Asia Pacific Apr 14, 2022

Troops burn villages in Myanmar heartland as they seek to crush resistance

The military and pro-military militias have been setting fire to villages in central Myanmar almost every day since December.

Asia Pacific Feb 11, 2022

Myanmar army defector recounts heavy losses inflicted by Chin rebels

Kaung Thu Win, a captain who defected in December, offered a rare firsthand account of intensified fighting in Chin, where the military junta has faced some of its fiercest armed resistance.

Fearing junta, hundreds of Myanmar parents disown dissident children

The notices started to appear in large numbers after the army announced it would take over properties of its opponents and arrest people giving shelter to protesters.

Asia Pacific | FOCUS Nov 2, 2021

'Information combat': Inside the fight for Myanmar's soul

As Myanmar's military seeks to put down protest on the streets, a parallel battle is playing out on social media, with the junta using fake accounts to denounce opponents.

How family of a Myanmar junta leader are trying to cash in

Family members of the air force chief have enjoyed a lifestyle that is out of reach for the vast majority of Myanmar's people.

Asia Pacific Oct 30, 2016

Rohingya women say Myanmar soldiers raped them amid crackdown on militants

Rohingya Muslims say Myanmar soldiers raped or sexually assaulted dozens of women in a remote village in the northwest of the country during the biggest upsurge in violence against the persecuted minority in four years. Eight Rohingya women, all from the village of U Shey ...