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2 July – Thousands of residents are stranded in homes across northern Myanmar due to flooding. [32] 7 July – The Arakan Army seizes control of Thandwe Airport in Rakhine State from the Tatmadaw. [33] 10 July – The Ta'ang National Liberation Army announces the capture of the town of Nawnghkio in Shan State from the Tatmadaw. [34]
Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people in another raid in Tabayin. [109] These attacks occurred in Central Myanmar, also known as Anya, an area that had rarely seen armed violence in recent times. [110] On 2 July, troops assaulted several villages in Sagaing Region and reportedly killed 41 civilians.
11 December - Representatives from Myanmar's ruling military junta hold talks with three rebel groups, facilitated by China, amid an ongoing rebel offensive. [60] 12 December - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reports that Myanmar has surpassed Afghanistan as the world's largest producer of opium. [61] 13 December -
22 October- Myanmar is added to the Financial Action Task Force Graylist for terrorism financing and requires other countries to increase measures to screen transactions with Myanmar [39] 23 October - Hpakant massacre: Two fighter jets from the Myanmar Air Force air-strikes a concert in Hpakant killing 80 civilians, including prominent local ...
[173] [174] Suzuki Motor, Myanmar's largest automaker, and several manufacturers [vague] halted domestic operations in the wake of the coup. [173] The Yangon Stock Exchange has also suspended trading since 1 February. [173] Myanmar's real estate market crashed as a result of the coup, with sales and purchase transactions dropping by almost 100% ...
I was working as a journalist in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, when the military seized power. That was on February 1, 2021, and everything changed overnight. Only three months before, the ...
The National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေး အစိုးရ; abbreviated NUG) is a Myanmar government in exile formed by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), a group of elected lawmakers and members of parliament ousted in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
Year 2021 is a major year in Myanmar, particularly after the February 1 coup d'état. As hundreds of thousands of Myanmar citizens held major protests across Myanmar, the military junta cracked down on protesters. These crackdowns later turned violent and caused the deaths of more than 700 people across Myanmar.