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With asking price of $142 million, no bidders for home of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi

YANGON, Myanmar — A second attempt to auction the family home of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi failed on Thursday after no bidders showed up, likely deterred by the court-ordered asking price of $142 million. Suu Kyi spent 15 years in the home under house arrest, hosting visiting dignitaries including U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State …

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10 months ago

Many in Myanmar consider fleeing to Thailand to escape conscription into an army they despise

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Thwel, a 25-year-old schoolteacher, saw very few options left to her after Myanmar’s military announced it is implementing conscription to fill its ranks. Like many professionals, she joined the Civil Disobedience Movement that was formed to oppose military rule after the army’s 2021 seizure of power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Since then, the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Military-ruled Myanmar hosts joint naval exercise with Russia, its close ally and top arms supplier

Associated Press

BANGKOK — The military-run Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar is holding its first joint naval exercise with Russia, state media reported Tuesday, with the countries carrying out maneuvers in the Andaman Sea. Reports in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said that the maritime security exercise with Russia was being held until Thursday, 157 kilometers west of Myeik …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Senior military-linked election official shot dead in Myanmar

Al Jazeera

Myanmar’s army blamed the killing on the anti-coup People’s Defence Forces who are fighting military rule in the country. The deputy head of Myanmar’s military-appointed election commission has been shot dead in the country’s commercial capital Yangon by rebels, authorities said, the latest killing of a high-profile individual linked to the country’s military rulers. Sai Kyaw Thu, deputy director of …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Myanmar army leader calls for decisive action to crush foes

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing spoke at a military …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Myanmar military pledges decisive action against opponents

Al Jazeera

At Armed Forces Day parade, Min Aung Hlaing says ‘terror acts’ of coup opponents need to be tackled ‘for good and all’. Myanmar’s coup leader Min Aung Hlaing has pledged to deal decisively with “terrorists” fighting against his rule as the military put on an annual show of strength for Armed Forces Day. “The and the government also need to …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Myanmar lawyer accused of helping army slain by guerrillas

Firstpost

Bangkok: A veteran corporate lawyer has been shot dead in Myanmar’s biggest city by self-proclaimed urban guerrillas, highlighting the bloody struggle between the military government and its foes in the country’s cities as well as the remote countryside. The group, calling itself Urban Owls, accused him of being a business associate of the country’s military leaders who seized power two …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Myanmar lawyer accused of helping army slain by guerrillas

Associated Press

BANGKOK — A veteran corporate lawyer has been shot dead in Myanmar’s biggest city by self-proclaimed urban guerrillas, highlighting the bloody struggle between the military government and its foes in the country’s cities as well as the remote countryside. The group, calling itself Urban Owls, accused him of being a business associate of the country’s military leaders who seized power …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Myanmar military rulers extend state of emergency by six months

Al Jazeera

The move announced on second anniversary of military power grab will probably delay elections. State broadcaster MRTV said the National Defence and Security Council had granted Min Aung Hlaing’s request to prolong the state of emergency declared when the army overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government on February 1, 2021. ‘Unrest and violence’ The military justified its February …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Retired senior army officer shot dead by Myanmar guerrrilla

Associated Press

BANGKOK — A retired high-ranking officer in Myanmar’s military was shot dead at his home in the country’s biggest city, Yangon, in the latest such killing attributed to militants opposed to army rule. Ohn Thwin is believed to be the highest-ranking active or retired military officer assassinated since February last year, when the army seized power from the elected government …

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2 years, 4 months ago

In a remote enclave, a young resistance army is challenging the might of Myanmar's junta

ABC

Two weeks inside a resistance army's mountain stronghold as it wages war on Myanmar's military dictatorship. ABC's Foreign Correspondent spent two weeks inside the growing resistance movement, with civilians such as Dr Amos aiding the war effort and the — mostly — young soldiers waging guerilla war against the military junta. When the local rebel militia asked Dr Amos to …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Myanmar charges Japanese journalist with dissent against army

Al Jazeera

Toru Kubota, 26, has also been charged with breaching immigration law, a ruling by the military administration said. A Japanese journalist detained in Myanmar has been charged with breaching immigration law and encouraging dissent against the army, the ruling military administration said. Toru Kubota, who was held while covering a protest in Yangon last week, “has been charged under section …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Protests in Myanmar mark founder’s 75th death anniversary

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Scattered pro-democracy rallies were held across military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday to mark the 75th anniversary of the assassination of the independence hero and father of the country’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted in last year’s military takeover. Since the army took power and detained Suu Kyi and thousands of supporters, 2,091 civilians including poets, …

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2 years, 7 months ago

How the Karen became crucial to Myanmar’s anti-coup resistance

Al Jazeera

Long fighting for its own independence, the Karen National Union is providing protection and training to those opposed to the military. When the Myanmar military seized power on February 1 last year, the country’s oldest major ethnic armed group, the Karen National Union, was also one of the first to condemn the coup. “KNU people are very kind and very …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Violence, protests mark anniversary of Myanmar army rule

