By some estimates, the number of staff who have joined the Civil Disobedience Movement since the coup is almost half of the country’s total government employees.
Between COVID and the Coup, a Humanitarian Emergency Is Underway in Myanmar
Over the past 13 years, the Mae Tao Clinic has grown from a small house serving pro-democracy students escaping the 1988 crackdown to a busy clinic providing free healthcare for Myanmar migrant …
Between COVID and the Coup, a Humanitarian Emergency Is Underway in Myanmar
Over the past 13 years, the Mae Tao Clinic has grown from a small house serving pro-democracy students escaping the 1988 crackdown to a busy clinic providing free healthcare for Myanmar migrant …
Ex-Myanmar military leader Than Shwe recovers from COVID-19
The former longtime military ruler of Myanmar, Than Shwe, and his wife have been released from a capital city hospital after both being successfully treated for COVID-19, a hospital official said. The …
How Myanmar’s coup fuelled a rise in the illegal drugs trade
They say the narcotics originate from neighbouring Myanmar, which has spun into political chaos and civil conflict since February’s military coup toppled Aung San Suu Kyi. Inside Myanmar, almost all …
Need to Counter China Will Make It Hard for Asian Powers to Shun Myanmar Junta
Fears of an expansion of Chinese influence in an isolated Myanmar may overwhelm whatever human rights concerns exist in New Delhi, Tokyo, Washington and Canberra.
Myanmar arrests two more local journalists
NAYPYITAW • Myanmar’s military government has arrested two more local journalists, army-owned television has reported, the latest among dozens of detentions in a sweeping crackdown on the media since …
How Myanmar coup fuelled rise in illegal drugs trade
Drugs seizures — a proxy for production — have increased dramatically in south-east Asia this year with many pointing the finger of blame at the military takeover …
Japan ‘won’t issue’ visas for Myanmar envoys appointed by military
Japan allowing two diplomats to be posted to the Myanmar embassy in Tokyo would be tantamount to recognising the military coup.
Japan refuses to issue visas for military-backed Myanmar diplomats
Japan has effectively refused to issue visas for two Myanmar military-appointed diplomats the junta seeks to send to Tokyo in place of two it fired in March, according to government sources.