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Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and Norway's Prime Minister give a press conference in Oslo on June 15, 2012. Photo: AFP
June 24, 2022
After more than a year under house arrest ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred to solitary confinement in prison, the latest...
June 24, 2022
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi remained in strong spirits after being transferred from house arrest to prison, a source with knowledge of the...
June 23, 2022
On 19 June National Unity Government (NUG) introduced the Digital Myanmar Kyat (DMMK), Myanmar’s first blockchain-based digital currency. The DMMK...
June 23, 2022
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was denied its requests for it and prisoners’ family members to be allowed to visit prisons...
June 23, 2022
The Myanmar junta's trial of a detained Australian economist will shift to a special court inside a prison compound in the capital Naypyidaw, a...
June 23, 2022
Myanmar is rich in religious diversity but often appears poor when it comes to religious discrimination. Just ask May Phu, the nickname of an ethnic...
Myanmar refugees and their children, who fled a surge in violence as the military cracks down on rebel groups, at a camp in Nawphewlawl near the Myanmar-Thailand border in Kayin state. Photo: AFP
June 22, 2022
Only a fraction of refugees in need of resettlement to a third country are offered a spot, and the UN warned Tuesday that the needs are expected to...
June 22, 2022
People’s Defence Force (PDF) the Regional Friend Fighters (RFF) killed at least 10 junta soldiers in a mine attack on a road junction near to Phowin...
June 22, 2022
Three people were injured when the army fired three artillery shells into Hmawbon Village in Kachin’s Hpakant Township at about 11 p.m. on 19 June...
June 22, 2022
Hearings for the trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be moved to a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a source...
June 21, 2022
The Myanmar junta's plans to execute political opponents may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, a UN official said Monday. The junta...
June 21, 2022
The Myanmar junta calls them “peace talks” but the aim appears to be to keep potential enemies at bay. When the State Administration Council (SAC)...