July 2024 - Myanmar Special Weapons News

Myanmar rebel group vows to protect China's interests Radio Free Asia 31 Jul 2024 -- A member of a Myanmar rebel alliance fighting military rule has promised to protect Chinese interests in northern Myanmar.
Thailand's offer of aid to Myanmar gets mixed reaction Radio Free Asia 31 Jul 2024 -- A Thai pledge to donate millions of baht to help alleviate a humanitarian crisis in neighboring Myanmar has met with a mixture of gratitude and skepticism from Myanmar's pro-democracy government in exile.
Myanmar's junta extends state of emergency for yet another six months Radio Free Asia 31 Jul 2024 -- Myanmar's military junta extended a state of emergency for another six months on Wednesday - the sixth time the junta has approved an extension since removing a civilian government from power in 2021.
The Burma Military Regime's Extension of State of Emergency US Dept. of State 31 Jul 2024 -- The Burma military regime's extension of the state of emergency is at odds with the aspirations of the people of Burma, including their continued strong opposition to military rule.
Landmine casualties becoming more common in western Myanmar's Rakhine state Radio Free Asia 30 Jul 2024 -- Landmines and unexploded ordnance are posing a greater threat to residents of western Myanmar's Rakhine state, where intense fighting has caused junta troops to lay more landmines near their outposts.
Northern Myanmar cut off by state-wide communications blackout Radio Free Asia 30 Jul 2024 -- Northern Myanmar is experiencing a communications blackout that has cut Kachin state's population off for 10 days, residents told Radio Free Asia on Tuesday, with telecoms providers promising to restore services but declining to say why they were down.
Myanmar insurgents free political prisoners in northern Shan state city Radio Free Asia 29 Jul 2024 -- A Myanmar insurgent army and its allies have freed political prisoners and taken control of a hospital and several police stations in the strategic northern Shan state city of Lashio, where fighting with junta forces has been ongoing for more than a month.
UN officials alarmed by civilian targeting amid renewed fighting in Myanmar UN News 29 Jul 2024 -- Senior UN officials on Monday voiced alarm over the continued escalation in conflict in Myanmar, amid reports of direct targeting of civilians in aerial attacks, and the abduction and forced recruitment of children by armed forces.
Natural gas supplies plummet in Myanmar amid import limits Radio Free Asia 29 Jul 2024 -- The price of gas commonly used in Myanmar for cooking has more than tripled amid massive supply shortages since the February 2021 coup d'etat, with some families being forced to switch to charcoal.
Floods force 20,000 people from homes in Myanmar's Bago Radio Free Asia 29 Jul 2024 -- Flooding triggered by torrential downpours has forced about 20,000 people from their homes in the Myanmar city of Bago and they now face a dire shortage of water and food with more rain expected, aid workers and residents said on Monday.
China's frustration with the Myanmar junta's incompetence is mounting Radio Free Asia 28 Jul 2024 -- Chinese frustration with Min Aung Hlaing appears to be heightening, as the junta prepares to issue another six-month extension of its emergency decree on Aug. 1 and ignores Beijing's calls to seek a political solution.
UN expert praises Thai plans to stem banking for Myanmar's arms trade VOA 28 Jul 2024 -- The United Nations' special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, has told VOA he welcomes Thailand's plans for a task force to help Thai banks vet business with Myanmar's military regime for possible arms deals.
Western Myanmar farmers warn of low yields from rainy season rice crop Radio Free Asia 26 Jul 2024 -- Farmers in an area of western Myanmar's Rakhine state said they have been unable to grow a seasonal rice crop because of recent intense fighting between the military junta and an ethnic insurgent army.
Thousands flee junta raids in central Myanmar Radio Free Asia 26 Jul 2024 -- Myanmar junta forces raided a string of villages in central Myanmar killing three civilians and sending some 10,000 fleeing from their homes after anti-junta insurgents attacked a nearby military base, residents told Radio Free Asia on Friday.
