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Myanmar junta readies for sham poll
News, Published on 11/10/2025
» Myanmar's military leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who currently serves as both the army's commander in chief and the country's head of state, has reshuffled the government's administrative structure in preparation for planned elections later this year.
Dozens die as Myanmar military bombs Buddhist festival
Published on 08/10/2025
» Myanmar’s military bombed a Buddhist festival this week, killing at least two dozen people and injuring dozens more, according to a witness and the country’s civilian government in exile.
Six-year-old among group arrested over killing of Myanmar general
Reuters, Published on 06/06/2025
» Myanmar’s military has arrested a six-year-old girl as part of a group it labelled “terrorists” in connection with the assassination of a retired general and former diplomat, according to a junta-run newspaper on Friday.
Myanmar opposition says junta airstrike kills 17 school children
Published on 12/05/2025
» Myanmar's shadow government said an airstrike by the ruling junta had killed at least 17 students and injured 20 others at a school in an opposition-controlled area on Monday, despite a ceasefire being in place after a devastating earthquake.
Handling refugees
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/04/2023
» Re: "Refugees 'voluntarily' go home", (BP, April 8).
Myanmar junta accuses foreign media of 'persistent bias'
Reuters, Published on 28/02/2022
» Myanmar's military government complained on Monday of biased coverage by foreign media, which it said was misreporting events in the country and being swayed by distorted information from "terrorists" determined to create instability.
Myanmar junta chief said Asean envoy can meet Suu Kyi party members - Cambodia
Reuters, Published on 07/02/2022
» Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing agreed to arrange for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party on a future visit, a senior Cambodian official said on Monday.
Hope not revenge guides former prisoners after Suu Kyi Myanmar win
AFP, Published on 14/11/2015
» YANGON - Blogger Nay Phone Latt spent years in prison under Myanmar's former junta, but preparing to enter parliament as a newly minted MP for Aung San Suu Kyi's democracy party, he refuses to let the darkness of the past dull optimism for the country's future.
Myanmar govt denies bias after advance voting chaos
Published on 19/10/2015
» The Myanmar government has defended itself against accusations of bias at overseas advance voting sites after reports circulated suggesting scenes of chaos and mismanagement at embassies around the world in recent days.
Myanmar's flawed campaign
Asia focus, Published on 14/09/2015
» Campaigning is now in full swing in Myanmar's first general election since 1990. Union Election Commission (UEC) chief Tin Aye has promised "free and fair" elections ahead of the national polls slated for Nov 8.