Eight reported killed as Myanmar protests aim to ‘shake th...
May 3 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
File Photo: A man uses a slingshot during the security force crack down on anti-coup protesters in Mandalay, Myanmar March 14, 2021....
Myanmar journalists granted sanctuary in India
May 3 ,2021
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By: Makepeace Sitlhou and Ninglun Hanghal
Thin is the pseudonym of a video journalist with Mizzima News who covered the protests in Yangon that followed a coup on Feb. 1. He f...
Democratic states should recognize Myanmar's National Unit...
May 3 ,2021
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By: Fuadi Pitsuwan and Kyaw Hsan Hlaing
Protesters release balloons during the welcoming NUG campaign in Yangon on Apr. 17: many people in Myanmar support the NUG. &nbs...
Myanmar regime aircraft bomb Kachin villagers
April 30 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar’s military has launched airstrikes for six days on Momauk Township, Kachin State, forcing villagers to flee, according to...
Myanmar ethnic rebel coalition to begin unity talks
April 30 ,2021
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By: Sebastian Strangio
A coalition of ethnic armed organizations in Myanmar will begin talks aimed at establishing a common front against the country’s...
Two Myanmar airbases attacked amid anti-coup protests: Rep...
April 30 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Two Myanmar airbases have come under attack, with blasts reported at one base and rocket fire seen at another, media and a witness said...
Protesters in Myanmar’s biggest city return with ‘Guerrill...
April 29 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The streets of Myanmar’s commercial capital, Yangon, have seen a limited resumption of protest activity after more than three wee...
I’m a Myanmar diplomat, here’s why I refuse to recognize t...
April 29 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
I work in the foreign service of my homeland, Myanmar, in our embassy here in Washington, D.C. I decided to become a diplomat to repres...
Myanmar anti-coup activist faces murder, treason charges:...
April 29 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar authorities have filed several law suits against one of the main activists of the campaign against military rule, including cas...
Fighting resumes in Chin state after talks with Myanmar mi...
April 28 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Fighting resumed in Mindat in Chin State at 6 pm on Tuesday, after a few hours’ peace following moves by junta forces to hold neg...
Myanmar unity gov’t welcomes ASEAN meeting consensus
April 27 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar's newly formed National Unity Government (NUG) welcomed the five-point consensus on the coup crisis during a meeting of the Ass...
Asean has now got its foot in crisis-locked Myanmar's door
April 27 ,2021
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By: Tan Hui Yee
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing arriving at the Asean leaders' meeting in Jakarta on April 24, 2021, where he justified his Feb...
Myanmar anti-coup leader says ASEAN summit falls short of...
Activists protest to support the anti-coup movement and democracy in Myanmar, near the ASEAN secretariat building in Jakarta. ...
Is Asean’s Myanmar five-point consensus workable?
April 27 ,2021
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By: Bhavan Jaipragas
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, centre, with Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga H...
The battle for Myanmar plays out on Twitter, TikTok and Te...
April 21 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Thinzar Shunlei Yi is one of the few pro-democracy activists in Myanmar who is willing to do on-the-record interviews.
But while her i...
Asean faces ‘Catch-22’ by inviting Myanmar coup leader to...
April 21 ,2021
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By: Bhavan Jaipragas
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the mastermind of the coup in Myanmar. Photo: EPA
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is fa...
EU sanctions 10 Myanmar junta officials, two firms
April 20 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The European Union on Monday (April 19) imposed sanctions on 10 Myanmar junta officials and two conglomerates linked to the military...
Myanmar 'parallel government' pressures junta ahead of ASE...
People march in support of the National Unity Government in Dawei, Myanmar, on April 18. The NUG presents itself as a shadow governme...
India’s Adani faces scrutiny for port deal in Myanmar
April 20 ,2021
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By: Dieter Holger
A major index provider and some investors are distancing themselves from the marine-ports operator controlled by Indian conglomerate Ad...
Hundreds of villagers flee after Myanmar military raid in...
April 19 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Villagers in Kani Township, Sagaing Region, say they are fleeing their homes after soldiers raided Chaungma village in the township on...
Myanmar’s unity government says ASEAN must not recognise m...
April 19 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar’s newly formed government of national unity urged neighbouring countries to not recognise the junta that seized power in...
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