Insurgents claim seizure of regional headquarters in northeast Myanmar Radio Free Asia 25 Jul 2024 -- A Myanmar insurgent army said it had captured a junta regional military headquarters in an embattled northeastern town on Thursday, which, if confirmed, would be one of the most significant losses for the military in years.
Thailand to investigate financing of deals on arms for Myanmar Radio Free Asia 25 Jul 2024 -- Thailand is to set up a task force to investigate transactions by its financial institutions that help the junta in neighboring Myanmar acquire weapons it uses against domestic opponents battling to end military rule since a 2021 coup.
Insurgent forces say they've taken control of central Myanmar's Mogoke Radio Free Asia 24 Jul 2024 -- Insurgent forces in Myanmar's Mandalay region have captured the gem-mining town of Mogoke from military junta forces, a Ta'ang National Liberation Army spokeswoman told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday.
Rohingya at risk of being forgotten, activists say Radio Free Asia 24 Jul 2024 -- The hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees forced to flee Myanmar to live in camps in Bangladesh appear no closer to a chance to return home nearly seven years later, with global attention on the humanitarian crisis waning, activists said Wednesday.
Myanmar flooding destroys 20,000 acres of crops Radio Free Asia 24 Jul 2024 -- Flooding has devastated crops and forced schools to close in 30 villages across central Myanmar, residents told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday.
Three killed in renewed clashes near embattled Myanmar town Radio Free Asia 23 Jul 2024 -- Three civilians were killed in shelling by Myanmar junta forces on the outskirts of the town of Lashio after a Chinese-brokered ceasefire failed to hold and fighting between the military and insurgents resumed, residents told Radio Free Asia on Tuesday.
Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing becomes Myanmar's acting president Radio Free Asia 22 Jul 2024 -- Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has declared himself acting president following reports by state-controlled media that the nominal position's incumbent is undergoing medical treatment for health problems.
Myanmar junta arrests villagers in connection with capital attack Radio Free Asia 22 Jul 2024 -- Myanmar military authorities have arrested 17 people in connection with a rocket attack on an air base in the capital, Naypyidaw, junta media reported on Monday, the latest attack on a sensitive target at the heart of the military's administration.
US supports non-political representation by Myanmar at ASEAN VOA 22 Jul 2024 -- A top State Department official says the United States supports non-political representation by Myanmar, also known as Burma, at this week's Association of Southeast Asian Nations' foreign ministers' meetings in Vientiane, Laos.
Myanmar junta airstrike on market kills 15, residents say Radio Free Asia 19 Jul 2024 -- Junta forces bombed a market in Myanmar's Shan state killing at least 15 people and wounding many, residents said on Friday, as a surge of fighting in the northeast and elsewhere took an increasingly heavy toll of civilians.
Myanmar anti-junta activists accused of assassination plot die in custody, group says Radio Free Asia 18 Jul 2024 -- Two members of an anti-junta group accused of trying to kill Myanmar's junta leader died after being tortured during interrogation, a spokesperson for the group told Radio Free Asia.
30,000 civilians trapped by conflict in Myanmar's Lashio Radio Free Asia 18 Jul 2024 -- Around 30,000 civilians are trapped in the largest town in northeastern Myanmar's Shan state amid intensified fighting between the military and ethnic Kokang rebels, residents and aid workers said Thursday.
Rebel forces capture camps in central Myanmar township Radio Free Asia 17 Jul 2024 -- An anti junta group in Myanmar's Mandalay region is continuing to make gains in a key township following the collapse of a truce between insurgent armies and the military who seized power in a 2021 coup.
As Myanmar junta falters, rival ethnic armies jostle in Shan state Radio Free Asia 17 Jul 2024 -- The rout of military junta troops and seizure of territory across Myanmar's border with China has brought the Three Brotherhood Alliance a new struggle in Shan state: dealing with a myriad of actors and shifting alliances seeking to profit from the rapidly changing political landscape.
