US Targets Myanmar’s Military With Another Round of Sanctions
The United States on Friday announced sanctions against military officials and individuals and companies tied to Myanmar’s military in the latest response to the February 1 coup in the Southeast Asian country.
Myanmar’s detained Aung San Suu Kyi to face Naypyidaw court
Analysts say army chief Min Aung Hlaing determined to sideline hugely popular leader and reshape politics free of her influence.
Myanmar military junta charges Aung San Suu Kyi with corruption
Myanmar’s deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with corruption by the country’s military junta, state media reported Thursday, adding to a raft of legal cases against the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Myanmar forces clash with villagers in delta region, media report 20 dead
Myanmar’s security forces clashed with villagers armed with catapults and crossbows during a search for weapons in the Ayeyarwady river delta region on Saturday and local media reported as many as 20 people had been killed.
Myanmar journalist to seek asylum in Spain (Myanmar language below)
Myanmar correspondent Mratt Kyaw Thu will arrive in Madrid on Tuesday (June 1) to ask for asylum after fleeing the military junta in Yangon, said the Spanish news agency EFE, which he worked for.
Special Day of Prayer for Myanmar: “Peace is possible”
On Sunday May 30th, the Catholic communities in the Philippines will offer a special prayer for Myanmar.
Regional lawmaker shot dead in southern Myanmar
YANGON : A regional lawmaker of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) was shot dead in Myanmar’s southern Mon state on Thursday (May 27), the party said in a statement. Chairman U Myint Swe of the USDP in Mon state, along with his wife, was shot by two gunmen in motorbike in Bilin township […]
NUG Myanmar and Japanese parliament members first online meeting
Myanmar’s parallel government NUG Myanmar and Japanese parliament members first online meeting was held on May 26. urges Japan government not to recognize Myanmar military, support CRPH/NUG bilateral agreement on nine points (draft) NUG မြန်မာ အစိုးရအဖွဲ့နှင့် ဂျပန်လွှတ်တော်အမတ်များ ပထမဆုံးအကြိမ် ဆွေးနွေး26 May, 2021အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရ (NUG)နဲ့ ဂျပန်လွှတ်တော်အမတ်တွေရဲ့ ပထမဆုံးအကြိမ် အွန်လိုင်းမှဆွေးနွေးပွဲကို တိုကျိုမြို့ချီယိုဒရှိ ဂျပန်လွှတ်တော်အမတ်များ အဆောက်အအုံမှာ မေ ၂၆ ရက် ညနေ ၅ နာရီက ကျင်းပခဲ့ပါတယ်။အစည်းအဝေးကို […]
Myanmar junta’s electoral body to dissolve Suu Kyi party
Myanmar’s junta-appointed election commission will dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party for vote fraud in a November election, local media reported on Friday, citing a commissioner, who threatened action against “traitors” involved. News sites Myanmar Now and the Irrawaddy said the announcement was made at a meeting on Friday with political parties that was […]
Junta cuts off water and food supplies to rebel town of Mindat (မင်းတပ်တွင် အရေးပေါ်အကူအညီလိုအပ်နေသည့် စစ်ဘေးဒုက္ခသည် တစ်သောင်းကျော်ရှိ)
Thousands who fled the town as it was seized by the military are also in desperate need of supplies, aid workers say More than 10,000 people fled the town of Mindat in southern Chin State in recent days after the Myanmar military launched an all-out offensive there in a bid to crush an armed uprising […]