How does Myanmar military keep functioning so boldly?
February 8 ,2022
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By: Abdullah Shibli
Police prepare to disperse protesters taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Feb 22, 2021...
Myanmar’s junta chief ‘says Asean envoy can meet Suu Kyi p...
February 8 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar’s Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing presides over an army parade in March last year. An army takeover i...
Myanmar's Chin battle military with muskets
February 7 ,2022
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By: Denis D. Gray
A Chinland Defense Force fighter poses for a photograph at an undisclosed location near the India-Myanmar border on Nov. 23...
Myanmar piles on another corruption charge against Suu Kyi
February 5 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Suu Kyi has already been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment after being convicted of illegally importing and possessing walki...
Myanmar’s generals have a dubious role model in Thailand
February 5 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Soon after General Min Aung Hlaing mounted a coup against Myanmar’s elected government, a year ago this month, the army chie...
Myanmar citizens oppose military takeover on social media
February 5 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar citizens are resisting the takeover and continuing their campaign for democracy. Young people have chosen social media as the...
ASEAN bars Myanmar from attending foreign ministers' meeti...
February 4 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The snub comes after ASEAN took the unprecedented step of barring junta leader Min Aung Hlaing from a summit in October. (AP)
Myan...
Myanmar shadow government drops objections to ICJ's Rohing...
February 3 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Women carry children through the water as hundreds of Rohingya refugees arrive under the cover of darkness by wooden boats from Myanm...
Myanmar’s military turns to Buddhism in bid for legitimacy
February 3 ,2022
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By: Allegra Mendelson
Some monks have joined the anti-coup protests but, in a bid for legitimacy, the generals are working to cultivate the support of seni...
UN renews call for arms embargo against Myanmar military
February 2 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar Army armoured vehicles drive past a street after they seized power in a coup in Mandalay, Myanmar February 2, 2021. (Reuters)...
Yangon calm masks Myanmar's pain 1 year after military tak...
February 2 ,2022
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By: Gwen Robinson
Myanmar's Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who leads the country, is facing resistance from a fractured -- and increasingly armed...
A painful stalemate in Myanmar
February 1 ,2022
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By: Sanjay Pulipaka
In this file photo taken on February 11, 2021, protesters step on a banner showing an image of Myanmar military chief Senior General...
Cambodian PM's embrace of Myanmar military rulers splits A...
February 1 ,2022
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By: Toru Takashashi
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, left, and Myanmar's Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, right, pose for photographs before holding a meeti...
Junta cyber bill has Myanmar business up in arms
January 31 ,2022
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By: Dominic Oo
Myanmar junta legislation aims to curtail the use of Western social media platforms. Image: Twitter
YANGON – Myanmar’s...
EU tarries on Myanmar oil and gas sanctions
January 31 ,2022
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By: David Hutt
A Myanmar energy worker on an offshore natural gas platform in the Yadana gas field. Photo: Total
The European Union is in a state...
Myanmar army’s landmines at oil, gas pipelines near China...
January 31 ,2022
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By: Min Ye Kyaw
Motorists pass the China-Myanmar border gate in Shan State. Photo: AFP
The Myanmar military’s recent placement of...
Japan's Myanmar expats remit restaurant profits to defy mi...
January 31 ,2022
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By: Yuji kuronuma
The Spring Revolution Restaurant in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district draws crowds of Myanmar people and Japanese alike. (Photo by Ken Kobay...
Myanmar’s Arakan rebels cement control over Rakhine state...
January 31 ,2022
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By: Kyaw Hsan Hlaing
A Myanmar soldier stands guard near an airfield in Rakhine state in 2018. Photo: AFP
At the one-year mark of the Myanmar ...
Myanmar's isolation from West opens door for China and Rus...
January 29 ,2022
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By: Koya Jibiki
Myanmar military officials attend a commissioning ceremony of a submarine gifted by China in December. (Photo courtesy of Myanmar's&n...
Myanmar’s generals have united the country-against themsel...
January 29 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Zn Htet aung had always loathed the Rohingyas, a Muslim ethnic group from Rakhine, a state in western Myanmar. When the Burmese ar...
Myanmar junta in toys-for-the-boys weaponry splurge
January 28 ,2022
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By: Bertil Lintner
Myanmar soldiers march in formation in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Khin Maung Win
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