Tag: Myanmar

People in Myanmar on Sunday criticised an agreement between the country's junta chief and Southeast Asian leaders to end the ...

SE Asian nations say consensus reached on ending Myanmar crisis

24 April 2021, 7:21 PM

Southeast Asian leaders said they had agreed on a plan with Myanmar's junta chief on Saturday to end the crisis ...

Protesters defend themselves from the troops in Kale, Sagaing region.

ASEAN calls summit on Myanmar crisis as EU imposes sanctions

by Bongisipho Magcaba

20 April 2021, 7:12 AM

Southeast Asian countries will discuss the crisis in Myanmar at a summit in Jakarta on Saturday, the ASEAN bloc's secretariat ...

Fighting continued into Thursday morning and at least 11 protesters were killed and about 20 wounded, the media said.

11 killed as Myanmar protesters fight troops with handmade guns, firebombs: media

8 April 2021, 8:09 PM

Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar fought back with handmade guns and firebombs against a crackdown by security forces in a town ...

Five killed in Myanmar as troops open fire on protesters

by Bongisipho Magcaba

7 April 2021, 10:05 AM

Myanmar troops fired at anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least five people and wounding several, media said, as activists ...

Activists also called for a day of silence to commemorate the victims of the violence and for a day of religious observance on Saturday

Myanmar protesters defy military as internet curbs test resolve

by Nthabi Thipa

5 April 2021, 9:47 AM

Demonstrators in Myanmar held protests demanding the restoration of Aung San Suu Kyi government on Monday and called for more ...

A man flashes the three-finger salute as he passes burning tires during a protest against the military coup, in Mandalay, Myanmar, on April 1, 2021.

Myanmar junta cuts internet, protesters say they will not surrender

2 April 2021, 7:50 PM

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar marched and laid bouquets of flowers on Friday while trying to find alternative ways ...

Demonstrators hold placards with the image of Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar

Suu Kyi faces new charge under Myanmar’s official secrets act

1 April 2021, 4:47 PM

Myanmar’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been charged with breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, her lawyer said ...

Escaping villagers from the Karen State are pictured in an unidentified location on March 28, 2021, in this picture obtained from social media.

Myanmar protesters launch ‘garbage strike’; two killed as death toll tops 500

30 March 2021, 2:20 PM

Rubbish piled up on the streets of Myanmar’s main city on Tuesday after activists launched a “garbage strike” to oppose ...

Mourners fled the shooting in Bago at a service for 20-year-old student Thae Maung Maung near the commercial capital Yangon and there were no immediate reports of casualties, three people in the town told Reuters.

Troops fire at funeral as Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup

28 March 2021, 6:04 PM

Myanmar security forces opened fire at a funeral on Sunday, witnesses said, as people across the country gathered to mourn ...

Saturday also brought some of the heaviest fighting since the coup between the army and the ethnic armed groups that control swathes of the country

Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup, UN investigator condemns ‘mass murder’

by Preggie Moodley

28 March 2021, 8:15 AM

Across Myanmar, opponents of the ruling junta on Sunday mourned the killings of at least 114 people by security forces ...

The Karen National Union (KNU), the ethnic armed group that controls the southeastern region, said fighter jets attacked Day Pu Noe village at around 8 p.m., forcing villagers to flee.

Myanmar army launches air strikes on Karen village, ethnic armed group says

27 March 2021, 7:02 PM

Myanmar army fighter jets launched air strikes on Saturday on a village near the Thai border in territory controlled by ...

Protesters against the February 1 military coup came out on the streets of Yangon, Mandalay, and other towns, defying a warning that they could be shot "in the head and back"

At least 50 protesters killed in Myanmar

by Busisiwe Radebe

27 March 2021, 11:48 AM

Myanmar's security forces shot and killed at least 50 protesters on Saturday, news reports and witnesses said, a brutal crackdown ...

View of an empty street during a silent strike against the coup, in Taunggyi, Shan State, Myanmar

Myanmar’s junta frees hundreds of prisoners

by Bongisipho Magcaba

24 March 2021, 9:46 AM

Myanmar’s junta freed hundreds of demonstrators arrested during its brutal crackdown on protests on Wednesday.

A person holds a picture of leader Aung San Suu Kyi as Myanmar citizens protest against the military coup in front of the UN office in Bangkok, Thailand February 22, 2021.

Rebel militia in Myanmar’s Rakhine state joins other minorities in condemning junta

23 March 2021, 5:31 PM

The Arakan Army (AA), a major ethnic militia in Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state, on Tuesday joined other ethnic groups in ...

Three people were killed in Myanmar’s second city, Mandalay in unrest on Monday, including a 15-year-old boy, witnesses and news reports said.

EU, US sanctions step up pressure on Myanmar military over coup

23 March 2021, 3:00 AM

The European Union and the United States on Monday imposed sanctions on individuals and groups linked to last month’s military ...

Myanmar has been rocked by protests since the army overthrew Suu Kyi’s elected government on February 1 citing unsubstantiated claims of fraud in a November election that her party swept.

European Union prepares sanctions on Myanmar military

22 March 2021, 6:05 PM

The European Union prepared to impose sanctions on 11 people linked to last month’s military coup in Myanmar on Monday ...

The bloodshed has not quelled public anger over the return of military rule, the ouster of the elected government and the detention of its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

International pressure grows as protesters march, one killed

21 March 2021, 2:00 AM

Opponents of Myanmar’s coup protested again on Saturday and international pressure grew on the military junta to halt its repression ...

At least 39 reported killed in Myanmar as Chinese factories burn

15 March 2021, 4:00 AM