YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar announced a stay-at-home order for its biggest city Yangon after reporting a record daily increase in new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. The order in Yangon, Myanmar’s …
Myanmar: Student arrests draw ire of activists
YANGON, Myanmar The arrest of three students by Myanmar’s authorities for organizing protests has drawn the ire of activists across the globe. The …
Indonesia in good position to revive world pressure on Myanmar
Also last week, eight countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany urged Myanmar to immediately enable “safe, voluntary, sustainable and dignified return of refugees”, …
The Day Myanmar’s Daw Aung San Suu Kyi First Met Her Jailer
On this day in 1994, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, then under house arrest as the leader of Myanmar’s democracy movement, met junta leader Snr-Gen Than Shwe for the first time.
444 arrested for violating curfew in Myanmar
At least 444 people were arrested in Myanmar in a week for violating the curfew imposed in some regions and states in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, police said on Sunday.
Campaigning in Myanmar
Supporters of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party on a motorcade pass supporters of the opposition Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), seen at left, during a campaign in Wundwin, …
Myanmar Reports 424 New COVID-19 Cases in Record Daily Rise
The health ministry did not say where the 424 cases were found but recently most new infections have been in Yangon, the commercial capital and biggest city. Myanmar has so far reported a total 4,467 …
China and Myanmar face Uighurs and Rohingya that are fighting back after years of oppression
A sign of hope for accountability emerged this month after two Myanmar soldiers finally admitted their crimes.
Rohingya groups in ‘solidarity’ with Myanmar’s ethnic Rakhine
Rohingya groups around the world displayed a rare show of solidarity on Thursday with Myanmar’s ethnic Rakhine, who they say are suffering “horrifically familiar” war crimes and atrocities at the …
Myanmar, S. Korea Pledge to Step Up Cooperation on Trade, Investment, Energy
South Korea has reaffirmed its commitment to deepen economic ties with Myanmar after projects agreed during President Moon’s visit last year were delayed due to COVID-19.