Burma

Defense minister seeks cooperation with high-tech manufacturers in Beijing.

Min Aung Hlaing says Typhoon Yagi might have caused central Myanmar’s worst-ever flooding.

Residents of the Karenni capital report food and medicine is running short while people are falling ill from contaminated floodwater up to 1.5 meters deep.  

The National Unity Government and its allies urge the international community to block aid to the junta as Typhoon Yagi leaves over 1,000 dead or missing.

Nearly 260,000 hectares of rice paddy and other crops have been destroyed, according to junta media.

Hundreds of buildings have been destroyed or damaged; residents sheltering in schools and monasteries are in need of food and clothing, volunteers said.

The UN rights office said its latest report on Myanmar found "massive regressions in human rights that have been provoked by a vacuum of rule of law".

It also claimed non-state media have failed to report on its disaster response efforts.

A faction of the Pa-O National Liberation Organization has broken away, saying it is loyal to the 2015 National Ceasefire Agreement.

Ethnic army resumes push to seize last remaining junta strongholds in Hsipaw Township.