(Reuters) – Myanmar security forces killed over 80 anti-coup protesters in Bago town on Thursday night and Friday, near the main city of Yangon, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners …
5 ways to help anti-coup protesters on the ground in Myanmar right now
The military’s February coup and the resulting unrest have left the country in chaos and its people in danger.
Myanmar gems sanctioned
BANGKOK – The latest U.S. sanctions on Myanmar target an army-controlled gems business rife with corruption and abuses that is one of the junta’s key sources of revenue. It’s unclear whether the …
Myanmar gems sanctioned
BANGKOK – The latest U.S. sanctions on Myanmar target an army-controlled gems business rife with corruption and abuses that is one of the junta’s key sources of revenue. It’s unclear whether the …
19 people sentenced to death by Myanmar military
Nineteen people have been sentenced to death in Myanmar for killing an associate of an army captain, the military-owned Myawaddy TV station said on Friday — the first such sentences announced in …
Myanmar Military Sentences 19 to Death, Says Anti-Coup Protests Dwindling
Nineteen people have been sentenced to death in Myanmar for killing an associate of an army captain, the military-owned Myawaddy TV station said Friday. These are the first such sentences announced in …
US sanctions on Myanmar gems business
The latest US sanctions on Myanmar target an army-controlled gems business rife with corruption and abuses that is one of the junta’s key sources of revenue. It’s unclear if the sanctions will do much …
China Steps Up Efforts to Cool Down Myanmar Tensions Amid Fear of Civil War
China has stepped up efforts to defuse tensions in Myanmar as deepening unrest in the neighboring nation threatens to erupt into a civil war among the military, opposition figures and various …
US urges arms embargo and sanctions against Myanmar military
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations urged the international community to take “concrete action” against the military in Myanmar on Friday including an arms embargo and …
Myanmar military denies responsibility for child deaths and says elections could be pushed back
“This is not a coup,” said Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun from a gilded hall in Myanmar’s purpose-built capital Naypyidaw, the city where his comrades recently ousted an elected government, detained the …