Julie Bishop ‘deeply honoured’ to be appointed UN special envoy for Myanmar | Julie Bishop
Former Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has been appointed UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ special envoy for Myanmar, the world body has announced. Mr Bishop, who is president of the Australian National University, will take up the UN role which has been vacant since June last year when Singaporean diplomat Noelene Heiser resigned. The United Nations […]
Myanmar’s junta declares it will enforce military service laws for young people | Myanmar
Myanmar’s military government has declared compulsory military service for all young men and women as it struggles to contain rebel groups fighting for greater autonomy in various parts of the country, state media reported. Men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27 must serve for up to two years, while doctors and […]
Myanmar: airstrike on school killed four children, witnesses say | Myanmar
An airstrike on a school in Myanmar’s southeastern Karenni state killed four children and injured at least 15 others, according to five witnesses. The victims, all boys between the ages of 12 and 14, were students at a school in the village of Do Si Ei, with about 200 students and run by local residents […]
‘We killed many … drones are our air force’: Myanmar’s rebels take on the junta from above | Myanmar
aThe drone flew silently over the Chin Hills in western Myanmar, but the junta had no idea what was about to hit it. The pilot was hiding in dense forest several hundred meters away. As images on the screen showed the drone squad hovering directly over their target, an important military base in the town […]