Associated Press

BANGKOK — A nationwide strike marked the one-year anniversary Tuesday of the army’s seizure of power in Myanmar, as protests and sporadic violence across the country renewed concern over the ongoing struggle for power. Duwa Lashi La, acting president of the opposition’s National Unity Government, vowed that his group will carry on with the people’s “revolution” against military rule. “The …

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3 years ago

Myanmar journalist reported to have died in military custody

Al Jazeera

Koe Soe Naing and a colleague were detained in Yangon while covering Friday’s ‘silent strike’ called by opponents of the coup. Ko Soe Naing is the first journalist known to have died in custody since the army seized power in February, ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. ‘Appalling death’ After his arrest, Ko Soe Naing was sent …

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3 years ago

Myanmar journalist reported to have died in army custody

Associated Press

BANGKOK — A local freelance photojournalist in Myanmar has died in military custody after being arrested last week while covering protests, colleagues and a friend of his family said Tuesday. Soe Naing is the first journalist known to have died in custody since the army seized power in February, ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. The Paris-based …

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3 years ago

Three feared dead as Myanmar army truck mows down anti-government protesters in Yangon

Firstpost

A worker for a local emergency rescue team said two men and a woman in their early 20s were brought to a military hospital for treatment Bangkok: An army vehicle plowed into a peaceful march by anti-government protesters in military-ruled Myanmar’s biggest city, reportedly killing at least three people, witnesses and a protest organizer said. Sunday’s march was one of …

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3 years ago

3 feared dead as Myanmar army truck runs down protesters

India TV News

An army vehicle barreled into a peaceful march of anti-government protesters in military-ruled Myanmar’s biggest city on Sunday, reportedly killing at least three people, witnesses and a protest organizer said. Sunday’s march was one of at least three held in Yangon, and similar rallies were reported in other parts of the country a day ahead of an expected verdict in …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Fear and uncertainty for Myanmar dissidents in Thailand

Al Jazeera

Myanmar dissidents who fled army crackdown are living in hiding in Thailand as they try to seek humanitarian protection in third countries. Over the next month, Kaung Latt sheltered with different friends in Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, but when the military issued an arrest warrant accusing him of “using popularity to incite the people” through social media “to destroy the …

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3 years, 7 months ago

People of Myanmar resist army rule

The Hindu

If there were any lingering doubts about how far the Burmese military might go in its efforts to restore order in Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw, Mandalay and every other corner of Myanmar following the coup of February 1, these have now been comprehensively quashed. In late March, sanctions were extended to include two military conglomerates—Myanmar Economic Corporation and Myanmar Economic …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Rebels vs rulers after military coup in Myanmar

The Hindu

THE SITUATION IN BURMA IS THREATENING to spiral out of control. U.S. sanctions The U.N. special envoy will also be visiting China, one of Myanmar’s biggest economic partners, to explore ways of bringing back normalcy to the country. Russia, which is the second biggest arms suppliers to Myanmar’s military after China, has warned that imposing sanctions on the country would …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Myanmar Troops Fire at Funeral as Country Mourns Bloodiest Day Since Coup

News 18

Myanmar security forces opened fire on Sunday, witnesses said, at people gathered for the funeral of one of the 114 people killed the previous day, the bloodiest day of protests since the military coup on Feb. 1. “People, including us, run away as they opened fire.” Two people were killed in firing on protests on Sunday in separate incidents elsewhere, …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Army fires at funeral as Myanmar mourns day of ‘mass murder’

Al Jazeera

Defence chiefs of 12 countries condemn Myanmar army after 114 people killed in deadliest crackdown yet on protests. “People, including us, run away as they opened fire.” Two people were killed in firing on protests on Sunday in separate incidents elsewhere, witnesses and news reports said. The European Union’s delegation to Myanmar said that the 76th Myanmar Armed Forces Day …

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With asking price of $142 million, no bidders for home of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Many in Myanmar consider fleeing to Thailand to escape conscription into an army they despise

Military-ruled Myanmar hosts joint naval exercise with Russia, its close ally and top arms supplier

Senior military-linked election official shot dead in Myanmar

Myanmar army leader calls for decisive action to crush foes

Myanmar military pledges decisive action against opponents

Myanmar lawyer accused of helping army slain by guerrillas

Myanmar lawyer accused of helping army slain by guerrillas

Myanmar military rulers extend state of emergency by six months

Retired senior army officer shot dead by Myanmar guerrrilla

In a remote enclave, a young resistance army is challenging the might of Myanmar's junta

Myanmar charges Japanese journalist with dissent against army

Protests in Myanmar mark founder’s 75th death anniversary

How the Karen became crucial to Myanmar’s anti-coup resistance

Violence, protests mark anniversary of Myanmar army rule

Myanmar journalist reported to have died in military custody

Myanmar journalist reported to have died in army custody

Three feared dead as Myanmar army truck mows down anti-government protesters in Yangon

3 feared dead as Myanmar army truck runs down protesters

Fear and uncertainty for Myanmar dissidents in Thailand

People of Myanmar resist army rule

Rebels vs rulers after military coup in Myanmar

Myanmar Troops Fire at Funeral as Country Mourns Bloodiest Day Since Coup

Army fires at funeral as Myanmar mourns day of ‘mass murder’