Tag: Myanmar
Myanmar’s jailed ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ill
The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since early 2021, when the military overthrew Suu Kyi’s elected government and…
Myanmar Junta frees over 3,000 prisoners
January saw the release of 7,000 prisoners to mark the 75th anniversary of independence from the former British colonial power.…
Japanese journalist Toru Kubota jailed in Myanmar
Kubota was sentenced to three years for sedition and seven years for violating electronic communications laws. The sentences are to…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi jailed for election fraud
For more than a year, Suu Kyi has been on trial on multiple charges, ranging from corruption and incitement to…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi transferred to solitary confinement
Suu Kyi faces 11 corruption charges, each of which carries a potential sentence of up to 15 years in prison.
Myanmar’s junta leader vows to annihilate anti-military groups
The military seized power last year from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
World Court sets February for hearing of Rohingya genocide case
More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar after a military-led crackdown in 2017 and were forced into squalid camps across the…
Myanmar junta jails Suu Kyi
The trial in the capital, Naypyitaw, has been closed to the media and the junta's public information outlets have not…
UN condemns conviction of U.S. journalist in Myanmar
Danny Fenster, the managing editor of an independent magazine called Frontier Myanmar was sentenced to 11 years in jail by a…
Myanmar junta charges ousted Suu Kyi with corruption
Ousted Myanmar head of government, Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with corruption, according to a newspaper report on…
Suu Kyi Myanmar ousted leader emerges in court
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in person at a court hearing on Monday for the first time since…
Myanmar junta opponents set up new army
Myanmar's National Unity Government, set up by opponents of the ruling junta said on Wednesday it had formed a "people's…
Myanmar junta leader in Jakarta for crisis talks
Myanmar General Min Aung Hlaing, who led the military takeover that sparked turmoil in his country, arrived in Jakarta on…
Myanmar could slide into civil war, warns Germany’s Maas
Myanmar could slide into civil war in the wake of the military coup , Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned…
Internet blackout in Myanmar
Myanmar's military junta has cut all wireless internet services until further notice
Biden grants asylum, work permits to Myanmar citizens stranded in US
The Biden administration will grant temporary deportation relief and work permits to Myanmar citizens living in the United States because…
Many killed in bloodiest day of protest in Myanmar
Myanmar police opened fired on Sunday on protests against military rule, killing at least four people and wounding several on…
UN Chief sues for peace in Myanmar
The Secretary-General of the United Nation, Antonio Guterres has called on the Myanmar military to stop the violence, repression immediately.
Myanmar junta cuts internet again
Myanmar’s generals imposed a second straight overnight internet shutdown into Tuesday, ignoring international condemnation as they worked to grind down…
Protests grow in Myanmar against military junta
Thousands of people marched for a second day in Myanmar’s biggest city on Sunday, to protest against the military junta’s…
Doctors, nurses stop work in Myanmar to protest military coup
Staff at 70 hospitals and medical departments in 30 towns across Myanmar stopped work on Wednesday to protest against the…
Coup in Myanmar? Aung Suu Kyi, President, senior party members arrested
Myanmar leader Aung Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other leaders were arrested early today by the military, sparking fears…
Myanmar’s President Myint wins parliament seat
Myanmar’s President U Win Myint has won a seat in the lower house of the next parliament in Sunday’s general…
ICJ rules on Myanmar genocide
The International Court of Justice has on Thursday ruled an injunction on the accusations of genocide brought against the Southeast…
Miss Myanmar comes out as gay at 2019 Miss Universe
Miss Myanmar, Swe Zin Htet bravely came out publicly as a lesbian following her competition at the 2019 Miss Universe,…
Refugees demand justice at Myanmar World Court case
Rohingya Muslims demanded Myanmar to be held to account at the United Nations’ top court in The Hague, where Myanmar…
Myanmar on trial for Rohingya genocide
Myanmar is to answer for alleged atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims during a brutal military-led crackdown two years ago in…
Over 40 policemen, soldiers abducted
More than 40 police officers and soldiers have been abducted by Rakhine rebels, in a brazen raid on a ferry…
Myanmar records 191 human trafficking cases in 9 months
Myanmar Anti-Trafficking Police Force says it has exposed a total of 191 human trafficking cases across the country in the…
Toyota to spend $53m in Myanmar to build new plant
Toyota Motor Corporation will invest 52.6 million dollars in Myanmar to establish local subsidiary in June. Toyota would also establish…