BEIJING: Beijing said on Tuesday (Nov 19) that the head of a Myanmar ethnic minority armed group had come to China for “medical care”, after news reports in its war-torn neighbour said he had been arrested on China’s orders. China is a major ally and arms supplier of Myanmar’s ruling junta, but is also thought to … Read more
YANGON: Myanmar’s junta carried out fresh air strikes on an opposition-held town on Friday (Sep 27), hours after issuing an unprecedented invitation to its enemies for talks on the country’s civil war. Thursday’s surprise call for discussions was likely a standard operating procedure to main ally China and a nudge towards controversial fresh elections, analysts said, … Read more
CLASHES Clashes between the military and ethnic armed groups in Shan state continued on Wednesday. Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) fighters were battling junta troops in the Shan state towns of Hsipaw and Naungcho, its Major-General Tar Bhone Kyaw told AFP. AFP has contacted the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), another group fighting in … Read more
The junta had been unable to hold fresh polls as planned following an initial two-year state of emergency “due to the terrorist acts” by its opponents, broadcaster MRTV reported. All the members of the junta-stacked National Defence and Security Council “unanimously decided to extend the period of the state of emergency for another six months”, … Read more
On Wednesday, government and banking officials had discussed “transactions that may be linked to the purchase of weapons and military supplies and the Myanmar government”, Thai foreign affairs spokesman Nikorndej Balankura said in a statement. The Bank of Thailand and the anti-money laundering office “will jointly establish a Task Force to investigate these transactions”, he … Read more
BANGKOK: A Myanmar ethnic armed group said on Monday (May 6) it had captured a military command and taken hundreds of junta personnel prisoner in western Rakhine state, the latest blow to the military. Clashes have rocked Rakhine since the Arakan Army (AA) attacked security forces in November, ending a ceasefire that had largely held since … Read more
He cited Singapore, which has clamped down on sales of equipment for military use, and such transfers fell by 83 per cent last year, Andrews told a press conference in Geneva. But he stressed that this was not the case for Russia and China, respectively the first and second suppliers of arms to the junta. … Read more
YANGON: Myanmar’s junta is enforcing a law allowing the military to summon all men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27 to serve for at least two years, it said on Saturday (Feb 11), as it struggles to crush opposition to its 2021 coup. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military … Read more
