Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
June 2024 - Myanmar Special Weapons News
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- Drafting of women underway in Myanmar, despite junta claims to the contrary Radio Free Asia 26 Jun 2024 -- Myanmar's junta has begun conscripting women into the military to help shore up troop losses despite claims to the contrary, residents said Wednesday.
- 'Neither hospitals nor doctors' for 10,000 displaced in Myanmar Radio Free Asia 26 Jun 2024 -- About 10,000 people in Myanmar, most of them members of the mainly Muslim Rohingya minority displaced by fighting, are in urgent need of food and medical aid, residents told Radio Free Asia on Tuesday.
- War, lack of resources complicate judicial plans in Myanmar rebel zones Radio Free Asia 26 Jun 2024 -- Myanmar's ethnic minority insurgent groups are grappling with a growing problem as they take over larger areas from junta forces in a surge of fighting since a 2021 coup: how to maintain law and order with few resources and while under constant threat of attack.
- Rights expert urges banks to stop financing Myanmar junta weapons trade UN News 26 Jun 2024 -- Foreign banks are allegedly helping Myanmar's military junta acquire weapons and military supplies, facilitating a "campaign of violence and brutality" as the civil war there grinds on, according to an independent UN human rights expert on Wednesday.
- WFP condemns looting and burning of its warehouse in Myanmar WFP 26 Jun 2024 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) strongly condemns the looting of food supplies and burning of its warehouse in Maungdaw in Myanmar's northern Rakhine State last Saturday.
- Ceasefire in northeast Myanmar ends as junta battles ethnic rebels Radio Free Asia 25 Jun 2024 -- Fighting broke out in northeast Myanmar on Tuesday as a five-month ceasefire brokered by China between junta forces and ethnic minority insurgents fell apart, with clashes including air strikes by military jets, residents of the area told Radio Free Asia.
- Junta military preparations point to brutal next phase in Myanmar conflict Radio Free Asia 25 Jun 2024 -- Myanmar's junta expected to consolidate power within a few days of their Feb. 1, 2021 coup d'etat. Nearly three-and-a-half years on, they continue to lose territory. They never had any legitimacy to lose.
- Ethnic rebels seize airport in Myanmar beach town Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2024 -- Ethnic rebels seized the airport that serves one of Myanmar's premiere resort beaches in Rakhine state on Sunday, as thousands of civilians fled fighting between the military and rebel forces in embattled Thandwe township, according to residents.
- Myanmar airstrike on monastery where villagers were sheltering kills 17 activists Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2024 -- Myanmar junta forces killed 17 people in an airstrike on a monastery where people were taking shelter from fighting after insurgents battling to end military rule attacked a nearby army camp, members of anti-junta militia groups told Radio Free Asia on Monday.
- Activists accuse 2 Chinese companies of helping junta control the internet Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2024 -- Two Chinese companies are helping Myanmar's military junta to limit citizens' access to the internet, a covert group of activists opposed to military rule said.
- Myanmar junta chief issues rare apology for shooting death of Buddhist abbot Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2024 -- Myanmar's junta chief issued a rare apology on Monday for last week's fatal shooting of a senior Buddhist monk, but claimed that military troops fired on his vehicle for "security reasons."
- Senior Myanmar monk shot dead by junta soldiers, colleague says Radio Free Asia 20 Jun 2024 -- A senior Buddhist monk in Myanmar was shot dead Wednesday in his car as it left an airport in the central Mandalay region — an attack perpetrated by junta soldiers, according to another monk who was in the car with him.
- Protesters arrested in Myanmar over marches on ousted leader's birthday Radio Free Asia 19 Jun 2024 -- Protesters marched in cities across Myanmar on Wednesday in a show of support for democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on her birthday and to call for the release of all political prisoners, participants told Radio Free Asia.
- Junta troops arrest hundreds following forced relocations in western Myanmar Radio Free Asia 18 Jun 2024 -- Junta troops over the last week have arrested and interrogated several hundred people who were recently forced to move into the state capital of western Rakhine state, several people told Radio Free Asia on Tuesday.
- Systematic terror, brutal atrocities rife in Myanmar: UN human rights chief UN News 18 Jun 2024 -- The UN's top human rights official said on Tuesday that Myanmar is in "agonizing pain", suffocated by an illegitimate military regime which uses "horrific war tactics" and commits brutal atrocity crimes.
