Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
February 2025 - Myanmar Special Weapons News
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- Nearly 30,000 civilians displaced by fighting in Myanmar's heartland Radio Free Asia 28 Feb 2025 -- Nearly 30,000 civilians in central Myanmar's Sagaing and Magway regions were forced to flee their homes in February, residents and aid workers said Friday, as fighting between the military and rebel has increasingly spilled into the country's heartland.
- 'A litany of human suffering' in Myanmar, warns UN rights chief UN News 28 Feb 2025 -- Myanmar is mired in one of the world's worst human rights crises, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Friday, describing conditions there as "a litany of human suffering."
- Myanmar insurgents strike in junta-dominated central area: NUG Radio Free Asia 27 Feb 2025 -- Pro-democracy fighters and allied ethnic minority insurgents have captured a string of military positions in central Myanmar, the latest setback for the junta that has lost control of about half the country, a parallel government in exile said on Thursday.
- Myanmar military bombs insurgents attacking key Chinese investment area Radio Free Asia 26 Feb 2025 -- Myanmar's military bombed insurgents attacking the cornerstone of China's investment in the country on Wednesday, killing some civilians, residents said, as the rebels pressed on with an offensive on the west coast township of Kyaukpyu.
- Rebels assassinate 2 officials over junta recruitment drive in Myanmar's Bago region Radio Free Asia 26 Feb 2025 -- Rebels in Myanmar's Bago region assassinated two local administrators who forcibly recruited civilians for military service, residents and other sources said Wednesday, bringing the number of officials killed for their involvement in carrying out the draft to at least 110.
- Myanmar junta bombs rebel wedding, at least 10 killed Radio Free Asia 25 Feb 2025 -- Myanmar's air force bombed a wedding party for two pro-democracy fighters on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, members of the anti-junta force in the Magway region told Radio Free Asia.
- INTERVIEW: Why an Argentine court filed a warrant for Aung San Suu Kyi's arrest Radio Free Asia 25 Feb 2025 -- Former UN rights rapporteur explains court must remain impartial in lawsuit that accuses Myanmar of Rohingya genocide.
- Junta blockade on medicine leaves Myanmar's displaced reeling Radio Free Asia 24 Feb 2025 -- Junta restrictions on the transport of medicine in Myanmar's war-torn regions of Rakhine, Chin and Sagaing in the north and west have led to shortages for displaced civilians dealing with outbreaks of disease, sources told RFA Burmese.
- Report: In record year of internet shutdowns, Myanmar leads VOA 23 Feb 2025 -- In a record year for internet shutdowns, countries in the Asia-Pacific region imposed the most restrictions, according to a new report.
- China repatriates 200 citizens from Myanmar scam centers amid crackdown Radio Free Asia 20 Feb 2025 -- Two hundred Chinese nationals were due to be flown to their homeland on Thursday in aircraft laid on by their government after leaving online fraud centers in an eastern Myanmar district on the border with Thailand, Thai officials said.
- Rohingya in limbo as some aid groups suspend health services at Bangladesh camps Radio Free Asia 19 Feb 2025 -- At a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, Mohammed Hasan cast doubt over whether he'd ever walk again.
- Myanmar adopts law for foreign firms to provide armed security Radio Free Asia 19 Feb 2025 -- Myanmar's military government has adopted a law allowing foreign companies to provide armed security services, which analysts suspect will lead to former military personnel from China protecting its extensive economic interests in its southern neighbor.
- Arakan Army closing in on capital of Myanmar's Rakhine state Radio Free Asia 18 Feb 2025 -- The rebel Arakan Army is closing in on Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar's western Rakhine state, firing artillery on military junta outposts outside the city and preparing for an assault, residents told Radio Free Asia.
- Myanmar junta frees nearly 1,000 Rohingya from prison, group says Radio Free Asia 17 Feb 2025 -- Myanmar's military government has released from prison nearly 1,000 members of the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority, a human rights group said on Monday, a rare gesture of goodwill towards the persecuted community.
- Argentina court calls for arrest warrant for Myanmar junta chief Radio Free Asia 14 Feb 2025 -- A court in Argentina has ruled that international arrest warrants be issued for Myanmar's self-appointed president and junta chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, and 22 other military officials for crimes committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority, the plaintiff and attorney in the case told Radio Free Asia on Friday.
- Argentina court issues international arrest warrant for Myanmar military VOA 14 Feb 2025 -- A court in Argentina has issued an international arrest warrant for Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the commander in chief of Myanmar's military, for his role in the 2017 genocide against the Rohingya.
- Myanmar militia hosting scam centers says it will deport 8,000 foreigners Radio Free Asia 13 Feb 2025 -- A pro-junta Myanmar militia hosting extensive online fraud operations in its zone on the Thai border has said it will deport 8,000 scam center workers, most of them Chinese, from its area as it seeks to close down illegal activities.
- Myanmar military torches nearly 200 homes in Sagaing region Radio Free Asia 12 Feb 2025 -- Myanmar junta forces torched nearly 200 homes in the northwestern region of Sagaing, the latest incident in a campaign to punish communities that support insurgents that has seen more than 100,000 homes burned since a 2021 coup, residents and a monitoring group said on Wednesday.
