President Joe Biden is ordering new sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar, taking action after the military staged a coup in the Southeast Asian country and arrested the de facto leader and …
President Biden slaps Myanmar coup leaders with harsh sanctions
President Biden has slapped a raft of harsh sanctions on the military commanders of Myanmar who last week overthrew the elected civilian government.
Biden announces sanctions against leaders of military coup in Myanmar
President Biden said on Feb. 10 that he approved a new executive order sanctioning the leaders of the military coup in Myanmar and their close family members.
Myanmar: Military raids offices of Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling party
Military forces in Myanmar have raided the headquarters and other offices of the National League for Democracy, the political party of jailed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar: Key economic officials missing after military coup purge
At least four of Ang San Suu Kyi’s most senior economic officials are missing since Myanmar’s February 1 military coup.
Myanmar coup: Woman shot at protest fights for life
A woman who was severely injured while protesting against Myanmar’s military coup is in a critical condition. She was hurt at a protest on Tuesday in the capital Nay Pyi Taw, which saw police trying …
Myanmar’s military has a history of using deceptive tactics against protesters. Now it has social media, too.
First, military regimes tried to frame protesters as “rioters” by spreading allegations about violence. Many residents recalled how Myanmar’s state-owned media became a rumo …
Anti-Coup Protests in Myanmar Continue Wednesday Despite Increasing Use of Force
Nationwide demonstrations against last week’s military overthrow of Myanmar’s civilian government entered its fifth consecutive day Wednesday, despite the military’s increasing use of force against …
Woman, 19, fights for life after being shot in the head during Myanmar coup demonstrations as military fire live ammo at protesters
The woman shot in the head is in critical condition in an intensive care unit on Myanmar, following protests on the fifth consecutive day of nationwide demonstrations against the coup.
Myanmar coup: Pools and princesses as protesters go all out
Frontier Myanmar tweeted this video of the protesters in action: One of the protesting “princesses” told Frontier Myanmar that they wanted to “show that young girls are also participating” in protests …