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ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Myanmar refugee crisis brewing as turmoil hits economy Aid workers and activists are warning Myanmar's political upheavals could cause a regional refugee crisis as the strife following a February coup displaces growing numbers of people who have lost their livelihoods By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer April 21, 2021, 7:39 AM • 4 min read The Associated Press FILE - In this April 8, 2021, file photo, anti-coup protesters walk through a market with images of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yango...

2021/04/21 15:39 FILE - In this April 8, 2021, file photo, anti-coup protesters walk through a market with images of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, ... FILE - In this April 8, 2021, file photo, anti-coup protesters walk through a market with images of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar. Aid workers and activists are warning Myanmar's political upheavals could cause a regional refugee crisis as political strife following a Feb. 1 coup displace growing numbers of people who have lost their livelihoods. coming in a couple hou...

Time for govt to show Karen some heart 7 7 After struggling for survival on an empty stomach for days, Karen villagers who fled the war atrocities in Myanmar, from an area under the control of the Karen National Union, took shelter along the Salween River. They received some food and medicine, supplied largely by non-profit organisations, temples, Thais, and fellow ethnic people. Those samaritans who collected donations through their networks delivered the necessities with difficulty. It took them several days to negotiate with local authorities in Mae Hong Son's Mae Sariang district, who...

Share on Twitter With great fanfare – but few guests – Myanmar’s armed forces recently celebrated their 76th anniversary in the nation’s capital of Naypyitaw. Only Russia, China, Thailand and a handful of other Asian countries sent representatives to attend the March 27, 2021, parade showing off Myanmar’s modern war machines – mostly imported from Russia and China over the past decade, to the tune of US$2.4 billion (AU$3.15 billion). The Myanmar military has been terrorising civilians since a coup two months earlier. On the day of the parade, soldiers killed over 90 pe...

Army delivers donated aid to fleeing Karen 31 Five vessels hired to ferry basic supplies published : 6 Apr 2021 at 06:23 31 Soldiers on Monday check basic supplies donated by Thais before they are loaded on long-tailed boats which will carry the goods to Karen refugees in Myanmar. 36th Ranger Forces Regiment photo The government has shipped items donated by different organisations to Karen refugees fleeing the violence in Myanmar, the Third Army Region said on Monday. Its commander, Lt Gen Apichet Suesat, who is in charge of security in ...