First Myanmar refugees from Thai camps move to US under new resettlement program VOA 17 Jul 2024 -- The first group of refugees from Myanmar living in Thailand and eligible for a new resettlement program flew out of Bangkok for the United States last week, more than a year after the plan was first announced, U.S. and U.N. officials have told VOA.
Activists say Rohingya refugees are hounded in India VOA 17 Jul 2024 -- Since entering India in 2017, Rohingya refugee Noor Mohammad and his wife have been forced to move at least a dozen times to escape unsafe conditions in the refugee camps and to avoid deportation.
Junta deploys first round of military recruits to Myanmar's frontlines Radio Free Asia 16 Jul 2024 -- The first round of soldiers recruited under Myanmar's controversial military draft law have completed their training and are being deployed to the frontlines of the junta's war against rebels in the country's remote border areas, their family members said Tuesday.
Myanmar junta steps up security in Mandalay as fighting spreads across region Radio Free Asia 16 Jul 2024 -- Junta forces have tightened security in Myanmar's second-biggest city, Mandalay, while shelling civilians elsewhere in the region, after coming under renewed attack from an alliance of insurgent forces battling to end military rule.
Joint Press Statement on the Humanitarian Situation in Myanmar European External Action Service (EEAS) 15 Jul 2024
Myanmar rebel army calls ceasefire after junta airstrike Radio Free Asia 15 Jul 2024 -- A rebel army in eastern Myanmar announced a four-day ceasefire shortly after a town under its control was hit by junta airstrikes, residents said.
Ethnic rebels close in on 2 towns in Myanmar's Rakhine state Radio Free Asia 12 Jul 2024 -- Ethnic minority rebels fighting to take over western Myanmar's Rakhine state reported on Friday advances in two areas where its forces have been making significant gains against the military junta that seized power in a 2021 coup.
Myanmar resistance captures strategic town near Mandalay VOA 12 Jul 2024 -- Anti-junta forces captured a vital town near Myanmar's heartland this week, bolstering their position against the military junta. The offensive, in northern Shan state, involved a coordinated effort by various resistance groups, including the People's Defense Forces (Mandalay) and the Three Brotherhood Alliance.
Thailand considers action to stop Myanmar acquiring weapons Radio Free Asia 12 Jul 2024 -- Thailand's commercial banks, regulators and the anti-money laundering office are considering measures to stop Myanmar acquiring weapons via Thailand's banking system, a Thai lawmaker said at a meeting with a U.N. special rapporteur.
Congress moves to create special US rep for Rohingyas Radio Free Asia 12 Jul 2024 -- Two senior U.S. lawmakers are pushing legislation that would create a special envoy in the State Department dedicated to the displaced Rohingya population in Myanmar and Bangladesh and provide an annual budget of $10 million for "atrocity crime investigations."
Myanmar insurgent allies capture strategic Shan state town from junta Radio Free Asia 11 Jul 2024 -- An alliance of insurgent forces battling to end army rule has captured a major town in northern Myanmar, a spokesperson for the main group told Radio Free Asia, in the latest setback for the junta that seized power in a 2021 military coup.
Myanmar rebels rack up more gains as Operation 1027 enters new phase Radio Free Asia 10 Jul 2024 -- Eight months after the Three Brotherhood Alliance of ethnic armies started to turn the tide in Myanmar's civil war with a campaign against the military junta known as Operation 1027, fighting is heating up with the end of a Chinese-brokered ceasefire.
Myanmar junta restricts cash withdrawal at banks amid economic crisis Radio Free Asia 10 Jul 2024 -- Amid steep inflation and a freefalling economy, Myanmar banks have begun restricting the amounts of cash that can be withdrawn each day, according to local residents, a bank branch, and a bank officer who told Radio Free Asia it was to prevent a bank run.
UN rights council condemns Myanmar abuses, urges immediate action UN News 10 Jul 2024 -- The UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday reiterated its deep concern over the crisis in Myanmar, amid reports of widespread abuses by the military and opposition armed groups, including forced conscription of Rohingya community members and their use as human shields.
