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Asean shows guts
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/10/2021
» Re: "Junta 'extremely disappointed' over summit snub", (BP, Oct 18).
Myanmar jade industry becoming 'slush fund' for junta
Published on 29/06/2021
» Myanmar's multi-billion-dollar jade mines risk becoming a "slush fund" for military repression, Global Witness said Tuesday, urging consumers to boycott purchasing any jade and gemstones from the coup-wracked nation.
Myanmar security forces seize arms cache near Mandalay
Published on 25/06/2021
» YANGON: Myanmar security forces seized a large cache of weapons on a truck bound for Mandalay this week, after arresting insurgents following a firefight in the country's second-biggest city, state media reported on Friday.
12 killed in Myanmar military plane crash
Reuters, Published on 10/06/2021
» Twelve people were killed when a Myanmar military plane crashed in a central region of the country Thursday, a spokesman for the junta said.
Millions in Myanmar struggle to buy food as coup price hike bites
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» YANGON: Aye Mar sits with her seven children in their Rangoon kitchen and worries whether their meal of rice and stringy vegetables -- all she can afford in coup-stricken Myanmar -- will satisfy their hunger.
UNHCR: No one ever chooses to become a refugee
Oped, Johanna Son, Published on 22/05/2021
» Refugees, people fleeing air strikes by the Myanmar military, and those who are at risk of political persecution, have been the focus of attention in the months since the Feb 1 coup.
Fears for supplies in Myanmar as exodus grows from fighting
Reuters, Published on 19/05/2021
» People displaced by an upsurge of fighting in Myanmar's Chin State voiced concerns over shelter and supplies as more flee the conflict that has sprung up between the army and insurgents opposed to the junta that seized power in February.
Myanmar counts cost of coup, 100 days on
AFP, Published on 10/05/2021
» YANGON: One hundred days after the military seized power in Myanmar, the nun who pleaded for protesters on her knees in the street says the coup has cast a pall of fear and depression over the country.
Illegal rare-earth mining surges in Myanmar
Published on 08/05/2021
» Illegal mining of rare-earth minerals has surged in an area controlled by a junta-linked militia since the Feb 1 military coup in Myanmar, according to local reports.
Myanmar charges Japanese journalist over 'fake news'
AFP, Published on 04/05/2021
» 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.