Myanmar militias revel after attempted drone attacks on junta’s stronghold capital
Reuters Anti-junta forces in Myanmar attempted coordinated drone attacks on military facilities in its capital on Thursday, army TV and a parallel government said, in a brazen challenge to a military struggling to govern and fighting battles on multiple fronts. Military-run Myawaddy TV said in its nighttime news bulletin an attempt by “terrorists” to destroy […]
Myanmar junta chief calls for unity, says military holding power “temporarily”
Reuters Myanmar’s ruling general said on Wednesday the junta was holding power only temporarily with the aim of strengthening democracy, and he called for unity among the people and military to fight armed groups seeking to derail plans to hold an election. Addressing an annual Armed Forces Day parade, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who […]
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi handed five year jail term for corruption
Reuters A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases against her, a source with knowledge of the proceedings said. The Nobel laureate and figurehead of Myanmar’s opposition to military rule is charged with […]
Myanmar junta holds parade on major holiday, announces prisoner amnesty
Yangon, MyanmarReuters Myanmar’s junta showed off its military strength with a parade in the capital Naypyitaw on Saturday, with its leader Min Aung Hlaing defending last year’s coup as necessary to protect the country from enemies, both domestic and foreign. Celebrating Myanmar’s Union Day, which marks independence from British colonial rule in 1947, the government […]
Myanmar forces trap protesters as UN and US urge restraint
Reuters Myanmar security forces cornered hundreds of young protesters overnight in a district of Yangon and threatened to hunt for them door-to-door as the United States and United Nations appealed for them to be allowed to leave. Thousands of people defied a night time curfew to take to the streets of Myanmar’s main city in […]
Anti-coup protesters defy junta warning, strike grips Myanmar
Reuters A general strike against military rule shut businesses in Myanmar on Monday and huge crowds gathered peacefully despite fears of violence after authorities warned that confrontation could be deadly. Three weeks after seizing power, the junta has failed to stop the daily protests and a civil disobedience movement calling for the reversal of the […]
Myanmar police fire into air to disperse protest, four hurt by rubber bullets
Reuters Police and protesters clashed in Myanmar on Tuesday in the most violent day of demonstrations against a military coup that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi, and a doctor said one woman was unlikely to survive a gunshot wound to the head. Three other people were being treated for wounds from suspected rubber bullets after […]