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...
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...
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