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Myanmar detains 39 dissidents for alleged attacks, rebellion plans 1 minute read
Bangkok, May 12. (EFE).- Myanmar’s security forces arrested 39 people for allegedly perpetrating attacks and planning to join rebel groups to receive military training, the official press said Wednesday.
The arrests began Apr. 17 in Yangon during a raid on the home of an opponent of the Feb. 1 military coup, where authorities found ammunition, detonators and fuses for explosives, according to state newspaper The Global New Light of Myanmar.
The police investigation said these first arrests are linked to a series of explosive attacks that occurred in the former capital against government offices, although no group has claimed responsibility for the incidents.
Karen guerrillas seize second Myanmar army base 1 minute read
Bangkok Desk, May 7 (EFE).- Rebel guerrillas in eastern Myanmar seized a military base on Friday amid increased fighting between the army and ethnic armed groups.
It is the second time the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) has taken over a Burmese army post in the last 10 days.
The attack came days after the army, which seized power in a coup on February 1, suffered several casualties in clashes with two so-called Northern Alliance guerrillas in northeastern Shan state.
The KNLA guerrillas on Friday occupied the Myanmar army base of Eu Thu Hta in Kayin state, on to the Thai border, and seized ammunition, including mortar shells, in an offensive aided by the Arakan Army (AA), according to local media outlet, the Irrawaddy.
Half of Myanmar faces poverty by 2022: UN 2 minutes read
Bangkok, Apr 30. (EFE).- The double impact of the pandemic and the political crisis unleashed in Myanmar by the coup could lead up to 25 million people, or half the population, to poverty in 2022, the United Nations said Friday.
The report, entitled “Covid-19, coup and poverty: combined negative effects and its impact on human development in Myanmar,” said poverty data in the country could fall to 2005 figures, after registering a decade of economic gains as a result of the democratic transition.
“In 12 years, from 2005 to 2017, Myanmar managed to reduce the number of people living in poverty by almost half. However, the challenges of the last 12 months have put all these hard-to-reach development gains at risk,” said Achim Steiner, administrator of the United Nations Development Program.
Coup Leader Expected to Attend ASEAN Summit on Myanmar on April 24
Coup Leader Expected to Attend ASEAN Summit on Myanmar on April 24
A protester holds onto the shirt of a fallen comrade during a crackdown by security forces against anti-regime demonstrations in Yangon’s Hlaing Tharyar Township on March 14, 2021. / STR / AFP
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By Thai PBS World 16 April 2021
ASEAN leaders have agreed to meet and discuss the situation in Myanmar on April 24 at the grouping’s secretariat headquarters in Jakarta, according to a high-level source.
Myanmar military junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is expected to attend the meeting, which many see as a test of ASEAN unity in dealing with the crisis.