The past two years have seen some of the worst droughts in recorded history, from Somalia to mainland Europe. This is due to the devastating effects of climate change, according to a UN-backed report. Drought is described as a “silent killer” and “slowly destroys lives and livelihoods by depleting resources,” the report said. The consequences … Read more
The Myanmar military is set to buy two more multi-million-dollar Y8-F200W medium-haul military transport aircraft from China in May and June 2025. Myanmar Witness discovered two new Y-8 aircraft parked at Kunming Airport in China and published them in June, along with photographs. Myanmar Witness is a civil society organization that uses satellite imagery to … Read more
“I was stripped naked and made to squat on the first night of my arrival,” says Ma Saet Khar, a Malaysian immigration detainee. He spent 25 days in Malaysia’s notorious Lawa detention center. He spent only five hours a day sleeping on a metal bed with no pillows, blankets or sheets, and 12 hours a … Read more
Early in the morning of February, U.S. Air Force pilot Nate Wardall took off from Yokota Air Base, west of Tokyo, Japan. He was a storm tracker. He flew through the turbulent air near Mount Fuji and out into the vast expanse of the blue Pacific Ocean. His destination was the Japanese coast, where atmospheric … Read more
The military launched airstrikes on the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)-controlled Mogok town in Mandalay Region and Kyaukme town in northern Shan State around 9 a.m. on July 8, residents said. The airstrikes were near a high school west of Mogok, killing two local residents, a source on the ground said. The school was hit, … Read more
The request was made to China during a trilateral meeting between Thailand, Myanmar and China to hand over 30,000 Chinese nationals who are still working in the tiger farming industry along the Thai-Myanmar border, Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nai Maung Zaw told the BBC. China made the request to Myanmar during … Read more
Beijing has intervened significantly in Myanmar’s civil war to protect its substantial investments in the country, handing a setback to resistance forces. It was one of the biggest rebel victories of the four-year civil war in Myanmar. Thousands of resistance fighters from half a dozen rebel armies took the city of Lashio and overran a … Read more