Thousands stuck between checkpoints on Myanmar road amid renewed fighting Radio Free Asia 09 Jul 2024 -- Several thousand people have been stranded for 10 days on a major highway in Myanmar's Mandalay region after residents fled from the ruby mine township of Mogoke, where intense fighting between the military junta and insurgent forces resumed late last month.
Myanmar junta bars 2 ethnic parties from planned election Radio Free Asia 09 Jul 2024 -- Myanmar's junta-led election organizer has rejected the applications of two ethnic minority political parties to run in a general election expected next year, the junta-backed Myanmar Alin newspaper reported.
Renewed fighting drives 50,000 people from homes in northern Myanmar Radio Free Asia 08 Jul 2024 -- Some 50,000 people have fled their homes over the last five days amid renewed fighting around Lashio, the capital of northern Shan state, residents and relief workers told Radio Free Asia.
Some 13,700 schools in Myanmar are closed due to civil war Radio Free Asia 08 Jul 2024 -- More than a quarter - or about 13,700 - of Myanmar's 48,753 public schools have been closed due to the country's civil war, the military junta's Ministry of Education said.
Rebel army closes in on 2 townships in western Myanmar Radio Free Asia 08 Jul 2024 -- Ethnic minority insurgents seized two junta bases in Myanmar's west and killed more than 750 soldiers, the group said in a statement, as its fighters close in on the main town in the west of Rakhine state, and make advances in the south.
Myanmar still getting jet fuel despite calls to cut supply: rights group Radio Free Asia 08 Jul 2024 -- Shipments of aviation fuel are reaching Myanmar despite calls to deprive its military of the resources needed to carry out unlawful air strikes against insurgents battling to end army rule, international human rights group Amnesty International said on Monday.
'Demographic dividend' a long-term casualty of Myanmar's civil war Radio Free Asia 06 Jul 2024 -- Aside from the human tragedy of the ongoing civil war in Myanmar, the economic fallout has been dire.
Four Myanmar villagers found dead after raid by junta forces Radio Free Asia 05 Jul 2024 -- Villagers in southern Myanmar recovered the bodies of four civilians, days after junta soldiers arrested them in a raid, an anti-military group told Radio Free Asia on Friday.
Rice crisis triggers arrests, market upheaval in Myanmar Radio Free Asia 03 Jul 2024 -- As Myanmar grapples with a deepening economic crisis, the military junta has launched a sweeping crackdown on the rice market, arresting vendors and shopkeepers in an attempt to rein in escalating food prices.
Fighting near northern Myanmar town leaves 7 dead, including 3 children Radio Free Asia 03 Jul 2024 -- Shelling during a clash in northern Myanmar killed seven civilians on Wednesday, including three children, residents told Radio Free Asia, as fighting between junta troops and ethnic minority insurgents escalated following the breakdown of a ceasefire.
Fleeing fighting in Rakhine, Rohingya pay to be smuggled to Bangladesh Radio Free Asia 02 Jul 2024 -- Rohingya are being brought into southeastern Bangladesh by smugglers as fighting between ethnic rebel groups and junta-aligned forces worsens next-door in Myanmar's Rakhine state, said officials and border crossers interviewed by BenarNews.
Myanmar shuns ethnic party from planned elections Radio Free Asia 02 Jul 2024 -- Myanmar junta election officials have barred an ethnic minority political party from running in the military regime's proposed 2025 elections under a law that excludes groups with suspected links to "terrorists", the Election Commission announced.
Floods in Myanmar force 10,000 from their homes, many trapped Radio Free Asia 01 Jul 2024 -- Rivers in northern Myanmar swollen by torrential rain have burst their banks, forcing about 10,000 people, including many displaced by war, to flee, while many others have been trapped on their roofs by the rising waters, relief workers told Radio Free Asia on Monday.

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July 2024 - Myanmar Special Weapons News