Foreigners, Including Aid Workers, Evacuated from Myanmar Amid Escalating Conflict

China assists in evacuation efforts as anti-junta forces and ethnic minority insurgents challenge military rule.

Hundreds of foreigners, including aid workers and U.N. agency staff, have been evacuated from Myanmar due to escalating conflict against the military junta.
China is facilitating the evacuation of foreigners, advising its nationals to relocate from conflict areas.
Anti-junta forces in Kayah State paused their offensive to allow 228 aid workers, including U.N. staff, to leave the state capital, Loikaw.
Over 250 Thais, six Filipinos, and a Singaporean have been evacuated from northern Myanmar via China, according to the Thai foreign ministry.
The Myanmar military is facing significant opposition from an alliance of ethnic minority insurgents and pro-democracy activists, marking the biggest challenge since the 2021 coup.