Fighting Myanmar's regime with compassion and military ski...
August 4 ,2021
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By: Denis D. Gray
David Eubank, founder of the Free Burma Rangers aid organization, rescues a 5-year-old Demoa after her mother was killed by Islamists...
US accuses Myanmar generals of ‘stalling’, urges ASEAN pre...
August 4 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
ASEAN is not known for its collective diplomatic clout and its meetings have frequently pitted the United States and China against ea...
Myanmar: Army Captain who nearly opened fire at Suu Kyi in...
August 4 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Thirty-two years ago, during the thick of the pro-democracy movement of Myanmar after the 1988 uprising, a group of soldiers nearly ope...
Asean, stop wasting time on Myanmar
August 3 ,2021
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By: Marzuki Darusman
Protesters march during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on Feb 7, 2021.PHOTO: AFP
Three months have passed sin...
ASEAN struggles to end Myanmar impasse as week of meetings...
August 3 ,2021
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By: Kentaro Iwamoto
The ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta: The bloc is set for a busy week of diplomatic meetings. © Reuters
Association o...
Six months after Myanmar coup, battle for diplomatic recog...
Opposition to the coup continues with the military unable to consolidate its power [File: Stringer/ AFP]
In Myanmar’s commer...
Myanmar military restructures panel to defend Rohingya gen...
June 26 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, presides an army par...
How the coup is destroying Myanmar’s economy
June 26 ,2021
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By: Htwe Htwe Thein
The military coup in Myanmar in February has reversed or put at risk a decade of gradual economic progress. In the last decade, the Mya...
Myanmar sinks deeper into civil war, as anti-army groups m...
June 24 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Mounted on his bike, wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a corporate logo, Kyaw Soe resembles one of the myriad food-couriers zipping thr...
Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing thanks Russia for boo...
June 24 ,2021
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By: SAM Report
Russia’s Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, left, and Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing in Moscow, Russia on...
Arms bound for Myanmar seized in Mizoram
June 23 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Representational
In one of the major arms recoveries in recent times in Mizoram, the Assam Rifles on Tuesday seized a large ha...
Myanmar: EU, UK impose new sanctions on Junta officials ov...
June 23 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The European Union (EU) implemented new sanctions on top officials in Myanmar’s ruling military junta Monday over human rights ab...
Japan refuses to impose sanctions on Myanmar, undermining...
June 22 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Protesters display the three-fingered salute while marking civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday. Photo: AFP
When hund...
Pope calls on Myanmar’s junta to allow houses of worship t...
June 22 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar protesters holding roses, to show solidarity with those who have been arrested, make the three-finger salute during a demonst...
India abstains from voting on UNGA resolution on Myanmar,...
June 21 ,2021
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By: Yoshita Singh
India has abstained on a UN General Assembly resolution on Myanmar, saying its views have not been reflected in the draft and New Delhi...
Myanmar's cash shortage casts shadow despite rise in activ...
June 19 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
A consumer buying vegetables at a local market on June 15. People are gradually coming back for shopping and working, but c...
Aung San Suu Kyi trial: how Myanmar’s judicial system is s...
June 19 ,2021
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By: Anna Plunkett
Demonstrators hold up placards calling for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release. Photo: EPA
Concern for the future of Myanmar&rsq...
Trial of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi gets under way
June 15 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The trial of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has gotten under way, more than four months after a military coup.
On Monday, the...
The Myanmar challenge to Asean
June 15 ,2021
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By: Choi Shing Kwok
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Myanmar’s coming revolution
June 14 ,2021
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By: Thant Myint-U
Anti-coup demonstrators in Yangon, Myanmar, April 2021. The New York Times / Redux
Myanmar is at a point of no return. The army&rs...
Myanmar protesters show support for Rohingya with viral so...
June 14 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
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