Regional Overview: East and Southeast Asia
8-14 January 2022
Last week in East and Southeast Asia, the Myanmar military carried out airstrikes in Kayah and Kayin states, as well as in the Sagaing region. North Korea conducted two new missile tests.…
Regional Overview: East and Southeast Asia
11 December 2021-7 January 2022
Over the past month in East and Southeast Asia, heavy fighting between the military and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) and resistance groups continued in Myanmar. On 24 December, military troops captured and burned alive at least 35 civilians in Hpruso township, Kayah state.…
Regional Overview: East and Southeast Asia
4-10 December 2021
Last week in East and Southeast Asia, state forces targeted anti-coup protesters and civilians in Myanmar in Yangon and Sagaing regions, sparking widespread international condemnation. Meanwhile, ousted leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to four years in prison, which was later commuted to two years by the military regime.…
Regional Overview: East and Southeast Asia
27 November-3 December 2021
Last week in East and Southeast Asia, the Myanmar military targeted local defense forces using heavy artillery and aerial bombardments in Tabayin township, causing civilian fatalities and displacing thousands of people.…
Regional Overview: East and Southeast Asia
20-26 November 2021
Last week in East and Southeast Asia, at least six civilians were injured as unidentified armed groups detonated multiple explosive devices at or near schools in Myanmar’s Kachin state. Meanwhile, clashes between military troops and local defense groups were reported in several townships in Sagaing region.…
Regional Overview: East and Southeast Asia
13-19 November
Last week in East and Southeast Asia, local defense groups launched further attacks on state forces in Yangon. In Sagaing region, military troops seized the base camp of a local People’s Defense Force (PDF) group.…
Regional Overview: East and Southeast Asia
6-12 November 2021
Last week in East and Southeast Asia, military offensives continued in northwestern Myanmar in a bid to quell local defense forces. In Rakhine state, the military clashed with the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) for the first time in over a year.…
Regional Overview: East and Southeast Asia
30 October-5 November 2021
Last week in East and Southeast Asia, unidentified gunmen killed a Myanmar military-owned company executive in Yangon. Meanwhile, the military confiscated houses belonging to National League for Democracy (NLD) members. In southern Shan state, a multi-day clash broke out between the military and the combined forces of the Karenni National Progressive Party/Karenni Army (KNPP/KA) and the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF).…
