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Ethnic Karenni troops switch sides as fierce fighting forces thousands of civilians to flee over Thai border.

A resident of Hpasawng Township in Karenni State reported that local people are evacuating to temporary safe areas as a precautionary measure, due to their fear of being targeted by artillery shells and airstrikes from the Military Council. "Throughout the conflict, the Military Council has deployed warplanes, as well as firing artillery shells. Recently a battle erupted on

After pressure from China, the Thai authorities have agreed to cut electricity to the international crime hubs of Lay Kay Kaw and Shwe Kokko.

Few sites anywhere in Asia can match the charm and cultural importance of Luang Prabang, the old royal capital of Laos situated on the Mekong River. With a legacy dating back some 800 years, the town and its verdant riverside surroundings were inscribed as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1995.

On 27 March 2021, the natural sounds of the teak and bamboo forests of eastern Myanmar — calling birds, croaking frogs and barking deer — were drowned out by a deluge of falling bombs. Over the following week, the bombs continued to fall on forests and villages, damaging schools, hospitals and farmland, in the heart […]