Peninsula Hotels rethinks $130m Myanmar plan amid coup tur...
March 18 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The former headquarters of the old Myanmar Railway Co. is being transformed into the Peninsula Yangon. (Photo provided by Hongkong an...
Myanmar junta targets banks in push against 'foreign inter...
People sit outside a closed bank in Yangon on March 8: Myanmar's military rulers have threatened to seize deposits from commerci...
Myanmar factory attacks drag China into crisis
Smoke billows from the industrial zone of Hlaing Thar Yar township in Yangon on March 14. Attacks on Chinese-run factories in Myanmar...
Myanmar military extends martial law after bloodiest day s...
March 16 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Sunday was the deadliest day for protesters since the 1 February coup
Myanmar's military has imposed martial law across more distr...
Quad’s virtue-signalling won’t help the people of Myanmar
March 16 ,2021
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By: Alex Lo
People flash a three-finger salute as they take part in an anti-coup night protest at Hledan junction in Yangon, on March 14, 2021. P...
Another 15 protesters slain as Myanmar Military Junta cont...
March 16 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
People carry a protester who was injured during the police shooting against the anti-regime protest in Yangon's Hlaing Thar Yar on Mo...
Five red flags signaling Myanmar coup's economic damage
March 16 ,2021
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By: Kentaro Iwamoto
Factory workers rally against the coup in Yangon in February: The turmoil slammed the brakes on the country's manufacturing sector. &...
After attacks on Chinese businesses, Myanmar imposes ‘full...
March 15 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Fire from burning Chinese-owned factories in Myanmar’s industrial township of Hlaing Thar Yar, on the outskirts of Yangon, is i...
Toppled NLD govt’s acting vice president calls for unity a...
March 15 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Mahn Win Khaing Than. / The Irrawaddy
The acting vice-president of Myanmar’s deposed National League for Democracy governmen...
Kachin independence army attacks Myanmar Military outpost
March 13 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
KIA fighters at Mai Ja Yang in Kachin State. / The Irrawaddy
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) carried out a pre-dawn attack on a...
Myanmar’s security forces totally out of control committin...
March 13 ,2021
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By: Larry Jagan
Myanmar’s security forces continue to terrorise the country’s civilian population. These week has witnessed the worst blood...
Myanmar’s Military Junta launches corruption probe of Suu...
March 12 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar’s military regime has launched corruption probes targeting the country’s ousted leaders, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Pres...
Indonesia ramps up diplomacy to solve Myanmar crisis
March 12 ,2021
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By: Toru Takashashi
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, through his foreign minister, stresses noninterference, but also democracy, human rights and t...
Myanmar's street protesters need the world's help to resto...
March 11 ,2021
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By: Vasuki Shastry
Four weeks after he deposed Myanmar’s democratically elected government, General Min Aung Hlaing must be getting that sinking fee...
UN Security Council wrestles with threat of action over My...
March 11 ,2021
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By: Michelle Nichols
The UN Security Council failed to agree on Tuesday on a statement that would have condemned the coup in Myanmar, called for restraint b...
Another 300 protesters in Yangon arrested by Junta’s Secur...
March 11 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
About 300 protesters were reportedly arrested Wednesday during the military junta’s continuing crackdown against anti-regime demo...
New crisis, new opportunity in Myanmar
March 11 ,2021
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By: Iqbal Quadir
The global community, led by the U.S., should empower Bangladesh to negotiate a sustainable future for the Rohingya in Myanmar.
My...
Myanmar’s anti-regime protests go on despite crackdowns an...
March 10 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Anti-regime protesters in Mandalay marched on Tuesday. / The Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s anti-regime protests in many cities have co...
‘Shoot me instead’: Myanmar nun’s plea to spare protesters
March 10 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng pleading with the forces of the new junta not to shoot protesters in Myitkyina. Photograph: Myitkyina News J...
Myanmar regime steps up violence to tackle general strike
March 9 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Two protesters shot dead in Myitkyina, Kachin state.
Another general strike planned by anti-regime protesters on Monday faced...
Myanmar Military Regime’s Forces establish bases at civili...
March 9 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Military troops deployed in Mandalay amid the regime’s crackdown on its protesters on Feb. 22, marking '22222' nationwide gen...
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