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Myanmar votes in second phase of military-run election

Published 11 Jan, 2026 11:10am

The United Nations, many Western countries and human rights groups say the election is a sham exercise that is neither free

Myanmar junta airstrike kills 22 at school

Published 13 May, 2025 06:15am

DEPEYIN (Myanmar): A Myanmar junta airstrike hit a school Monday killing 22 people, including 20 children, witnesses...

Myanmar junta enforces military service law following battlefield losses

Published 10 Feb, 2024 11:20pm

YANGON: Myanmar's junta is enforcing a law allowing the military to summon all men aged 18-35 and women aged 18-27 ...

Africa leaders give Niger junta one week to cede power

Published 31 Jul, 2023 06:43am

ABUJA: African leaders on Sunday gave the junta in Niger one week to cede power or face the possible use of force,...

Rebels attacked Chinese convoy in Myanmar

Published 01 Jul, 2023 03:00pm

YANGON: The Myanmar junta on Saturday accused an armed ethnic group of attacking a vehicle convoy containing Chinese...

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement in prison

Published 23 Jun, 2022 12:15pm

YANGON: Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison...

Myanmar junta threatens to dissolve Suu Kyi's party over election fraud

Published 22 May, 2021 05:05pm

Union Election Commission chair Thein Soe said Friday the investigation into November's election result was almost complete.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi in good health, says junta leader

Published 22 May, 2021 04:56pm

"Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health. She's been staying at home and will appear in court in a few days," he said in an excerpt released on social media Saturday.

Bomb blasts and flash protests as Myanmar enters fourth month under junta

Published 01 May, 2021 05:05pm

The power grab triggered a massive uprising, which authorities have tried to quell by deploying lethal force and live ammunition.

Myanmar junta wants 'stability' before heeding pleas on violence

Published 27 Apr, 2021 04:30pm

Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing attended a weekend meeting on the crisis with the leaders of the 10-country ASEAN -- his first overseas trip since he seized power.

Myanmar junta postpones Suu Kyi court date again

Updated 26 Apr, 2021 05:13pm

Large swathes of the population have taken to the streets in protest, with security forces unleashing a brutal campaign to quell the massive uprising.

Myanmar's junta releases 23,000 prisoners in New Year's amnesty

Published 17 Apr, 2021 04:18pm

A prison official told AFP on condition of anonymity that jails across the country will start freeing more than 23,000 people on Saturday.

Myanmar military shoots at protesting medical workers

Published 15 Apr, 2021 04:56pm

So far, more than 700 civilians have been killed in anti-coup unrest, according to a local monitoring group, and more than 3,000 have been detained.

Myanmar's post-coup civilian death toll climbs past 700

Published 11 Apr, 2021 07:12pm

The country has been in turmoil since the military removed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1.

Myanmar's UN envoy urges action against junta as bloodshed continues

Published 10 Apr, 2021 05:08pm

With more than 600 people killed by security forces trying to quell the movement, the international community has increasingly raised the alarm on the crisis.

Britain condemns 'bullying' Myanmar junta over seizing London

Published 08 Apr, 2021 01:08pm

"We condemn the bullying actions of the Myanmar military regime in London yesterday," Dominic Raab tweeted.

Nine killed in Myanmar as junta accuses Suu Kyi of taking illegal payments

Published 11 Mar, 2021 07:21pm

"Six men were shot dead while eight people were wounded -- with one man in a critical condition," a rescue worker told AFP.

Seven killed in Myanmar as junta accuses Suu Kyi of taking illegal payments

Published 11 Mar, 2021 05:04pm

Thursday saw more hardline action against demonstrators, with six killed in central Myanmar's Myaing township.

Myanmar security forces surround striking rail workers; U.N. fails to condemn coup

Published 10 Mar, 2021 01:05pm

Myanmar security forces surrounded the staff compound of striking railway workers opposed to the military junta on Wednesday as ousted lawmakers appointed an acting vice president to take over the duties of detained politicians.
In New York, the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on a statement that would have condemned the coup in Myanmar, called for restraint by the military and threatened to consider “further measures.”

Shops and factories closed, sarongs waved as protests intensify in Myanmar

Updated 08 Mar, 2021 12:53pm

Shops, factories and banks were closed in Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon on Monday after major trade unions called for a shutdown of the economy as part of the uprising against the country’s military rulers.
The army has said it is dealing with protests lawfully.

Myanmar anti-coup protesters return after deadliest day

Published 04 Mar, 2021 05:40pm

More than 50 people have been killed since the military takeover, UN envoy to Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener told reporters.

Myanmar protesters march again after bloodiest post-coup unrest

Published 01 Mar, 2021 10:21am

Protesters marched in Myanmar on Monday in defiance of a crackdown by security forces that killed at least 18 people a day earlier, as calls grew for a more united international response after the worst violence since a coup one month ago.
Clashes took place in various parts of the country on Sunday and police opened fire on crowds in the biggest city of Yangon, after tear gas and warning shots failed to clear protesters demanding the restoration of Aung San Suu Kyi’s government.

Myanmar police launch most extensive crackdown; one woman shot and wounded

Updated 27 Feb, 2021 06:02pm

Police launched their most sweeping crackdown in three weeks of protests against military rule on Saturday in towns and cities across Myanmar, and one woman was shot and wounded and dozens of people were detained.
Three domestic media outlets said earlier that the woman shot in the central town of Monwya had died but an ambulance service official said she was in hospital. The circumstances of the shooting were not clear.

Myanmar military guarantees new election; protesters block train services

Updated 16 Feb, 2021 03:36pm

Myanmar’s military on Tuesday guaranteed that it would hold an election and hand power to the winner, denying that its ouster of an elected government was a coup and denouncing protesters for inciting violence and intimidating civil servants.
The military has not given a date for a new election but it has imposed a state of emergency for one year. Zaw Min Tun said the military would not hold power for long.

Suu Kyi aide, electoral officials arrested in Myanmar, Biden approves sanctions

Published 11 Feb, 2021 02:48pm

A close aide to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained in a new wave of arrests following last week’s military coup, a party official said on Thursday, as Washington moved a step closer to imposing sanctions on the junta.

Monks, nurses join nationwide protests against Myanmar coup

Published 08 Feb, 2021 02:05pm

Police turned water cannon on protesters in Myanmar’s capital on Monday as tens of thousands of people joined a third day of nationwide demonstrations against the military’s removal of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi a week ago.
Calls to join protests and to back a campaign of civil disobedience have grown louder and more organised since last Monday’s coup, which drew widespread international condemnation.

Myanmar generals shut down internet as thousands protest coup

Published 06 Feb, 2021 01:31pm

Myanmar’s junta shut down the internet in the country on Saturday as thousands of people took to the streets of Yangon to denounce this week’s coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar police file charges against Aung San Suu Kyi after coup

Published 03 Feb, 2021 04:50pm

Myanmar police have filed charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for illegally importing communications equipment, detaining her till February 15 for further investigation.
The takeover cut short Myanmar’s long transition to democracy and drew condemnation from the United States and other Western countries.

Days before coup, IMF sent Myanmar $350mn in emergency aid; no precedent for refund

Published 03 Feb, 2021 10:33am

The IMF's counterparty in Myanmar is the Central Bank of Myanmar, and the source expressed hope it can maintain its independence from the country's finance ministry.

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