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‘Silent strike’ on Myanmar coup anniversary
Published on 01/02/2024
» Opponents of military rule in Myanmar staged a “silent strike” on Thursday as the country marked three years since the military coup that ousted the elected government of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Options for farmers
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2023
» Re: "How Vietnam is trying to stop rice warming the planet", (BP, March 24).
Bail allowed for student activist Parit
Published on 24/02/2022
» The Bangkok South Criminal Court granted a bail request on Thursday by student activist Parit "Penguin" Chiwarak, so he could resume his studies at Thammasat University.
Foodpanda bashed after ‘terrorism’ tweet
Online Reporters, Published on 19/07/2021
» Thailand’s second-largest food delivery company has faced a social media sanction since last night, following its tweet linking an anti-government protest with “terrorism”.
'Revolution Love' sweeps Myanmar protest barricades
AFP, Published on 30/06/2021
» With bars shuttered, universities empty and hook-up apps poleaxed by internet blackouts, dating got much harder in post-coup Myanmar, but young people are still finding love -- often in the heady rush of anti-junta protests.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi to go on trial next week
AFP, Published on 07/06/2021
» Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will go on trial next week, her lawyer said Monday, with the Nobel laureate facing an eclectic raft of charges, from possessing unlicensed walkie-talkies to flouting coronavirus restrictions during elections last year.
UN fears Myanmar could be heading towards 'full-blown' conflict
AFP, Published on 13/04/2021
» YANGON: The UN rights chief warned Tuesday Myanmar could be spiralling towards a "full-blown" Syrian-style conflict, after a two-month crackdown that a local monitoring group says has already claimed more than 700 lives.
Myanmar coup puts seal on autocracy’s rise in SE Asia
New York Times, Published on 13/04/2021
» Late last month, foreign officials in army regalia toasted their hosts in Naypyitaw, the bunkered capital built by Myanmar’s military. Ice clinked in frosted glasses. A lavish spread had been laid out for the foreign dignitaries in honor of Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day.
Myanmar crackdown death toll passes 500
AFP, Published on 30/03/2021
» YANGON: More than 500 people have been killed in the Myanmar junta's brutal crackdown on protests against its coup to oust civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a local monitoring group said Tuesday.
Myanmar junta frees 600 detainees amid ‘silent strike’
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» Myanmar freed more than 600 coup detainees on Wednesday, including an Associated Press photographer arrested while covering rallies, following fresh outrage over brutal crackdowns on protesters.