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May 2022 - Myanmar Special Weapons News
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- Refugees displaced by conflict in Myanmar now more than 1 million Radio Free Asia 31 May 2022 -- The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Myanmar has surpassed 1 million people for the first time in the nation's history, including nearly 700,000 forced to flee conflict and insecurity since the military's coup in February 2021, according to a new report by the United Nations.
- Suspected bombing in downtown Yangon kills one, injures nine Radio Free Asia 31 May 2022 -- An explosion on a busy street in downtown Yangon killed one person and injured nine others on Tuesday, AFP news agency quoted police sources as saying.
- China donates 10m doses of COVID-19 vaccine, 13m syringes, 2 mobile laboratory vehicles to Myanmar Global Times 30 May 2022 -- China has donated 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines along with 13 million COVID-19 vaccine syringes and two mobile laboratory vehicles to Myanmar, according to a statement from the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar on Sunday.
- Thousands of homes burned by soldiers in Myanmar's Sagaing region Radio Free Asia 25 May 2022 -- Nearly 6,300 homes have been burned down in 19 townships in northwestern Myanmar's war-torn Sagaing region during the past two months, forcing residents into tents and other makeshift shelters as the rainy season begins, according to data compiled by RFA.
- UNHCR chief: World must not forget Rohingya refugees amid Ukraine crisis Radio Free Asia 25 May 2022 -- Despite the Ukraine war, the world mustn't forget about the plight of Rohingya and other refugees as well as the burden of their host countries, the head of the U.N.'s refugee agency pleaded Wednesday as he ended a five-day trip to Bangladesh.
- UNHCR's Grandi urges redoubled support for Rohingya refugees, host communities in Bangladesh UNHCR 25 May 2022 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi appealed today for sustained and predictable support for Rohingya refugees and their local host communities in Bangladesh, while emphasizing the need to maintain refugees' hopes for voluntary return to Myanmar once the situation allows.
- UNHCR chief urges support for Bangladesh to save Rohingya lives, 'build hope' UN News 25 May 2022 -- Wrapping up a five-day mission to Bangladesh, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees appealed on Wednesday for sustained and predictable support for Rohingya refugees and their host communities.
- Mobile phone service cut amid heavy fighting in Myanmar's Sagaing Radio Free Asia 24 May 2022 -- Myanmar junta troops on Tuesday briefly cut mobile phone service to eight townships in Sagaing region, leaving more than a million residents without cell access in an effort to mask the movements and operations of Military Council forces in the war-torn area, Myanmar sources say.
- More than a dozen Rohingya die when boat capsizes off Myanmar coast Radio Free Asia 23 May 2022 -- More than a dozen people, including women and children, died on Saturday when a boat carrying at least 90 Rohingya from western Myanmar's Rakhine state to Malaysia capsized and sank in the Bay of Bengal during a storm, Myanmar residents and rescue workers said.
- Myanmar junta tribunal sentences 7 youths to death in Yangon Radio Free Asia 20 May 2022 -- Myanmar's junta condemned seven youths to death this week in the Yangon region, with a secret military tribunal finding them guilty of murder, a state-run Myanmar's junta condemned seven youths to death this week in the Yangon newspaper said.
- Myanmar junta gets effective diplomatic downgrade as a result of military coup Radio Free Asia 19 May 2022 -- Myanmar's 15-month-old military junta is suffering a diplomatic downgrade as Western and some Southeast Asian neighbors are withholding ambassadorial appointments to the country and increasingly meeting with elected officials overthrown by the army early last year, diplomats said.
- Farmers in Myanmar's Kayin State Face Indiscriminate Attacks VOA 19 May 2022 -- Kayin farmer Khaw Mying looks up to the dark, cloudy sky as she attaches a bamboo panel onto the side of her makeshift hut in the temporary camp for displaced people at the edge of a rubber tree plantation.
- Conflict between Myanmar's proxy forces may outlast a political resolution Radio Free Asia 18 May 2022 -- Pro-military Pyu Saw Htee militiamen and anti-junta People's Defense Force (PDF) paramilitaries are engaged in what will likely become a protracted conflict in Myanmar with no formal process in place to mediate between the two civilian proxy armies, an analyst said Wednesday.
- An uneasy truce is under threat in Myanmar's Rakhine state Radio Free Asia 18 May 2022 -- Tensions between Myanmar's military and the Arakan Army (AA) insurgent group are rising in the restive western state of Rakhine, although an uneasy ceasefire remains in effect for now, residents in the area told RFA.
