a human chain in Yangon's Kamayut Township.
If confirmed, the capture of Lashio would be the biggest victory for Myanmar’s anti-junta resistance since the 2021 coup and mark a turning point in the civil war.
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 ...
The military of Myanmar has been long accused of atrocities over the broader course of the internal conflict in Myanmar that has run for decades before the most recent phase in 2021. [1][2][3] Thaslima Begum, wrote for The Guardian that "widespread sexual violence perpetrated by Myanmar's soldiers has been a hallmark of the culture of abuse and ...
15 November - The junta shells villages in Rakhine State on the highway between Yangon and Sittwe after a junta truck was hit by an Arakan Army landmine. Thousands of villagers flee to nearby Ponnagyun Township or Sittwe. [ 46] 17 November - Nearly 6000 prisoners are freed in a mass amnesty by the military junta.
The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) was formed as the Burmese Air Force on 16 January 1947, while Burma (as Myanmar was known until 1989) was still under British rule. By 1948, the fleet of the new air force included 40 Airspeed Oxfords, 16 de Havilland Tiger Moths, four Austers, and three Supermarine Spitfires transferred from the Royal Air Force, and ...