- High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Myanmar is Being Suffocated by an Illegitimate Military Regime, Speaks of Stories of Horrific War Tactics and Brutal Atrocity Crimes UNOHCHR 18 Jun 2024 -- The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on his report on Myanmar, hearing that Myanmar was being suffocated by an illegitimate military regime, and of stories of horrific war tactics and brutal atrocity crimes.
- Arakan Army tells residents to evacuate ahead of attack on western Myanmar city Radio Free Asia 17 Jun 2024 -- All roads have been blocked out of the key city of Maungdaw in western Myanmar, where the ethnic insurgent Arakan Army has warned the remaining 20,000 civilians of an imminent battle with military junta troops, residents told Radio Free Asia.
- Rebels arrested in connection to attempted attack on Myanmar chief Radio Free Asia 17 Jun 2024 -- Junta forces arrested 13 members of an urban guerrilla group on suspicion of planning an attack on the leader of Myanmar's military regime, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, state-run media reported.
- Myanmar's junta takes desperate measures to stem capital flight Radio Free Asia 16 Jun 2024 -- The rumors were everywhere: A politically connected crony, U Thein Wai, better known as Serge Pun, was called in for questioning.
- Junta troops destroy roads in northern Myanmar as renewed fighting looms Radio Free Asia 14 Jun 2024 -- Military junta troops have destroyed major roads that connect several towns and cities controlled by rebel forces in northern Myanmar's Shan State in what could be preparation for renewed fighting in the area, residents told Radio Free Asia.
- Allied ethnic forces capture junta-occupied buildings in Myanmar Radio Free Asia 14 Jun 2024 -- Five ethnic armed groups have joined forces to fight the junta for a township in Myanmar's west, a group member told Radio Free Asia on Friday.
- Dozens of officials carrying out Myanmar's draft have been killed Radio Free Asia 13 Jun 2024 -- More than 80 junta-appointed administrators across Myanmar have been assassinated for aiding or participating in the military conscription of civilians since the draft was announced in February, according to an RFA tally.
- Myanmar junta imposes random searches for VPNs Radio Free Asia 13 Jun 2024 -- Junta soldiers in some Myanmar cities have begun randomly inspecting the mobile phones of pedestrians, threatening those who use Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, with steep fines and even arrest, according to residents who spoke to RFA Burmese on condition of anonymity due to security concerns.
- Arakan Army takes key military junta border post in western Myanmar Radio Free Asia 13 Jun 2024 -- The rebel Arakan Army has seized a key military junta post near the Bangladesh border in western Myanmar's Rakhine state, a nearby resident told Radio Free Asia.
- Myanmar rebel group bombs gold shop chain, alleges its link with junta Radio Free Asia 13 Jun 2024 -- An insurgent militia in central Myanmar planted a bomb at a gold shop chain, alleging it was linked to the junta. The explosion injured six civilians, residents told Radio Free Asia on Thursday.
- Myanmar border militia emerges as nexus in regional scam network Radio Free Asia 13 Jun 2024 -- An ethnic minority militia force based on Myanmar's border with Thailand is suspected of enabling extensive internet fraud, human trafficking, forced labor and other crimes, and is being enriched by a business network that extends across Asia, a rights group said in a report.
- China gives 6 patrol boats to Myanmar's military junta Radio Free Asia 12 Jun 2024 -- China has delivered six patrol boats to Myanmar's military junta, fulfilling a promise made in 2020 to the country's previous democratically elected civilian government, the Chinese Embassy said in a statement on Wednesday.
- Junta interrogation results in more deaths in Myanmar's west: source Radio Free Asia 12 Jun 2024 -- Junta soldiers in Myanmar's west interrogated dozens of detained villagers and tortured several to death, residents told Radio Free Asia.
- Myanmar crackdown on property abroad hits Thai sales Radio Free Asia 12 Jun 2024 -- A crackdown in Myanmar on the purchase of property abroad in a bid to halt a slide in the kyat currency has hit demand for condominiums in neighboring Thailand, where many Myanmar citizens have moved to escape turmoil since the military ousted an elected government in 2021, property agents in Thailand said.
- World Bank: Inflation, poverty keep climbing in war-torn Myanmar VOA 12 Jun 2024 -- Myanmar's economy shows no signs of recovering from the 2021 military coup, as civil war drives more workers abroad, pushes inflation into triple digits in some parts of the country and pulls it deeper into poverty, a new World Bank report says.
