BANGKOK (AP) — Lawyers for ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Monday they have been informed by the military-installed government that four new charges of corruption have been filed against …
US cites China, Myanmar, Ethiopia in genocide report
The Biden administration on Monday renewed genocide allegations against China for repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in its northwest Xinjiang region. It also …
China locks down city near Myanmar as coronavirus infections swell
Mass testing in a Chinese city bordering Myanmar has found nine more Covid-19 cases, bringing the total to 59 in a week-old outbreak involving the delta variant …
Myanmar’s anti-junta resistance reaches out to wary Rohingya
SITTWE, Myanmar: A shadow government is breaking taboos in Buddhist-majority Myanmar by welcoming Rohingya into its anti-junta coalition, but many in the long-persecuted Muslim minority are wary after …
Protesters in Myanmar ‘will not be as brave’ after Telenor’s exit: Professor
Htwe Htwe Thein of Curtin University says since the Myanmar coup started, Telenor had gained a lot of customers as they believed the telecommunications company will “act with transparency,” which it …
Head of Aid Group Reports Increased Attacks by Myanmar Military in Border Areas
The head of a Thai-based volunteer aid group, speaking from inside Myanmar, has described increasing attacks by that country’s military in the ethnic areas along the country’s borders with China and …
Myanmar imposes lockdown on 2 million residents amid rising Covid cases & anti-coup health workers’ strike
Residents of Myanmar’s second city of Mandalay, and two townships in southern Bago, have been ordered to remain at home to curb the spread of Covid cases throughout the country, as healthcare workers …
Nearly 1,200 Coronavirus-Positive Myanmar Workers in Thailand’s Tak Need Help, Groups Say
Migrant factory workers in Mae Sot are struggling to pay rent and buy food, and lack proper access to health care, rights organizations trying to assist them say.
Norway’s Telenor exits Myanmar, sells stake to military-linked firm
Norwegian telecom behemoth Telenor has sold off its Myanmar operations to the Lebanese investment firm M1 Group, a firm now on the Burma Campaign UKs ‘Dirty List’ in 2019 for business ties with …
Myanmar general says Russia will supply 2 million vaccines as outbreak worsens
Min Aung Hlaing, who led a Feb. 1 coup against Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government, said the virus was spreading fast in Myanmar and that senior Russian defence officials had told him help with …