Washington, October 21 (AP) The United States is at a turning point in deciding how to handle the crisis in military-ruled Myanmar, weighing further political and economic steps to pressure the government to ch
Bangkok, October 12 (AP): Myanmar's former President Win Myint, forced out of office eight months ago when the army seized power, testified Tuesday that he defied a demand from the military to resign, sayin
Bangkok, October 11 (AP): Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former President Win Myint pleaded not guilty Monday to violating COVID-19 restrictions, their lawyers said, as the pair were formally indict
Bangkok, October 4 (AP): A US journalist who has spent more than four months in pretrial detention in military-ruled Myanmar has been charged with a second criminal offense, his lawyer said Monday, while author
United Nations, October 1 (PTI): More than 15,000 people from Myanmar are estimated to have crossed the border into India since the February 1 military coup there, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said, telling th
United Nations, September 30 (AP): The United Nations chief is urging unified regional and international action to prevent the crisis in Myanmar from becoming a large-scale conflict and multi-faceted catastroph
UNITED NATIONS, SEPTEMBER 28 (IANS): Myanmar is facing a humanitarian crisis with about 3 million people requiring assistance due to the ongoing armed clashes, insecurity, monsoon rains as well as the Covid-19
United Nations, September 27 (PTI): Afghanistan and Myanmar withdrew" their participation from the General Debate of the high-level 76th session of the UN General Assembly, a spokesperson for the President
Aizawl, September 23 (IANS): Around 11,500 Myanmar nationals have taken refuge in Mizoram so far and the state authorities are apprehending a fresh influx of migrants from the military coup-hit neighbouring cou
Bangkok, September 20 (AP): US journalist Danny Fenster, imprisoned in Myanmar for almost four months while awaiting trial, appeared disheartened during a court hearing Monday, his lawyer said.
Fenster has b
Bangkok, September 17 (AP): A trial of Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on corruption charges is set to begin on October 1, a member of her legal team said Friday.
Lawyer Khin Maung Zaw said a ju
BANGKOK, September 7 (AP): The main underground group coordinating resistance to Myanmar’s military government issued a sweeping call for a nationwide uprising on Tuesday, raising the prospect of spiralin
Bangkok, September 7 (AP): Myanmar's National Unity Government, an underground body coordinating resistance to the military regime, on Tuesday called for a nationwide uprising.
The shadow government'
YANGON, April 4 (AP): Pro-democracy demonstrators in Myanmar, adept at finding themes to tie together protests nationwide, took to the streets holding painted eggs in a nod to the Easter holiday on Sunday.
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UNITED NATIONS, April 2 (AP) — The U.N. Security Council late Thursday strongly condemned the use of violence against peaceful protesters in Myanmar and the deaths of hundreds of civilians, but dropped th
YANGON, Myanmar, April 2 (AP) — Protesters in Myanmar on Thursday marked two months since the military seized power by again defying the threat of lethal violence and demonstrating against its toppling of
It's terrible. It's absolutely outrageous. And based on the reporting I've gotten, an awful lot of people have been killed totally unnecessarily, Biden said.
WASHINGTON, March 29 PTI): US Preside
YANGON, Myanmar, March 29 (AP) — Myanmar security forces opened fire Sunday on a crowd attending the funeral of student who was killed on the bloodiest day yet of a crackdown on protests against last mont
Yangon, March 15 (AP) Myanmar's ruling junta has declared martial law in parts of the country's largest city as security forces killed more protesters in an increasingly lethal crackdown on resistance t
Mandalay, March 14 (AP) The civilian leader of Myanmar's government in hiding vowed to continue supporting a revolution to oust the military that seized power in last month's coup, as security forces ag