Reports that soldiers of Burma’s military government last week carried out a massacre of more than 30 civilians in a village in central Burma were supported Monday in interviews with a local administrator and a man who says he survived the killings. The bloodshed on Saturday morning in Let Htoke Taw village in Sagaing region’s…
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News US lawmakers form Congressional Burma Caucus to encourage American intervention
Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday will launch the first bipartisan caucus on Burma to pressure U.S. administrations to act on the crisis in the Southeast Asian country since the military staged a coup three years ago, according to a statement. Republican Bill Huizenga of Michigan and Democrat Betty McCollum of Minnesota will…
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News Arakan Army takes control of strategic township Paletwa in Burma
The Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group based in Burma’s Rakhine state, has seized Paletwa, a township bordering India and Bangladesh. The Arakan Army declared the Paletwa region a “Military Council-free area,” signaling the end of the ruling military government’s administrative control. The group, part of the armed ethnic alliance, launched surprise attacks in mid-November…
0 9 0January 15, 2024