Open letter warns China of attacks on projects in Myanmar
April 29 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
More than 500 civil and political organizations have warned China of possible attacks on its investments in Myanmar if Beijing maintain...
Myanmar junta court delays verdict in Suu Kyi corruption t...
April 26 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
A Myanmar court is scheduled to deliver a verdict in the first of multiple corruption cases against Aung San Suu Kyi. PHOTO: A...
Thai soldiers are forcing refugees to return to Myanmar
April 26 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
If you do not leave by tomorrow morning, we will burn your encampment to the ground, the Thai soldiers told Htun May (not her real...
Myanmar announces exemptions from forex order; eyes new en...
April 25 ,2022
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By: Kang Wan Chern
Myanmar's local currency has fluctuated between 1,300 kyats and 2,000 kyats to the dollar in the past year. PHOTO: REUTERS
SI...
Myanmar activists raising millions via Singapore to fight...
April 23 ,2022
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By: Tan Hui Yee
Medical students, doctors and engineers march in Yangon, Myanmar to protest against the military coup, on Feb 26, 2021. PHOTO: N...
As the focus on Myanmar fades Ukraine takes the spotlight
April 22 ,2022
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By: Kristina Kironska
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the illegal military takeover on 1 February 2021. Though the military continues to commit crimes agai...
Myanmar’s de-dollarization looks like financial suicide
April 21 ,2022
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By: Bertil Lintner
A Myanmar man counts local kyat notes at a market in Yangon on April 19, 2017. Photo: AFP / Roberto Schmidt
CHIANG MAI – Aft...
Prophecies, Rituals, and resistance in Myanmar
April 20 ,2022
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By: Naw Theresa
March 31 marked the end of Tabaung, the last month in the Burmese calendar. Tabaung usually overlaps with March and isn’t the mos...
Myanmar jailed more writers in 2021 than any other country...
April 18 ,2022
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By: Rebecca Ratcliffe
Soldiers stand next to military vehicles in the Myanmar capital, Naypyidaw, as people gather to protest against the military coup in...
India’s frontier districts bordering Myanmar to remain und...
April 16 ,2022
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By: Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Protest in Manipur State against fake confrontations. / Credit – Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Restive districts in India that border...
US arrests Yakuza chief who sought missiles for three Myan...
April 9 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
UWSA troops in the Wa capital Panghsang in April 2019. / The Irrawaddy
US authorities said Thursday that they had arrested a...
'Geographical importance': India defends Myanmar's partici...
April 9 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the 5th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation)...
Myanmar central bank official shot, unclear whether she su...
April 8 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
A soldier stands outside Myanmar's central bank in February 2021. © Reuters
BANGKOK -- A deputy governor of...
US must follow up on Rohingya genocide declaration
April 8 ,2022
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By: Saqib Sheikh
Rohingya refugees gather at a market in Bangladesh’s Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on May 15, 2020. Photo: AFP
The r...
March deadliest month this year for Myanmar military amid...
April 8 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
March turned out to be the deadliest and most miserable month so far this year for Myanmar junta troops, as more than 400 soldiers have...
Myanmar’s military junta tightens control over foreign cur...
April 7 ,2022
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By: Sebastian Strangio
Myanmar’s military administration is moving to tighten its control over movements of foreign currency, as the country’s eco...
Annihilation over compromise for Myanmar’s generals
April 5 ,2022
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By: Bertil Lintner
Myanmar military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has vast economic resources at his disposal. Photo: AFP/Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Ag...
Myanmar army says will 'annihilate' coup opponents on anni...
March 28 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar's junta chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, attends a ceremony to mark the country's 77th Armed Forces Day on March 27, 20...
‘Stronger together’: Myanmar, Russia parade military relat...
March 28 ,2022
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By: Allegra Mendelson
Myanmar's military continues to receive support from arms suppliers in Russia as it faces international isolation over its bloody cra...
Junta Chief’s daughter acquires slice of Telenor’s Myanmar...
March 26 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Min Aung Hlaing’s daughter Khin Thiri Thet Min. / nwayoomyanmar.com
Khin Thiri Thet Mon, a daughter of junta leader Min Aung...
The U.S. has recognized Myanmar’s genocide. But is that en...
Rohingya refugees gather behind a barbed wire fence in a temporary settlement setup in a border zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh o...
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