Thailand has dispatched its first batch of aid along a humanitarian corridor to Myanmar that was recently established to assist civilian populations affected by the country’s metastasizing civil war. According to The Associated Press, Thailand yesterday sent 10 trucks over the Mae Sot-Myawaddy border crossing, carrying around 4,000 packages of aid to three towns in … Read more
Advertisement September 23 marked the second anniversary of the Myanmar military’s brutal attack on Thantlang, a town in Chin State close to the country’s border with India. The assault, which saw junta troops set fire to much of the town and shoot dead a local pastor who attempted to extinguish the fires, forced around 10,000 … Read more
A man looks on at homes destroyed after air and artillery strikes in Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp, in Laiza, Myanmar, Tuesday Oct. 10, 2023. Credit: AP Photo Advertisement Around 30 people, including women and children, were killed in Myanmar in an artillery strike on a camp for displaced people in Kachin State near the … Read more
Photo Essays | Society | Southeast Asia The Diplomat captures how those who were forced to flee their homes cook, eat and play in camps for the displaced in Chin State and Sagaing Region. Advertisement The conflict in Myanmar has displaced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes across the country, with some regions being impacted more than … Read more