This week, at least 5,000 people were forced to flee from Myanmar, amid fierce fighting between the country’s military and armed rebels, to Thailand, as per media reports citing Thai officials, on Thursday (April 6).

Thousands from Myanmar flee to Thailand amid fighting between military, rebels

A report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) showed that opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged in 2022 reaching the highest-ever estimates since they started measuring it nine years ago.

UN survey shows opium production in Myanmar surged to a nine-year high in 2022

A recently freed Japanese filmmaker, Toru Kubota, after spending four months in a Myanmar jail described his experience as “hell”. During a press conference, on Monday, he also said that he hoped that the Japanese government would take a “much stronger stance” towards the military government in Myanmar.

Japanese filmmaker describes Myanmar detention as ‘hell’; asks Tokyo for ‘stronger stance’ toward junta

Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been awarded another six-year sentence for accepting bribes, and corruption by one of the nation's military courts, even as media is barred from attending her trials and even her lawyers are banned from speaking to the press.

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi held guilty by military court for accepting bribes; terms it absurd

Myanmar's junta leader has not been invited to an ASEAN regional summit happening next month, host nation Cambodia announced on Wednesday. In what can be seen as a fresh diplomatic snub, the junta has been invited to "nominate a non-political representative for the upcoming ASEAN Summits".

Myanmar junta's leader won't be allowed to attend upcoming ASEAN summit: Cambodia

The military led government helicopters in Myanmar reportedly attacked a school and a nearby village, killing 13 people, including 7 children, a school administrator told the media.

Myanmar: Army helicopters target school, killing 13 people including 7 children

Nearly a year and a half after the the country's democratically elected government was toppled in a coup and the Junta installed at the helm, the new leaders have turned to an old and, some might argue, barbarous, method of punishment.

Myanmar junta executes leading democracy campaigner & 3 others in country’s 1st executions since 1988

Bloodstains still mark the spot where assassins gunned down Mohib Ullah, an activist who was a leading voice for the 850,000 Rohingya living in fear in Bangladeshi refugee camps.

Fear stalks Rohingya refugee camps after murders

About 37,000 people, including women and children, are now displaced in Myanmar's northwest and many have fled their homes in anticipation of the current fighting, including into India, a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

About 37,000 people displaced in Myanmar's northwest, many have fled into India

Myanmar authorities have rearrested around 110 political prisoners who were freed earlier this week under the general amnesty announcement by the junta, reported local media.

Myanmar authorities re-arrest over 100 political prisoners after amnesty

The head lawyer representing Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday authorities in the military-ruled country had imposed a gag order on him because they said his communications could cause instability.

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyer says he has been issued a gag order

Ashin Wirathu, a nationalist Buddhist monk notorious for his anti-Muslim tirades, has been released by Myanmar’s military. The development comes after all charges, including sedition, levied against him by Aung San Suu Kyi’s deposed government were dropped, a military statement said on Monday.

After dropping all charges, Myanmar army frees notorious anti-Muslim monk

Suu Kyi trial, raids & more: How Myanmar has changed six months after military coup

As Myanmar locals struggle to get their freedom back, the social media platform, Facebook, is reportedly promoting content that incites violence against Myanmar’s coup protesters.

Myanmar: Facebook promotes violent content against coup protestors, study reveals

The top lawyer for Myanmar`s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, voiced concern on Friday that she had no legal representative listed in the case against her brought by the military junta for breaking the Official Secrets Act.

Lawyer for Myanmar's Suu Kyi worried over representation for secrets case

A 193-member UN General Assembly vote on Tuesday on a draft resolution calling 'for an immediate suspension of the direct and indirect supply, sale or transfer of all weapons and munitions' to Myanmar has been postponed, diplomats said.

UN vote on call to stop arms supply to Myanmar postponed 

Myanmar poet Khet Thi, whose works declare resistance to the ruling junta, has died in detention and his body was returned with the organs removed, his family said.

Body of arrested Myanmar poet Khet Thi returned to family with organs missing

Myanmar's military rulers have approved new investment in projects worth nearly $2.8 billion, including a liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant that will cost $2.

Myanmar's junta approves $2.8 billion investment, including gas power plant

Myanmar's military rulers have branded a rival National Unity Government a terrorist group and blamed it for bombings, arson and killings, state-controlled media said on Saturday.

Myanmar's junta brands rival government a terrorist group

Myanmar's pro-democracy activists sharply criticised an agreement between the country's junta chief and Southeast Asian leaders to end the nation's violent post-coup crisis and vowed on Sunday to continue their protest campaign.

Myanmar activists slam ASEAN-Junta consensus, vow to continue protests

Southeast Asian leaders said they had agreed on a plan with Myanmar's junta chief on Saturday to end the crisis in the violence-hit nation, but he did not explicitly respond to demands to halt the killing of civilian protesters.

SE Asian nations say consensus reached on ending Myanmar crisis

The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on members of Myanmar's junta, who took control of the country in a February 1 coup, as well as its new information minister and two conglomerates controlled by the military.

EU hits Myanmar junta members, two military companies with sanctions 

It's been nearly two months since the military coup in Myanmar and the situation remains tense. Pro-democracy protesters continue to clash with security forces that are showing little restraint in their crackdown.

Myanmar: Western measures have had little effect on military junta

Red for the ones who bled: Myanmar falls silent for a day as sign of protest

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