Different ethnic rebels launch coordinated 'military operations' across northern Myanmar
• 1 year agoThe military's 2021 putsch sparked renewed fighting with powerful, China-backed ethnic rebel groups in northern Shan state, home to a planned billion-dollar rail link, part of Beijing's Belt and Road global infrastructure project
Japan, India urge Myanmar to end violence, go back to democracy
• 3 years agoThe Myanmar military junta took control of the country following a coup on 1 February last year. Since then, junta has carried out brutal nationwide crackdowns including mass killings, arbitrary arrests, and indiscriminate attacks, to suppress those opposing military rule
'Myanmar military must stop oppressing the innocent', UN envoy makes emotional speech
• 4 years agoOpposing the military coup in his country, Myanmar's UN ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun appealed for the 'strongest' action from the international community