Myanmar

Fighters from the Karenni National Defence Force, a network of civilian resistance fighters, Karenni organisations and armed groups in Kayah State. (KNDF / Kantarawaddy Times)

Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.

Young climate activists hold a rally in May in Yangon. (Facebook / Strike for Climate Myanmar)

Young environmentalists are calling on the government to curb mining projects in southern Myanmar after a massive landslide killed at least 75 people.

Armed government troops cross a bomb damaged bridge outside the compound of the Gote Twin police station in Shan state on August 15, 2019, after it was attacked by ethnic rebel groups. (STR / AFP)

A volunteer ambulance driver was killed in Myanmar's remote northeast as clashes between the army and ethnic insurgents escalated over the weekend, state media reported Sunday.

 Ultra-nationalist monk Wirathu meets with supporters at a monastery in Yangon on March 10, 2018 to give a sermon marking the end of a year-long ban on public speaking. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)

An attempt by a court to freeze the assets of ultranationalist monk Wirathu has failed because officials were told he doesn’t own any property.

People attend the funeral of Kyaw Zin Win, a gay man who took his own life after facing alleged homophobic bullying, in Yangon on June 26, 2019. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Yangon’s LGBT community today rejected the findings of an inquiry that concluded a bullied gay man who took his own life was “mentally weak.” 

A photo shared on social media purportedly showing a car riddled with bullet holes near the Myanmar army academy in Pyin Oo Lwin. (Lin Thurein)

Myanmar's military was today fighting rebels who mounted an unprecedented strike at an army academy killing at least one, apparently in retaliation for massive drug seizures.

People look at bodies lying on the ground in the compound of the Gote Twin police station in Shan state on August 15, 2019, after it was attacked by ethnic rebel groups. (STR / AFP)

At least 14 people have been killed in ongoing fighting Thursday between Myanmar's military and rebels who mounted a series of attacks, including an unprecedented strike on an army academy, apparently in retaliation for massive drug seizures.

A relative holds a photograph of Kyaw Zin Win, a gay Myanmar man who took his own life after facing alleged homophobic bullying, during his funeral in Yangon on June 26, 2019. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

A probe into the death of a gay Myanmar man which cast a spotlight on the marginalised community concluded he was "mentally weak," findings slammed Wednesday by his heartbroken family who blamed bullying at work.

 Residents use a plastic tub as floodwaters submerged areas of Ye township in Mon State on August 11, 2019. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Vast swathes of southeastern Myanmar lie under floodwaters that have already forced tens of thousands to flee their homes as the death toll from a massive landslide hit 59, firefighters said Monday.

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