Bangladesh yesterday repatriated 34 members of the Myanmar Army and Border Guard Police (BGP), who had taken refuge in Bangladesh in the wake of conflict in Myanmar's Rakhine state. In addition ...

Saw Chit Thu, who used to lead Myanmar’s Border Guard Force, renamed the group the Karen National Army in 2024. The move looked like an effort to create some distance from the military junta ...

The Karen National Army emerged as a distinct entity after splitting from the Myanmar military in April 2024. In its earlier avatar as a Myanmar army unit, it was known as the Karen Border Guard ...

has seen intense armed conflict since the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. The US has previously imposed sanctions on Myanmar's military leaders ...

BANGKOK--Myanmar’s military government is denying reports that it sentenced six army generals to death or life imprisonment for their surrender this month of a regional military command ...

National Security Advisor Khalilur Rahman has dismissed Myanmar’s objections to Bangladesh’s communication with the Arakan Army, saying the interim government will engage with any group it ...

The militia is linked to Myanmar’s military junta, which grabbed power in a 2021 coup. The US has previously imposed a series of sanctions on the ruling junta and its leaders. The Karen National Army ...