When massive demonstrations swept Myanmar in opposition to last month’s military coup, 17-year-old Sithu Shein rushed to the front lines. The high-school student, who used to spend his free time …
Myanmar troops target railway workers as generals hire lobbyist
Security forces in Myanmar have stormed a compound housing striking railway workers and surrounded hundreds of anti-coup protesters in two places in the main city of Yangon, as the country’s generals …
Google to review adverts for Myanmar military-backed telecoms firm
Google said on Wednesday it is reviewing recent advertisements run by a Myanmar military-backed telecommunications firm and has disabled some army-linked accounts on its services in the wake of the …
Myanmar coup: ‘We were told to shoot protesters’, say police who fled
image captionThese officers are among the first defectors to share eyewitness accounts of what they say is happening inside Myanmar Police officers from Myanmar have told the BBC they fled across the …
Exclusive: ‘Shoot till they are dead’: Some Myanmar police say fled to India after refusing orders
When Tha Peng was ordered to shoot at protesters with his submachine gun to disperse them in the Myanmar town of Khampat on Feb. 27, the police lance corporal said he refused. On March 1, he said he …
Exclusive: ‘Shoot till they are dead’: Some Myanmar police say fled to India after refusing orders
When Tha Peng was ordered to shoot at protesters with his submachine gun to disperse them in the Myanmar town of Khampat on Feb. 27, the police lance corporal said he refused. On March 1, he said he …
WRAPUP 6-Second Myanmar official dies after arrest, junta steps up media crackdown
An official from deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) died in custody after he was arrested early on Tuesday, the second party figure to die in detention in …
WRAPUP 6-Second Myanmar official dies after arrest, junta steps up media crackdown
An official from deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) died in custody after he was arrested early on Tuesday, the second party figure to die in detention in …
Lobbyist to be paid $2 million to ‘explain’ Myanmar’s coup on behalf of junta
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Israeli-Canadian lobbyist hired by Myanmar’s junta will be paid $2 million to “assist in explaining the real situation” of the army’s coup to the United States and other …
Myanmar security forces surround striking rail workers; U.N. fails to condemn coup
(Reuters) – Myanmar security forces surrounded the staff compound of striking railway workers opposed to the military junta on Wednesday as ousted lawmakers appointed an acting vice president to take …