Diplomacy will be a high-wire act as resistance to militar...
March 1 ,2021
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By: Tan Hui Yee
People march along a street to protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Feb 26, 2021.PHOTO: NYTIMES
Nearly one m...
'Myanmar is like a battlefield': UN says at least 18 dead...
March 1 ,2021
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By: Rebecca Ratcliffe
At least 18 people have been killed, according to the UN, after security forces in Myanmar used lethal violence against anti-coup prote...
Myanmar police raid protest district as World Bank halts s...
February 27 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar police launched a crackdown overnight in a Yangon district after breaking up a protest to oppose a military appointed local off...
Myanmar’s coup takes a rising economic toll
February 27 ,2021
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By: Dominic Oo
Business operations are yet to fully resume following a coup d’etat launched by Myanmar’s powerful military three weeks ago...
Chairman of Myanmar military govt’s election body says NLD...
February 27 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
NLD supporters celebrate in Mandalay on Nov. 9, 2020, after initial counts at polling stations indicated the party was headed for a...
Myanmar's crisis is ASEAN's crisis
February 27 ,2021
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By: Kavi Chongkittavorn
Protesters gather in front of armored vehicles in Yangon on Feb. 15: The junta should be aware that ASEAN's patience may not last. &n...
India's silence toward Myanmar shows its wariness of China
February 26 ,2021
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By: Kiran Sharma
Aung San Suu Kyi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With China staring down at it, New Delhi has realized the need to take a pr...
Myanmar military supporters attack anti-coup protesters
February 26 ,2021
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By: Rebecca Ratcliffe
A supporter of Myanmar’s military uses a catapult during a rally in Yangon Photograph: Sai Aung Main/AFP/Getty Images
Suppor...
Myanmar: Optimism and Fear
February 25 ,2021
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By: Joshua Kurlantzick
Demonstrators rally to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on February 22, 2021. Stringer/Reuters
Over the...
Indonesia and Myanmar foreign ministers meet in Bangkok
February 25 ,2021
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By: Erwida Maulia and Koya Jibiki
Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi met with Burmese and Thai counterparts in Bangkok on Wednesda...
Aung San Suu Kyi tattoos flourish among Myanmar's resistan...
February 25 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
A man with a tattoo of Aung San Suu Kyi takes part in a protest against Myanmar’s coup. Photograph: Reuters
Studios rep...
Indonesian minister to fly to Myanmar in first foreign env...
February 24 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi will fly to Myanmar on Thursday (Feb 25) in the first known trip to the South-east Asian nati...
Who is Myanmar's coup leader and what does he want?
February 24 ,2021
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By: Nicholas Coppel
The commander in chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, pictured in July 2018: who is he, what is he like and what is he up to? &...
Bangladesh’s deafening silence on the Myanmar coup
February 23 ,2021
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By: Shakil Bin Mushtaq
Bangladesh has good reasons to refrain from taking a position on the February 1 coup in Myanmar, the country’s foreign minister t...
Myanmar protesters hold general strike as crowds push for...
February 23 ,2021
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By: Rebecca Ratcliffe
Demonstrators protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar. Photograph: Reuters
Protesters across Myanmar have held a ge...
Indonesian plan calls for Southeast Asia to hold Myanmar j...
February 23 ,2021
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By: Tom Allard
People hold placards to form the word "Justice" during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 22, 2021
I...
Myanmar coup: witnesses describe killing of protesters as...
February 22 ,2021
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By: Rebecca Ratcliffe
Medical students gather during an anti-coup protest in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Sunday 21 February. Photograph: AP
Witnesses...
Myanmar ships arrive for Malaysia deportees as US raises c...
February 22 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton pulls into Lumut Naval Base for a scheduled port visit in August 2019. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. N...
Where were the protesters when the Rohingya were being mur...
February 22 ,2021
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By: Kenan Malik
A demonstrator in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday. Photograph: Reuters
For almost three weeks there have been mass protests...
‘Abhorrent’: Malaysia’s plan for Myanmar repatriation cond...
February 20 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
There are an estimated 180,000 refugees, who are registered with the UNHCR in Malaysia, the vast majority from Myanmar, while thousan...
Myanmar Military targets striking civil servants
February 20 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar’s military has arrested nearly 30 civil servants in Naypyitaw, Mandalay and Kachin State this week for joining the civil...
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