The military is hunting them and accusing them of misusing donations for free funeral services. The regime’s mouthpiece Myanmar News agency said that during the raid, they seized the documents, as …
Saturday Read: Investors are fleeing Myanmar as coup grows more deadly
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, the Norwegian central bank, has put Japanese Kirin Holdings on a watch list for The post Saturday Read: Investors are fleeing Myanmar as coup grows more …
Nationwide strike in Myanmar as anti-coup campaign intensifies
Some 18 labour organisations have called on people – union and non-union – to stop work until democracy is restored.
Escalating violence raises pressure for Myanmar sanctions
The escalation of violence in Myanmar as authorities crack down on protests against the February 1 coup is adding to pressure for more sanctions against the junta …
Unions set for strikes as Myanmar crackdown intensifies
Major trade unions in Myanmar prepared for strikes on Monday to try to squeeze the country’s fragile economy and pile pressure on its new military rulers, as a weekend of violence and nighttime raids …
Australia Halts Defence Ties With Myanmar, Redirects Aid
Australia has suspended its defence cooperation programme with Myanmar, Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne said, amid an intensified crackdown by the country’s military on massive protests against …
Protests erupt across Myanmar; police fire tear gas at Mandalay sit-in
Myanmar police fired tear gas to break up a sit-in demonstration by tens of thousands of people in Mandalay on Sunday, while protests were held in at least half a dozen other cities in some of the …
Protests erupt across Myanmar; Suu Kyi party official dies in custody
An official from the party of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi died overnight in police custody, associates said, while security forces cracked down on demonstrators staging some of the most …
Myanmar protests, after death of Suu Kyi official
World Myanmar protests, after death of Suu Kyi official. Posted . An official from Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy died in custody in Myanmar overnight, after bei …
Myanmar coup: Party official dies in custody after security raids
An official from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party has died in custody in Myanmar after being arrested during raids by security forces in Yangon. On Sunday the body of U Khin Maung Latt was released to his …