The war has led to an increase in the number of refugees fleeing to Thailand and Bangladesh.
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The death toll in Myanmar's civil war, which began after a 2021 military coup, has passed 100,000. According to the Armed Conflict Location and Incident Data (ACLED), an organization that keeps records of conflict-related incidents, at least 114 people have been killed on all sides. Analysts have described it as Asia's deadliest active conflict. The military seized power in February 2021 after ousting the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi. Since then, a crackdown on pro-democracy protests has turned into an armed insurgency, with pro-democracy groups fighting alongside ethnic armed groups. The ACLED says there are more than 1,200 active armed groups. The conflict has severely affected the lives of ordinary people. Thein Aye Nu, 49, who lost her husband in an airstrike in Rakhine state, said she was suffering "indescribable pain."
Another resident of the central Magway region complained that he had been unable to perform religious rituals because of the war after the death of his teenage son, who had joined the pro-democracy uprising.
According to the United Nations, more than 3.7 million people in Myanmar have been internally displaced, and more than one in five citizens are severely food insecure.
Targeted killings are taking place in some areas, including Yangon, while Russian and Chinese-supplied fighter jets are reportedly carrying out regular airstrikes in other areas.
According to the ANC, Myanmar was the world's second most conflict-ridden country after the Palestinian territories in 2025.
Although rebel groups made significant gains in late 2023, analysts say the military has recently regained its grip after China's support and agreements with some ethnic armed groups.
The war has led to a surge in refugee flows to Thailand and Bangladesh. Observers have also said that drug production, smuggling, and online fraud centers operating under the protection of armed groups are also expanding rapidly in the border region.
