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In the east of the country, the military is said to have killed and burned members of the Karenni minority. Two Save the Children employees have been missing since then. The remains of more than 30 people have been found in eastern Myanmar , according to reports from human rights groups. The people, including the elderly, women and children, are said to have been killed and then burned. According to the human rights group Karenni Human Rights, the victims are civilians who tried to flee their villages in Kayah state because of fighting. The Karenni are an ethnic group in the multi-ethnic state of Myanmar. The NGO said it found the bodies near the village of Mo So in the Hpruso municipality. A representative of the People's Defense Forces rebel group (PDF), which is fighting the military junta, also said that their fighters had found the vehicles with the bodies in the municipality of Hpruso in the eastern state of Kayah.   Taliban Dissolve Electoral Commission & Turk...

It is the largest arms agreement between Australia and an Asian country: South Korea is supposed to supply Australia with artillery weapons and radar equipment. Australia and  South Korea  have agreed an arms deal worth one billion Australian dollars (around 635 million euros). The deal wassealedduring a visit by South Korean President  Moon Jae In  to  Australia , the first visit by a foreign head of state to Australia since the pandemic began. The agreement provides for the South Korean defense company Hanwha to provide Australia with artillery weapons, supply vehicles and radars. It is the largest arms agreement between Australia and an Asian country. It comes at a time of heightened tension between Australia and China. Australia recently announced a security alliance with the United States and Great Britain under which the country will be supplying nuclear powered submarines using American and British technology. In favor of ...

The arms deals are not in crisis even during the Corona crisis: In 2020, heavy weapons and military services worth 531 billion US dollars were sold. The 100 largest arms manufacturers in the world increased their sales in 2020 despite the pandemic: They achieved a total of 531 billion US dollars (470 billion euros) - a currency-adjusted increase of 1.3 percent compared to the previous year, as the Stockholm peace research institute Sipri combined Report announced on Monday. US companies are by far in the lead, followed by companies from China. Despite the shrinking global economy and supply chain bottlenecks, the armaments companies are "largely protected by the ongoing state demand for military goods and services," says Sipri expert Alexandra Marksteiner. "Some governments have even increased their payments to the defense industry to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 crisis." US corporations make more sales than any other combined US companies continue to domina...