- Fighting flares near state capital in north Myanmar Radio Free Asia 11 Jun 2024 -- Junta troops fired artillery into a village in northern Myanmar, killing a man and wounding seven relatives, residents told Radio Free Asia on Tuesday, as ethnic minority guerrillas in the area near the capital of resource-rich Kachin state said they made advances.
- Airstrike targets insurgent meeting in Myanmar, 16 killed Radio Free Asia 10 Jun 2024 -- A Myanmar military airstrike on a meeting of anti-junta activists in a monastery in central Myanmar killed 16 people, including two monks, and wounded 22 people, witnesses told Radio Free Asia.
- Myanmar junta troops tell residents of villages near Sittwe to leave by Friday Radio Free Asia 10 Jun 2024 -- Junta troops ordered residents in western Myanmar, near the Rakhine state capital, to leave their villages ahead of anticipated attacks by the Arakan Army, an ethnic minority insurgent group that has been battling the military for control of territory.
- Junta hosts junket for Chinese travel agents in bid to attract tourists Radio Free Asia 10 Jun 2024 -- More than 40 Chinese travel agency employees and social media influencers were given a junta-led tour of Mandalay, Yangon and the ancient city of Bagan last month in the latest effort by Myanmar's military rulers to boost a dwindling tourism industry.
- Arakan Army treatment of Rohingya minority poses challenge to Myanmar opposition Radio Free Asia 08 Jun 2024 -- Evidence of Arakan Army culpability in mass arson attacks on Rohingya homes in western Myanmar's Buthidaung township - where satellite imagery has confirmed that more than 400 homes were burnt to the ground - poses a serious challenge to the anti-junta opposition.
- Myanmar junta halfway to recapturing Kayah state capital Radio Free Asia 07 Jun 2024 -- Myanmar's military is halfway to recapturing the Kayah state capital Loikaw since launching an offensive against the city at the end of May, residents said Friday.
- Myanmar rebels claim junta outpost on Bangladesh border Radio Free Asia 07 Jun 2024 -- An ethnic minority insurgent group has captured a junta base on Myanmar's border with Bangladesh, sources close to the rebel group told Radio Free Asia on Friday.
- Myanmar's junta halts passport conversion as Thailand mulls worker amnesty Radio Free Asia 07 Jun 2024 -- The junta has halted applications for passport conversions, part of its effort to keep people from fleeing the draft in Myanmar, according to a passport broker.
- Junta troops abandon 2 oil fields after militia members block supplies Radio Free Asia 06 Jun 2024 -- Junta forces have given up control of two oil fields managed by Myanmar's state energy company after rebel guerillas cut off food supply routes to nearby military camps.
- Conscription in Myanmar drives insurgent recruits: civilian government Radio Free Asia 06 Jun 2024 -- Nearly 1,000 people eligible for conscription into the Myanmar military's ranks are instead seeking training from the shadow civilian government's armed forces, the group announced.
- UN chief condemns escalating violence and civilian attacks in Myanmar UN News 06 Jun 2024 -- The UN Secretary-General António Guterres is deeply concerned about escalating violence in Myanmar, he said in a statement released on Thursday.
- Myanmar draft-dodgers fear retribution against families Radio Free Asia 05 Jun 2024 -- Myanmar nationals who have fled the country to avoid conscription into the military are afraid that junta authorities will target their family members with legal action, they said on Wednesday.
- Myanmar beach town rocked by heavy clashes Radio Free Asia 04 Jun 2024 -- Fighting has intensified over the weekend near one of Myanmar's premiere resort beaches in Rakhine state after ethnic rebels attacked three junta outposts and the military responded with multiple airstrikes, residents said.
- Dozens dead following junta's mass arrests in Myanmar: ethnic army Radio Free Asia 03 Jun 2024 -- Myanmar junta forces killed more than 50 civilians in a raid on a village last week in Rakhine State in the west, according to the ethnic minority insurgent force battling regime troops for control of the state.
- Myanmar democracy champion Thura Tin Oo, dead at 98 Radio Free Asia 03 Jun 2024 -- Thura Tin Oo, the patron of Myanmar's National League for Democracy party, which was overthrown by the military in a 2021 coup d'etat, has died at the age of 98, according to family and party members.
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