Since ousting the democratic government in a 2021 coup, Myanmar's military-led government has been battling insurgencies on several fronts by ethnic rebels and suffered several defeats. The loss of Myawaddy, the country's most active trading post with Thailand, is a major setback for the junta.
Last week, India had expressed concern over the deteriorating situation in Myanmar on the occasion of the third anniversary of the military establishment. The junta has been locked into an embittered battle with the country's ethnic militia groups since last year.
Adding these repatriated soldiers from Mizoram, the total number of Myanmar Army personnel sent back to their country stands at 635 since November of the previous year.
As many as six people were injured after a plane from the Burmese Army crashed at Lengpui airport.
As per Myanmar's military council, both sides agreed on an immediate ceasefire, the disengaging of military personnel and settlement of disputes through dialogue. China had been concerned about the rising violence and the safety of Chinese citizens in northern Myanmar.
The airstrikes took place in Sagaing region's Khampat town, just south of the Indian border. However, the military denied responsibility for the aerial attack on Sunday, claiming that it was false news spread by an independent online news service sympathetic to the anti-military resistance.
A spokesperson for Kachin Human Rights Watch, who asked to be identified only by his first name Jacob for fear of being arrested by the military, said the group's members in the area had confirmed to him that a helicopter had crashed there.
Several Myanmar nationals who were injured in the Myanmar army airstrike have crossed the international border entered Mizoram's Champhai district and were admitted to a hospital for treatment.
Myanmar military has been embroiled in a conflict with ethnic rebel armies since the coup in 2021. It has launched several airstrikes against guerrilla forces and rebel fighters that have claimed the lives of many citizens.
According to the officials who were engaged in the rescue operations, a landslide occurred near Kachin's Hpakant township as the region has been receiving torrential rainfall.
The army-enacted 2008 constitution allows the military to rule the country under a state of emergency for one year, with two possible six-month extensions if preparations are not yet completed for new polls, meaning that the time limit expired on January 31 this year.
This came nearly two months after more than 100 people, including children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents, were killed in the airstrike.
Myanmar: More than 150 people had gathered at Pazigyi village in Sagaing region’s Kanbalu township in order to open a local office of the country’s opposition movement when the deadly airstrike occurred.
Assam Rifles rejected reports that one bomb fell on the Indian side along the border. However, authorities said the inquiry is underway and an official statement will be released once it is done.
Aung San Suu Kyi moved to New Delhi in 1960 when her mother was appointed ambassador to India. She then spent most of her young adult life in the United States and England.
Sunday’s march was one of at least three held in Yangon, and similar rallies were reported in other parts of the country a day ahead of an expected verdict in the first of about a dozen criminal cases against Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was toppled in a military takeover Feb. 1.
China's UN ambassador on Monday urged stronger diplomatic efforts to resolve the confrontation in Myanmar since the Feb.
Thai authorities along the country's northwestern border braced themselves on Monday for a possible influx of more ethnic Karen villagers fleeing new airstrikes from the Myanmar military.
As Myanmar’s military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade Saturday in the country’s capital, soldiers and police elsewhere killed scores of people while suppressing protests in the deadliest bloodletting since last month’s coup.
Myanmar’s ruling junta has declared martial law in parts of the country’s largest city as security forces killed more protesters in an increasingly lethal crackdown on resistance to last month’s military coup.
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