Myanmar tortures political prisoners, freed Japanese journ...
May 22 ,2021
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By: Masuyuki Yuda
Yuki Kitazumi shows the notes he took while in a Yangon prison during an online press conference on May 21. (Screenshot from FCC...
Myanmar junta to dissolve Suu Kyi’s NLD party, step up sec...
May 22 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
An anti-coup protester holds up a sign calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi Naypyidaw. File photo: AFP
Myanmar’s junt...
Peninsula Hotels suspends $130m Yangon project for a year
May 22 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The Peninsula Yangon involves the redevelopment, seen here in 2018, of the former colonial-style downtown headquarters of Myanmar Rai...
Junta lifts age limit for Min Aung Hlaing position
May 21 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar military Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing was scheduled to retire in July when he turns 65. © Reuters...
Book review: Thai, Myanmar militaries bounded by politics,...
May 20 ,2021
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By: Marwaan Macan-Markar
Myanmar's junta chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, presides over an Armed Forces Day parade in Naypyitaw on March 27....
‘Pray for Myanmar’: Miss Universe pageant gets political
May 20 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Thuzar Wint Lwin, Myanmar’s contestant at Miss Universe in Florida, wearing a traditional costume of the Chin ethnic minority i...
Thai PM and Myanmar junta chief stay engaged via back chan...
May 12 ,2021
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By: Marwaan Macan-Markar
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, left, and Myanmar Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing: Min Aung Hlaing was the first Southeast A...
Myanmar’s failed mutinies in history
May 12 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
After Myanmar’s military coup on Feb. 1, some military personnel have joined the civil disobedience movement and left the armed f...
Myanmar junta goes big on giant Buddha statue in midst of...
May 12 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Marble statues of Buddha sit in various stages of completion in marble-rich Mandalay. About 90% of Myanmar's population is Buddhist.&...
Myanmar junta declares National Unity Government, CRPH, de...
May 11 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Regime accuses the political and armed resistance organizations of incitement; those guilty of affiliation with them face 10 years to...
Myanmar junta forces detain rakhine chief minister’s daugh...
May 11 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar’s junta forces detained Daw Moe Hsan Suu Kyi, the daughter of ousted Rakhine State chief minister U Nyi Pu, from her apar...
Myanmar’s NUG snubs ASEAN talks
May 10 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Protesters call for ASEAN not to endorse the military regime in Myanmar. / CJ
Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government (...
Myanmar's junta approves $2.8 bln investment, including ga...
May 10 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar's military rulers have approved new investment in projects worth nearly $2.8 billion, including a liquefied natural gas (LNG) p...
Over eighty airmen leave air force as Myanmar Military cas...
May 7 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing at an event commissioning aircraft
More than 80 officers and other ranks have left the...
What to expect after ASEAN's Myanmar summit
May 7 ,2021
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By: Bilahari Kausikan
Min Aung Hlaing arrives as he attends the ASEAN leaders summit in Jakarta on Apr. 24: the junta leader at least thought it neces...
Myanmar’s shadow government College forms the People’s De...
May 6 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Some would-be members of the PDF undergo military training somewhere on the border.
Myanmar’s shadow government formed the P...
India will be front-line state in Myanmar civil war
May 6 ,2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Hakha Town in Myanmar’s Chin State bordering Mizoram was the scene of attacks on the military by rebel fighters on May 5, 2021&...
Behind the scenes of ASEAN summit, Suu Kyi plea quietly dr...
May 4 ,2021
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By: Koya Jibiki
Protests were held near the ASEAN Secretariat building in Jakarta ahead of last week's summit on Myanmar. © Reuters
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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...
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