PARIS (Reuters) – Myanmar’s parallel civilian government and rights groups on Tuesday called on Total and other oil firms operating in the country to suspend payments to the military-controlled state …
At least 149 killed in Myanmar since beginning of coup
Revised estimate of death toll follows the bloodiest day in the six weeks since the military takeover …
Rights groups call on Total to suspend payments in Myanmar operations
Total faced calls from rights groups on Tuesday to suspend payments on operations in Myanmar following a coup, after the oil group said it was worried about the situation while also highlighting the …
Rights groups call on Total to suspend payments in Myanmar operations
Total faced calls from rights groups on Tuesday to suspend payments on operations in Myanmar following a coup, after the oil group said it was worried about the situation while also highlighting the …
Op-Ed: How women are defying Myanmar’s junta with sarongs and cellphones
The Myanmar military fears menstrual blood … s recent gains in a society that has long excluded them from the formal economy and leadership in business and government. That is also why millions of …
Myanmar coup: What protesters can learn from the ‘1988 generation’
Student activists lead a movement to bring an end to a widely-hated military government in Myanmar. It grows into a nationwide uprising, a general strike, which is met with savage brutality by the …
The Death Toll in Myanmar’s Protests Reaches 138 as the Junta Orders Martial Law Across a Large Area of Yangon
Myanmar’s ruling junta has declared martial law in a wide area of the country’s largest city, as security forces killed dozens of protesters over the weekend in an increasingly lethal crackdown on …
‘Troubling’ signs of Myanmar food price rises since coup: U.N. agency
The U.N. food agency said on Tuesday rising food and fuel prices in Myanmar since a Feb. 1 military coup risk undermining the ability of poor families to feed themselves. Myanmar has been in turmoil …
Myanmar protests: bystanders among 20 killed by security forces
Photograph: Reuters At least 20 people were killed in Myanmar on Monday after another day of unrest and protests against the junta that seized power six weeks ago, a local monitoring group said. The …
WRAPUP 5-At least 14 Myanmar protesters killed in Yangon suburb, local media say
State television said a policeman had also been killed in one of the bloodiest days of protests against the Feb. 1 coup. China’s embassy called on Myanmar to protect its property and citizens after …