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Paint, poetry and protest anthems: Myanmar's military coup inspires the art of defiance
•On Wednesday evening in the city of Mandalay, soldiers swept through an area housing railway workers who were boycotting work, shooting multiple rounds
In geopolitical struggle over Myanmar, China has an edge over US, other nations seeking to shape events
•The Chinese government, according to experts, sees the coup as “a moment of opportunity” to undercut the inroads the United States and other Asian nations made during Myanmar’s halting democratic opening
Myanmar junta blocks mobile internet, broadband access as protests against military coup expand
•The broad outage followed Friday's government order to block Twitter and Instagram that said some people were trying to use the platforms to spread what it deemed fake news
After military seizes power in Myanmar, a fresh spell of uncertainty awaits Northeast India and its neighbours
Samrat •The histories of Burma, Northeast India and Bangladesh have always been intertwined.
Myanmar’s military coup has pulled the plug on its much-touted democratic transition
Angshuman Choudhury •The COVID-19 situation and the November 2020 election gave the military a platform to discredit the NLD-led government and make a case for a full takeover
Aung San Suu Kyi and other Myanmar leaders detained as military imposes year-long state of emergency
•The military's reassertion of authority will prolong the power of Min Aung Hlaing, who is supposed to age out as army chief this summer
Military takes control of Myanmar for a year; Aung San Suu Kyi, others placed under house arrest
•The military, known as the Tatmadaw, charged that there was massive voting fraud in last year's election, though it has failed to provide proof
Thant Myint-U's The Hidden History of Burma reflects on the socio-political crisis ailing an aspiring democracy
Arshia •In an interview with Firstpost, historian and diplomant Thant Myint-U talks about his third literary outing on the history of Burma, the country as an inchoate democracy, and what challenges its people are likely to face in the upcoming elections.
UN rapporteur slams Aung San Suu Kyi over Rohingya crisis, claims she was 'terribly misguided' about abuses against Muslims
•Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has washed her hands of the Rohingya crisis, a UN rights investigator said Tuesday.
UN investigators call for Myanmar Army to be removed from politics, reiterate appeal for generals to be prosecuted for Rohingya genocide
•A brutal military crackdown last year forced more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee over the border to Bangladesh. The UN's 444-page probe called for Myanmar military's top leadership to be replaced and for the institution — locally known as the Tatmadaw — to have no further influence over the country's governance.