News Myanmar Kayin: Ukraine War Update, March 14: A reporter is killed, and foreigners join the fighting
The killing of Brent Renaud, a 50-year-old American journalist in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv, is the second reported death of a journalist in this war, and another tragic reminder of the dangers faced by media professionals covering conflict.
News Myanmar Kayin: Arson attacks and raids: Myanmar military has destroyed over 4,500 homes since coup
Since the February 2021 coup in Myanmar, the country's military has ... southern Shan state, Tanintharyi region, Bago region and Kayin state. A 35-year old man from Magway's Gangaw township ...
News Myanmar Kayin: Number Of Internally Displaced In Myanmar Doubles, To 800,000
The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Myanmar has doubled since February of last year, now crossing the 800,000 mark, the UN refugee agency ( UNHCR ) announced on Friday. Speaking to journalists in Geneva, UNHCR spokesperson Matthew ...
News Myanmar Kayin: Burned bodies of women, children found in Myanmar; Save the Children staff missing
We have temporarily suspended our operations in Kayah Chin, and parts of Magway and Kayin following this incident. However, we remain committed to helping the most vulnerable children in Myanmar, ...
News Myanmar Kayin: UN special envoy calls for ceasefire in Myanmar
In neighbouring Kayin state, fighting between the Myanmar military and ethnic Karen guerillas caused thousands of villagers to flee across the border into Thailand over the past week. The exodus ...
News Myanmar Kayin: Myanmar junta leader appears to have conceded little during Cambodian Prime Minister's visit
Notably, even after declaring the ceasefire in September, the Myanmar military has clashed with ethnic armed groups in the eastern states of Kayah and Kayin, with air raids sending thousands of ...
News Myanmar Kayin: UNICEF condemns killing of at least four children during escalation of conflict in Myanmar
BANGKOK, 11 January 2022 – "UNICEF condemns the killing of at least four children, and the maiming of multiple others, during an escalation of conflict over the past week in Myanmar. On 8 ...