- Telecom outages impact livelihoods in Myanmar's Rakhine Radio Free Asia 12 Feb 2025 -- Telecommunications outages in western Myanmar's embattled Rakhine state have persisted for nearly 100 days, impinging on its more than 3 million residents' right to information and livelihoods, sources in the region said Wednesday.
- New Thai rule gives Myanmar junta greater power to block workers: activists Radio Free Asia 11 Feb 2025 -- Thailand's latest labor documentation rule requiring Myanmar government approval has raised concern among migrant worker advocates, who warn the policy could expose millions of Myanmar workers to conscription risks from their country's military regime.
- Myanmar refugees in limbo after US suspends resettlement program Radio Free Asia 11 Feb 2025 -- Saw Ba had been living in a refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border for 16 years when he got the news last month that he'd been waiting years for: He and his family would be boarding a plane to resettle in America.
- New military junta conscripts say they're being ordered to torch homes Radio Free Asia 10 Feb 2025 -- Conscripts inducted into Myanmar's military over the last year have been quickly sent to frontline units where they are ordered to torch civilian homes and loot public property, several soldiers who deserted told Radio Free Asia.
- Myanmar junta blocks fuel to eastern border scam center town Radio Free Asia 10 Feb 2025 -- Myanmar's junta has blocked the supply of fuel to a town bordering Thailand where scam centers are rampant days after Thailand cut cross-border power, fuel and internet services to the lawless enclave where fraud and forced labor have thrived.
- White House order halts Myanmar refugee resettlement deal with Thailand VOA 08 Feb 2025 -- The head of a Thai parliamentary committee that oversees border affairs and refugee camp officials told VOA the suspension by the United States of refugee admissions has halted a resettlement deal the U.S. struck with Thailand last year to take in thousands of Myanmar families.
- Trump extends 'national emergency' declaration for Myanmar Radio Free Asia 07 Feb 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump has extended by one year the declaration of a "national emergency" in Myanmar, a measure that allows Biden-era sanctions against the military junta to continue.
- China thanks Thailand for scam crackdown; militia frees foreigners Radio Free Asia 06 Feb 2025 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping thanked Thailand's visiting prime minister on Thursday for a crackdown on scam centers in Myanmar a day after Thailand cut off electricity and internet services to five hubs for the illegal operations just over its border.
- Myanmar authorities arrest 475 young people in Yangon in January: group Radio Free Asia 05 Feb 2025 -- Myanmar junta authorities arrested nearly 500 young people in the biggest city of Yangon in January for conscription into the military and other reasons, a pro-democracy monitoring group said on Wednesday.
- Thailand cuts power to Myanmar's scam centers in anti-crime push Radio Free Asia 04 Feb 2025 -- Thailand cut power to five locations along its border with Myanmar on Wednesday in its most decisive action ever against transnational crime syndicates accused of massive fraud and forced labor, but the lights remained on in at least one town, as residents appeared to generate their own electricity.
- Rebels in Kayah try to build a new state as they hold off the junta Radio Free Asia 04 Feb 2025 -- Part of a three-story series on the fight for and rebuilding of Myanmar's Kayah state following the 2021 coup.
- Nearly 300 Myanmar nationals in Singapore naturalized in 2024 to avoid returning home Radio Free Asia 04 Feb 2025 -- Nearly 300 Myanmar nationals living in Singapore have renounced their ties to their homeland and acquired Singaporean nationality last year, according to an announcement from the junta-controlled embassy there.
- Thailand says it is cutting power to Myanmar's scam centers Radio Free Asia 04 Feb 2025 -- Thailand will cut electricity to eastern Myanmar border zones being used as bases for online scam centers, money laundering and human trafficking, government officials said on Tuesday.
- Fighting in Myanmar's Magway region displaces 20,000 civilians Radio Free Asia 03 Feb 2025 -- Some 20,000 civilians have fled a township in central Myanmar's Magway region amid three days of heavy fighting between rebels and junta troops that destroyed around one-third of area homes, residents said Monday.
- Myanmar junta kills 12, including internally displaced, in airstrikes Radio Free Asia 03 Feb 2025 -- Myanmar airstrikes on a northwestern village and camp for internally displaced people killed 12 people, including four children, and wounded more than a dozen, an insurgent militia and residents told Radio Free Asia.
- In the Myanmar military, life insurance for soldiers isn't paying out Radio Free Asia 03 Feb 2025 -- Part of a three-story series to mark the fourth anniversary of Myanmar's 2021 coup, looking at how the military treats its own soldiers.
- Students from coup-hit Myanmar lament loss of canceled 'DEI' scholarships Radio Free Asia 03 Feb 2025 -- Ma Phyu, 31, spent years working to protect ethnic minorities in her native Bago region in central Myanmar. She made her way through university and long hoped to get an advanced degree, but though she was a careful saver, she had to care for her parents and the cost of school was always out of reach.
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