By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia MYANMAR’S junta on today (June 12) accused some of the country’s two dozen ethnic armed groups of providing training to its opponents to carry out a wave of bombings that it said had targeted public buildings including schools. Bomb attacks have become a daily occurrence as the army struggles
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Myanmar violence escalating, creating ‘rights catastrophe’: UN
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Geneva – The United Nations rights chief said today (Jun 11) that violence was escalating across Myanmar, warning that the country had plunged into a “human rights catastrophe” since the Feb 1 coup. Pointing to reported military build-up in several regions of the country, UN High Commissioner for
Read moreDoctors Without Borders ordered to stop work in Myanmar city
By AFP, published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – An international medical charity warned today (June 9) of “life-threatening” consequences for thousands of HIV and tuberculosis patients in Myanmar after it was ordered by the junta to stop work in a southern city. Doctors Without Borders – widely known by its French initials MSF – received
Read moreThailand concerned over violence in Myanmar
By Reuters Staff, published by MSN News THAILAND has expressed concern about the violence in many parts of Myanmar and called on its neighbour to take action and end the turmoil roiling the country since a February 1 coup. Myanmar’s military has shown little sign of heeding the “Five-Point Consensus” agreed among the Association of
Read moreMyanmar military fails to quell protests four months after coup
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia MYANMAR protesters took to the streets today (June 1) in several districts, as fighting between the army and anti-junta militias raged in border areas, four months after the military ousted an elected government in a coup. Myanmar’s military is still struggling to impose order after arresting Aung San
Read more8 explosions and shooting death of accused informant reported in Yangon
By Myanmar Now EIGHT explosives went off this morning (May 27) in Yangon’s Thaketa Township, where a local ward administrator was also shot and killed by three gunmen in the latest sign of escalating violence by anti-regime forces. The explosions took place near the township’s No. 1 and No. 2 police stations, a local market,
Read moreAung San Suu Kyi appears in court in person for first time since coup
By Agencies and published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in person at a court hearing today (May 24) for the first time since her government was overthrown by the military in a Feb 1 coup, her lawyer told Reuters. Aung San Suu Kyi looked in good health
Read moreMyanmar junta fires protesting diplomats in Tokyo: Report
By AFP, published by Channel NewsAsia Tokyo – Two officials at Myanmar’s embassy in Tokyo have become the latest diplomats dismissed by the junta after protesting the military coup in their country, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported today (May 20). Administrator Aung Soe Moe and a junior colleague were fired after they went on strike,
Read moreFears for supplies in Myanmar’s Chin State as exodus grows from fighting
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – People displaced by an upsurge of fighting in Myanmar’s Chin State voiced concerns over shelter and supplies as more flee the conflict that has sprung up between the army and insurgents opposed to the junta that seized power in February. The exodus also threatens to push more
Read moreMyanmar junta declares martial law in town after attacks
By Reuters, published by CNA MYANMAR’S junta has declared martial law in a town in Chin State after blaming “armed terrorists” for attacks on a police station and a bank, state media reported today (May 14), amid an upsurge in fighting between the military and ethnic rebels in border areas. In the face of widespread
Read moreBuddhist monks in Myanmar split on anti-junta movement
By AFP, published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – Myanmar’s Buddhist monkhood led an earlier struggle against military rule but is split on the coup that ended the country’s nascent democracy, with some prominent religious leaders defending the new junta. Three months of turmoil have followed the February pre-dawn raids in which soldiers arrested civilian leader
Read moreMyanmar arrests 39 over blasts, seeking training with rebels: Media
By Reuters, published by The Straits Times Yangon – Myanmar security forces have arrested 39 people suspected of being behind explosions and arson attacks as well as trying to get military training with an ethnic minority rebel group, media controlled by the junta said today (May 12). Since the military seized power on Feb 1,
Read moreRung: Help find Penguin, mum can’t reach him
SOUNDING an alert about detained hunger-striking protest leader Mr. Prit Chivarak, or Penguin, is another protest leader, Ms Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, or Rung, who was released on bail last evening after his mother failed to reach him, Thai Rath newspaper said today (May 7). Rung has been continuously active on social media since her release and
Read moreMyanmar rebels claim military helicopter downing
By AFP, published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – A leading Myanmar ethnic rebel army said that it had shot down a military helicopter today (May 3), a day after a renewed junta crackdown on anti-coup protests left at least five civilians dead. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) said it downed the helicopter gunship during fierce
Read moreProtesters fling paint, eggs at court to demand activist’s release
By AFP, published by Channel NewsAsia HUNDREDS of protesters hurled red paint, tomatoes and eggs at a Bangkok court today (May 2), demanding the release of all political detainees, including an activist who was hospitalised after a hunger strike. The student activist Parit Chiwarak – widely known by his nickname “Penguin” – has been held
Read moreBomb blasts and flash protests as Myanmar enters fourth month under junta
By AFP, published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – Explosions blasted off throughout Myanmar’s largest city Yangon today (May 1) as protesters held flash marches for democracy, defying a brutal junta that has held onto power for three blood-drenched months. The country has been in an uproar since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu
Read morePenguin sent to Ramathibodi Hospital for treatment
AS it was feared that detained protest leader Mr. Prit Chivarak, or Penguin, who has been on hunger strike since March 16 in order to be bailed out might go into shock, the Correction Department today (April 30) transferred him to Ramathibodi Hospital for treatment, Siam Rath newspaper said. The department’s Deputy Director-General and spokesman
Read moreRockets fired at two Myanmar air bases, no casualties: Military
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia UNIDENTIFIED attackers fired rockets at two Myanmar air bases today (April 29) but there were no casualties and only minor damage in another sign of deteriorating security since the military overthrew an elected government three months ago. There was no claim of responsibility for the attacks, which the
Read moreFighting erupts in Myanmar; junta to ‘consider’ Asean plan
By Reuters Staff, published by Gulf Today FIGHING erupted in eastern Myanmar near the Thai border early today (April 27) as ethnic minority Karen insurgents attacked an army outpost in some of the most intense clashes since a Feb. 1 coup plunged Myanmar into crisis. The clash came as the junta, in an apparent setback
Read moreMyanmar people slam Asean-junta consensus to end violence
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report PEOPLE in Myanmar on today (April 25) criticised an agreement between the country’s junta chief and Southeast Asian leaders to end the violence-hit nation’s crisis, saying it fell short of restoring democracy and holding the army accountable for hundreds of civilian deaths. There were no
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