In a bid to crush dissent, Myanmar army 'kills' 28 people at a monastery including monks
Fp Staff • 2 years agoAccording to a KNDF spokesperson, who was cited in the local newspaper The Kantarawaddy Times, "It was like the military forced them line up in front of the monastery and brutally shot them all, including the monks
In Myanmar, fight between rebels and military heralds drone wars in the East
Jaideep Saikia • 2 years agoThe civil war in Myanmar after the 1 February 2021 military takeover is not only become “curiouser and curiouser”, but of late a “tale of drone wars”
Global outrage grows over Myanmar's execution of four political prisoners
• 3 years agoMyanmar's military-led government that seized power from elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021 has been accused of thousands of extrajudicial killings since then, but the hangings announced Monday were the country's first official executions in decades
Myanmar junta court convicts Suu Kyi of corruption, sentences her to five years in prison
• 3 years agoSince a military coup deposed her government in February last year, plunging the country into upheaval, Suu Kyi has faced a barrage of criminal cases that could see her jailed for decades
Myanmar junta threatens to 'annihilate' coup opponents on crackdown anniversary
• 3 years agoThe Southeast Asian country has been in chaos since a putsch in February 2021, with more than 1,700 people killed in crackdowns on dissent
Myanmar crisis: One year after putsch, why India needs to recalibrate its policy
Jaideep Saikia • 3 years agoMyanmar — regardless of who governs its polity — is the crucial linchpin for India’s Act East Policy
Pay your power bill or pay with your life, Myanmar soldiers warn citizens
• 3 years agoFor weeks, residents say, troops have been going door to door alongside power company workers to extract payments in major urban areas, including the nation’s two largest cities, Yangon and Mandalay
Three feared dead as Myanmar army truck mows down anti-government protesters in Yangon
• 3 years agoA worker for a local emergency rescue team said two men and a woman in their early 20s were brought to a military hospital for treatment
United Nation says over three million in Myanmar need life-saving aid
• 3 years agoHundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes due to violence across the country, and 223,000 people remain internally displaced
UN special envoy for Myanmar says generals 'very surprised' at resistance to coup, but don't fear sanctions
• 4 years agoChristine Schraner Burgener said she had always warned the Security Council and the General Assembly of the possibility of a coup because she knew the military had the power