Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar’s army battled local militia fighters in the northwestern town of Mindat on Saturday, residents said, to try to quell a rebellion that has sprung up to oppose the junta that seized power in the Southeast Asian country in February. The fighting in […]
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Myanmar Jails Local Journalist for Incitement, to Free Japanese Reporter as Gesture to Tokyo
A Myanmar journalist who reported on anti-junta protests has been jailed for three years for incitement, his news organisation said, while authorities on Thursday announced a twice-arrested Japanese reporter would be freed. Min Nyo, who worked for the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) in Myanmar’s Bago region, was arrested on March 3 and found guilty […]
Myanmar junta brands ousted lawmakers ‘terrorists’
BANGKOK: Myanmar‘s junta has labeled a shadow government of lawmakers and politicians ousted in a February coup and a people’s defense force that is being set up to confront security forces as terrorist groups. The government of national unity was established by elected legislators who were barred from taking their seats when the military seized […]
Myanmar activists deride ASEAN-junta consensus, vow to continue protests
Myanmar’s pro-democracy activists sharply criticised an agreement between the country’s junta chief and Southeast Asian leaders to end a violent post-coup crisis and vowed on Sunday to continue protesting. Some scattered protests took place in Myanmar’s big cities on Sunday, a day after the meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with Senior […]
China’s UN envoy: Myanmar violence could lead to civil war
China’s UN ambassador on Monday urged stronger diplomatic efforts to resolve the confrontation in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 military coup. AP Photo UNITED NATIONS: China’s UN ambassador on Monday urged stronger diplomatic efforts to resolve the confrontation in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 military coup, warning that further violence could lead to a chaotic […]
Coup effect: Adani ready to scrap plans for Myanmar
Gautam Adani (File photo) Billionaire Gautam Adani-controlled Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone is considering abandoning a plan to set up a container terminal at Yangon in Myanmar and write down the investment after a military coup in that country. “In a scenario wherein Myanmar is classified as a sanctioned country under OFAC, or if […]
Yuki Kitazumi: Myanmar charges Japanese journalist over ‘fake news’ | World News
Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute during a rally in Yangon on Tuesday YANGON: The Myanmar junta has charged a Japanese journalist under a “fake news” law, a report said Tuesday, in the latest blow to press freedom since the military seized power. Freelance reporter Yuki Kitazumi was arrested last month and charged on Monday […]
Myanmar Protests Aim To Shake The World, 7 Killed: Report
The protests and a civil disobedience campaign of strikes have crippled the economy. Myanmar security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days on Sunday killing seven people, media reported, three months after a coup plunged the country into crisis. The protests, after a spell of dwindling crowds and […]
Thousands rally against Myanmar junta, calling for ‘spring revolution’
Protesters taking part in a demonstration against the military coup on ‘Global Myanmar Spring Revolution Day’ in Hpakant in Myanmar’s Kachin state (AFP) YANGON: Thousands of anti-coup protesters marched in Myanmar on Sunday, calling for a “spring revolution” with the country in its fourth month under a military regime. Cities, rural areas, remote mountainous regions […]
Myanmar protesters march three months after coup; UN warns of ‘standstill’
Protesters against military rule marched in Myanmar on Saturday three months after a coup ended a democratic transition. AP Photo Protesters against military rule marched in Myanmar on Saturday three months after a coup ended a democratic transition, with several small blasts compounding a sense of crisis that a UN envoy warned could bring state […]