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The United League of Arakan (ULA) has announced that the number of people displaced by war has surpassed 300,000 following the resurgence of fighting in the Rakhine State and Paletwa region. The Humanitarian and Development Cooperation Office, under ULA and its armed wing, the Arakan Army (AA), disclosed this information on February 26th. In the aftermath of the Three

In a move seen as an effort to supplement the military’s dwindling numbers, Myanmar’s government is actively encouraging students to join the University Training Corps (UTC). Reports from junta-affiliated newspapers reveal that several high-ranking generals,...

Amid reports of an impending Arakan Army (AA) attack on Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, hundreds of thousands of residents from both urban and rural areas are fleeing to safer locations to escape the war, locals said. "Residents are fleeing Sittwe as rumours of AA's impending capture of the city by the end of this month spread. The exodus is ongoing, with more choosing

After the military council activated the National Conscription Law on 10 February 2024, some Kachin youth have attempt to go abroad while others are considering…

Junta authorities threaten to kill the 107 mostly ethnic Rohingyas if they refuse.

The Myanmar junta's mandatory military service law has sparked fear, anxiety and defiance.

Despite a sharp decline in Church membership in Western Europe and North America, the Church in Asia has experienced continued growth. 

Rakhine passengers bound for Rakhine State were arrested at Yangon Airport, on February 26th, a Yangon-based Rakhine youth informed Narinjara. The flight bound for Rakhine State, was scheduled to depart at 9:45 am. "Many passengers, including my sister, were detained at the airport around 7:00 am while preparing to board a Myanmar National Airlines (MAI) flight bound for

Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão on Aug. 27, 2022, in Vatican City. / Credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images Rome Newsroom, Feb 26, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, the archbishop of Goa and Daman, was elected as the new president of...

More and more Myanmar's youth are fleeing the country in various ways after the military regime activated a conscription law, forcing them to take compulsory military service for at least two years as armed conflicts have flared up across the country.