Myanmar military airstrikes on trading site kills more than two dozen

A resistance group and independent online media in Myanmar say airstrikes by the military on a trading junction in the central Magway region killed more than two dozen people and wounded 20 others.

Russia to help select and train first Myanmar cosmonaut

Russia said on Thursday it will help select and train Myanmar's first cosmonaut in a sign of growing ties with the Southeast ...

Retired Myanmar general set for powerful role in new parliament, sources say

A retired general from an army-backed party that swept Myanmar's election is set to take the powerful role of speaker of ...
The Conversation

5 years on from the junta’s coup, Myanmar’s flawed elections can’t unite a country at risk of breaking apart

As a pro vice-chancellor at the University of Tasmania, Nicholas Farrelly engages with a wide range of organisations and stakeholders on educational, cultural and political issues, including at the ...
The Washington Post

Myanmar’s military choreographs an election, with Beijing’s help

YANGON, Myanmar — The election that is expected to assure the continued grip of Myanmar’s military generals over the isolated Southeast Asian country wasn’t engineered in its fortified capital but in ...
Christian Science Monitor

How the race for rare earths could shape Myanmar’s civil war

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Foreign Policy

A Rigged Election Is No Reason to Reengage Myanmar

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Human Rights Watch

Myanmar: Critical Hearings in Rohingya Genocide Case

(The Hague) – International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings in the Myanmar genocide case highlight the need for justice for the ethnic Rohingya, Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, Global Justice Center ...
Newsweek

Myanmar Holds First Election in 5 Years Amid Civil War, Boycott Calls

Voters in Myanmar went to the polls Sunday for the first phase of the country's first general election in five years, conducted under military government supervision while civil war engulfs much of ...
The New York Times

Dozens Killed as a Hospital Is Bombed in Brutal Civil War

Jets from the Myanmar military dropped two bombs on the facility in Mrauk-U, in what rebels and witnesses called a deliberate attack on civilians. By Verena Hölzl Khaing Lin had just left the hospital ...
Cfr.org

In Myanmar, the World’s Indifference to Authoritarianism Is on Full Display

When Myanmar held relatively free and fair elections in 2020, dominated by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, many democracies around the world hailed the results. After Myanmar’s armed ...