The military government wants to negotiate from a position of strength but we will not succumb to such pressure.” ...

BANGKOKBANGKOK — A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military that is based in the country’s western state of Rakhine has seized a township bordering India and Bangladesh, the group ...

In the region of Myanmar now held by the Arakan Army, the impacts of war and decades of economic neglect are easily visible. In early 2023, I began planning a reporting assignment to the war-torn ...

CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The day her 4-year-old grandson was killed, U San Yee had taken him to their local market in rural Myanmar for sticky rice and his favorite fried banana snacks before coming ...

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 ...

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government faced a fresh challenge Monday when one of the armed ethnic groups in an alliance that recently gained strategic territory in the country's northeast launched ...

Nepal, July 4 -- Since December 2024, the Arakan Army (AA) has been entrenching itself in the Rakhine state after the fall of the Western Regional Military Command at Ann Township in central Rakhine.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military that is based in the country’s western state of Rakhine ...

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