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Official figures from the Myanmar junta's Ministry of Commerce showed a significant drop in trade value between April 2023 and February 2024. The ongoing conflict between the military and anti-regime forces further exacerbated the decline in trade, affecting both legal and unofficial border trade routes.
27 November - The Chief Prosecutor of International Criminal Court says he had requested an arrest warrant for Myanmar's leader, Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing. [66] 30 November - Myanmar Navy patrol boats shoot at two Thai fishing vessels, killing one fisherman and arresting of 31 others including four Thai nationals and 27 Myanmar nationals. [67]
On 17 January 2024, the Taingen camp on the Falam road to the Indian border was captured, with Chin resistance forces seizing arms and ammunition. [311] On 20 January 2024, after more than 600 junta soldiers and refugees crossed the India–Myanmar border, the Government of India announced a plan to fence the entire border. [312]
Thailand remains neutral in the Myanmar conflict and is able to accept up to 100,000 people displaced by the turmoil, Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara said on Tuesday. Ahead of a ...
Following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'etat, civil war resurged in Myanmar. In late 2023, the Arakha Army launched the Rakhine offensive and swept through most of northern Rakhine state, becoming one of the most effective ethnic fighting forces in Myanmar. Byian Phyu is a village just outside Rakhine State capital of Sittwe. [3]
In late December 2023 and January 2024, fierce fighting in the Rakhine offensive (2023-present), 276 Myanmar army soldiers, with their arms, entered India surrendering to Indian authorities. [30] Because of the influx of refugees and junta soldiers, the Indian government decided to fence the 1,000 miles (1,600 km) border with Myanmar,. [31]
As of 20 September 2024, the Myanmar junta only has control of Loikaw and Bawlakhe Townships. [6] In December reports emerged that as mentioned above in July already, the Karenni suffered ammunition shortages. But that now this was due to the Pa-O National Army cutting Karenni supply lines and thus causing the supply problems.
Tatmadaw spokesman Zaw Min Tun said that around a fourth of Myanmar's population would be eligible under the law, which was planned to come into effect after the Burmese New Year in mid-April 2024. [1] The announcement has led to a wave of young people fleeing the country to evade conscription. [1] [3]