- Junta troops murder 3 dozen civilians over 4 days in Myanmar's Sagaing region Radio Free Asia 17 May 2022 -- Junta forces brutally murdered nearly three dozen civilians — including members of the Buddhist clergy — over the course of four days in Myanmar's embattled Sagaing region, sources said Monday. The military dismissed the allegations as "fabrications."
- New civilian death toll since coup 'unprecedented' in Myanmar's history Radio Free Asia 17 May 2022 -- More than 5,600 civilians have been killed in Myanmar since the military seized power last year, according to a new estimate by an independent research institute, which called the death toll "unprecedented" in the country's history.
- Myanmar's shadow government holds talks with powerful Arakan Army Radio Free Asia 16 May 2022 -- Myanmar's shadow National Unity Government (NUG) on Monday met for the first time with leaders from the country's formidable Arakan Army (AA) insurgent group, prompting speculation over an alliance that an analyst said could give the opposition the upper hand over an overextended military.
- Malaysian FM: 'Junta should be more open to ASEAN proposals' Radio Free Asia 16 May 2022 -- The Myanmar junta should do more to help ASEAN deliver humanitarian aid across the turmoil-hit country, Malaysia's top diplomat said after meeting in Washington with the Burmese opposition's foreign minister.
- 27 charred bodies discovered in Sagaing after Myanmar junta's latest arson attack Radio Free Asia 13 May 2022 -- Villagers found 27 charred bodies inside burnt homes yesterday in northwestern Myanmar's Sagaing region, where the ruling military junta has for months conducted an arson campaign targeting rural villages, burning hundreds of homes, and leaving thousands displaced.
- US ASEAN to Redouble Efforts to End Violence in Myanmar VOA 13 May 2022 -- The United States and leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations said Friday they would "redouble collective efforts" toward a peaceful solution in Myanmar.
- Myanmar political crisis takes center stage on day 1 of US-ASEAN Summit Radio Free Asia 12 May 2022 -- The ongoing upheaval in Myanmar took center stage on the first day of a U.S.-ASEAN Summit in Washington, as fellow bloc member Malaysia slammed the junta for refusing to engage with the country's shadow government.
- Empty Chair for Myanmar in US-ASEAN Special Summit VOA 12 May 2022 -- The Biden administration and ASEAN leaders have agreed to put out an empty chair to represent Myanmar's overthrown civilian government during the two-day U.S.-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Special Summit that President Joe Biden is hosting in Washington, a National Security Council spokesperson confirmed to VOA.
- The Deputy Secretary's Meeting with NUG Representatives US Dept. of State 12 May 2022
- Interview: 'It's time for ASEAN to move forward,' urges NUG's foreign minister Radio Free Asia 12 May 2022 -- Zin Mar Aung is the foreign minister of the shadow National Unity Government, or NUG, that represents the civilian administration that was ousted in last year's military takeover in Myanmar.
- Conflict seen escalating in Myanmar on anniversary of PDF Radio Free Asia 11 May 2022 -- One year after Myanmar's shadow National Unity Government (NUG) established the prodemocracy People's Defense Force (PDF), hundreds of anti-junta groups are active throughout the country and violent conflict is escalating with no end in sight, an analyst said Wednesday.
- Malaysian FM: ASEAN's Myanmar envoy welcomes informal talks with NUG, NUCC Radio Free Asia 11 May 2022 -- ASEAN's special envoy to Myanmar has welcomed the idea of engaging informally with Myanmar's Myanmar's National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC), a body of opposition stakeholders, and its parallel civilian government, as the junta has reneged on a promise to put the country back on a democratic path, Malasysia's foreign minister said in an interview Wednesday.
- Activists face new threats as pro-junta militias spread in Myanmar Radio Free Asia 10 May 2022 -- Death threats against pro-democracy and anti-junta activists are on the rise across Myanmar as militia groups loyal to the military regime expand their presence in the country's urban areas and other more densely populated regions, sources said Tuesday.
- Deaths and arrests rise in Myanmar's heartland Radio Free Asia 10 May 2022 -- Junta security forces have killed at least 155 civilians and arrested 683 others in Myanmar's Magway region — the heartland of the majority Bamar people — since the military seized power 15 months ago, according to reporting by RFA's Myanmar Service.
- PDF clashes with junta troops guarding mines in Myanmar's Sagaing region Radio Free Asia 09 May 2022 -- Prodemocracy People's Defense Force (PDF) paramilitaries clashed with junta security forces guarding two Chinese-owned copper mine projects over the weekend in the country's war-torn Sagaing region after the military attacked two villages in the area, PDF fighters said Monday.
- Myanmar's 4 strongest ethnic armies reject junta invitation to peace talks Radio Free Asia 09 May 2022 -- Myanmar's four most powerful ethnic armed groups have rejected an olive branch from the junta, saying there can be no peace talks until the military regime allows the country's shadow government and the paramilitary group that fights on its behalf to take a seat at the table.
