Floods brought on by Typhoon Yagi have killed at least 226 people in Myanmar, state media have reported. The death toll could rise with several dozen people missing, state media said on Tuesday. Yogi, which swept across the region over the past week or so, battered the central provinces of the conflict-torn Southeast Asian country. … Read more
CNN — At least 74 people have died and scores more are still missing in Myanmar following heavy flooding and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi, state media reported on Sunday. The flooding across the civil war-torn country has impacted more than 450 villages and wards, according to Myanmar News Agency (MNA). It added that search … Read more
Annual amnesty marking Independence Day takes place during crisis in the north that poses threat to military rulers. Myanmar’s military government has pardoned more than 9,000 prisoners, including 114 foreign nationals, to mark the country’s Independence Day. Friends and families of prisoners gathered outside the high-security Insein Prison in the commercial capital Yangon as the … Read more
Anti-coup forces say they shot down plane, but military says crash was result of a technical problem. A fighter jet has crashed in eastern Myanmar amid increasing pressure from anti-coup forces on the generals who seized power in a coup in 2021. The Sit-Tat jet crashed in Kayah State near the border with Thailand on … Read more