ASEAN ministers urge Myanmar to implement agreed peace plan
Southeast Asian ministers at the end of two-day talks in Indonesia on Saturday urged Myanmar’s junta to implement a five-point ...
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Myanmar imposes tough new measures
Myanmar’s junta has introduced tough new measures in resistance strongholds under which people accused of treason and “spreading false news” ...
Read moreEmpty streets in protest on Myanmar coup anniversary
Streets emptied and shops closed in protest across Myanmar on Wednesday, the second anniversary of the coup that toppled Aung ...
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Myanmar junta plans elections,
raising fears of more bloodshed
Two years after a coup snuffed out Myanmar’s short-lived democratic experiment, the country’s military is planning elections that analysts warn ...
Read morePrisoner killed, dozens wounded in Myanmar jail riot, says junta
A prisoner was killed and more than 60 wounded after a riot broke out at a Myanmar prison west of ...
Read moreJunta: White elephant sign of right to rule
Though it is a pariah on the world stage and battling fierce domestic opposition to its rule, Myanmar’s junta has ...
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Myanmar junta marks Independence Day with show of force in military-built capital
Myanmar troops and weaponry paraded through the military-built capital Naypyidaw to mark the country's independence day Wednesday, days after the junta ...
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Suu Kyi jailed for total of 33 years
Ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series ...
Read more‘Myanmar sentences 7 students to death’
BANGKOK—The Myanmar junta handed out at least seven more death sentences this week, taking the tally of those on death ...
Read morePressure Myanmar junta, journo tells Japan
Tokyo—A Japanese journalist released from Myanmar in a prisoner amnesty called on Monday for Tokyo to put more pressure on ...
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