Buddhist devotees pray at the popular Shwedagon pagoda during the full moon day of Thadingyut, the lighting festival to mark the end of Buddhist Lent, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, in Yangon, Myanmar. The …
Why Are Myanmar Resistance Offensives Yielding Limited Success?
While resistance raids on Myanmar junta outposts and police stations continue, their limited firepower means they struggle to occupy targets. The increasing availability of proper firearms among …
Bangladesh’s documentary filmmakers demand release of Japanese filmmaker Kubota
Bangladesh, Oct. 9 — Demanding the release of Japanese documentary filmmaker and journalist Toru Kubota, sentenced to 10 years in prison by a court in military-ruled Myanmar, Bangladesh Documentary …
More than one million displaced since Myanmar coup, says United Nations
YANGON, Oct 7, 2022 (AFP): More than one million people have been displaced in Myanmar since the military coup last year, the United Nations children’s agency has said. The Southeast Asian nation has …
Indian government rescues victims of fake IT job scam from Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia
The MEA had earlier infirmed that 60 Indian nationals had been illegally kept hostage in Myawaddy area of Myanmar. It is to be noted that the Myawaddy area of Myanmar is not government by the Junta or …
More than 1 million displaced since Myanmar coup: UN
More than one million people have been displaced in Myanmar since the military coup last year, the United Nations children’s agency has said.
Japanese filmmaker sentenced to 7 years in jail by Myanmar junta
A military court in Myanmar has sentenced Toru Kubota, a freelance Japanese filmmaker who filmed a protest in the city of Yangon in late July, to seven years in jail. Kubota, 26, was handed a …
Japanese journalist sentenced to 10 years in Myanmar prison, official says
A military court in Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese journalist to 10 years in prison for sedition and violating a law on electronic communications after he filmed an anti-government protest in July, …
Myanmar Junta Sentences Japanese Journalist to 10 Years in Prison
A court in military-ruled Myanmar yesterday sentenced the Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota to 10 years in prison on two charges, making him the latest foreigner to fall afoul of the military …
U.S. sanctions target Myanmar junta-linked businessman for procuring Russian-made weapons
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Myanmar businessman and two others involved in procuring Russian-made weapons from Belarus for the junta that seized power in the Southeast Asian …