- ASEAN foreign ministers to meet in Washington before summit with US Radio Free Asia 09 May 2022 -- Southeast Asian foreign ministers will meet "unofficially" in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the Myanmar junta reneging on a consensus with ASEAN to move the country back towards democracy, Malaysia's foreign ministry said.
- Auction of activists' homes seen as revenge for sale of junta assets Radio Free Asia 06 May 2022 -- An announced plan to auction off the homes of anti-coup activists is the military regime's bid for revenge after Myanmar's shadow government began selling shares of assets appropriated by Snr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing and other junta officials, according to analysts.
- After more firms quit, Myanmar junta claims Russia to enter energy industry Radio Free Asia 06 May 2022 -- Russia will soon begin participating in Myanmar's energy industry in place of international companies that quit, the Burmese junta said in response to the exit of three big Asian firms from a gas field in the coup-hit nation.
- ASEAN envoy says he will visit Myanmar in 'the next few weeks' Radio Free Asia 06 May 2022 -- The special envoy to Myanmar for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) aims to visit the strife torn-country in coming weeks, he said Friday in a statement following humanitarian relief talks with the U.N. and regional agencies.
- Junta forces kill 20 civilians in one day in Myanmar's Sagaing region Radio Free Asia 05 May 2022 -- A joint force of military troops and pro-junta militiamen killed 20 civilians earlier this week in Myanmar's war-torn Sagaing region, according to sources, who said soldiers forced some of the victims to serve as human shields and executed several others as they lay face down in the dirt.
- More than 200 arrested for social media posts supporting Myanmar opposition Radio Free Asia 05 May 2022 -- Authorities in Myanmar have arrested more than 200 people for incitement and terrorism since late January in connection with posts they made to social media in support of opposition groups the junta has labeled terrorist organizations, according to official statements.
- NGO: Video shows Thai military destroying footbridge used by Myanmar refugees Radio Free Asia 04 May 2022 -- The Thai army in March destroyed a footbridge used by refugees fleeing attacks in eastern Myanmar, a human rights group alleged this week, but the military claimed Wednesday that it had dismantled the structure to stop cross-border crime.
- Myanmar Bank missive suggests junta seeks more than financial ties with Russia Radio Free Asia 04 May 2022 -- Recent moves by the Central Bank of Myanmar to promote cooperation between military-owned lenders and their Russian counterparts suggest the junta is seeking more than financial ties to the Kremlin and may be brokering a back channel for arms deals, analysts said Wednesday.
- Myanmar Supreme Court Rejects Aung San Suu Kyi Appeal on Corruption Charges VOA 04 May 2022 -- An appeal of a five-year jail sentence against ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was rejected Wednesday by the country's supreme court.
- Myanmar junta rejects ASEAN outreach to NUG shadow government Radio Free Asia 03 May 2022 -- Myanmar's junta on Tuesday poured cold water on calls from Malaysia for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) talks with the National Unity Government (NUG), calling the parallel, civilian administration that opposes military rule "terrorists groups."
- Little to celebrate on Press Freedom Day amid worsening media crackdown in Myanmar Radio Free Asia 03 May 2022 -- There was little to celebrate on World Press Freedom Day in Myanmar, where the junta has jailed 135 journalists since it seized power last year and reporters routinely face harassment, arrest and even death for doing their jobs, members of the media and watchdog groups said Tuesday.
- Pro-junta militia calls for killing of Myanmar reporters and their family members Radio Free Asia 02 May 2022 -- A pro-junta militia that recently claimed responsibility for the slaying of opposition party members is now openly threatening to kill journalists and their families over content the military regime has dubbed "destructive to the state."
- More than a dozen senior NLD officials sentenced for 'graft' in Myanmar in April Radio Free Asia 02 May 2022 -- Military courts in Myanmar sentenced a total of 14 Cabinet ministers and senior officials from the deposed National League for Democracy (NLD) government to lengthy prison terms on corruption charges last month, according to data compiled by RFA's Myanmar Service.
- Cambodia PM urges Myanmar junta boss to let ASEAN envoy meet Aung San Suu Kyi Radio Free Asia 02 May 2022 -- Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged Myanmar's military junta to allow the ASEAN special envoy to visit and meet deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Cambodia's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
- Myanmar's junta vows to defend China-backed copper mine after PDF threats Radio Free Asia 02 May 2022 -- Myanmar's junta has vowed to defend a suspended Chinese copper mine, seen as a key source of revenue for the military regime, after the country's armed opposition threatened to destroy the project if owners resume operations.
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