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Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the ruling council (Twitter@descifraguerra)

Myanmar military promises new election; Suu Kyi faces additional...

Suu Kyi, 75, spent nearly 15 years under house arrest for her efforts to end military rule

18 Feb 2021 12:16 AM IST

Protesters hold signs calling for the release of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they block a road during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on February 17, 2021. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Thousands rally in Myanmar's Yangon despite military build up

UN special rapporteur Tom Andrews said he feared the situation was spiralling out of control

17 Feb 2021 11:57 AM IST

In this image from video, protesters flash the three-fingered salute as they march in Yangon, Myanmar Saturday, February 6, 2021. (AP)

Biden orders sanctions against Myanmar after military coup

Protesters seeking freedom for Aung San Suu Kyi and other party members detained by the military

11 Feb 2021 1:21 AM IST

Policemen stand guard as a Nepalese Civil society activist holds a placard reacting to the developments in Myanmar during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, February 1, 2021. (AP/Niranjan Shrestha)

AA Edit | Myanmar back to square one

The reason given for the transfer of power is voter fraud in the elections held last November, which must be the weakest...

2 Feb 2021 8:17 AM IST

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Why is the military taking control in Myanmar?

In the capital, internet and phone access appeared to be blocked and barbed wire road blocks were set up across Yangon

1 Feb 2021 4:57 PM IST

The northern wedge of Rakhine closest to Bangladesh has been in lockdown since October 2016 deadly attacks by militants on border posts sparked a military response that left scores dead and forced tens of thousands to flee (Photo: AFP)

71 killed in gun battle between Rohingya militants, security forces in...

Local police said the simultaneous attacks targeted at least 26 outposts of the police, border guard police and security...

25 Aug 2017 3:28 PM IST

Thousands of Rohingyas have fled a military operation in Rakhine state, in Myanmar.

Ongoing Myanmar clashes leave 96 dead, including 6 civilians

Myanmar is mostly Buddhist, but about 1 million Muslim Rohingya live in the northern part of Rakhine, where the violence...

27 Aug 2017 7:42 PM IST

Myanmars state counsellor and foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi with Pope Francis at the Vatican. (Photo: AP)

Vatican and Myanmar agree to form diplomatic ties

Kuu Syi and a group of officials spent around 20 minutes with Pope Francis.

5 May 2017 3:25 AM IST

As reported by the Guardian, Rights group estimates that 75,000 Rohingya have fled to neighboring countries such as Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Rohingya Muslims 'abused': Myanmar rejects UN interference

Reports of atrocities inflicted upon the minority community have surfaced despite the government's denial.

3 May 2017 5:02 PM IST

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One year on: what do Myanmar's people think of Suu Kyi?

Many activists have expressed acute concern about a spike in the number of online defamation prosecutions since the NLD...

30 March 2017 10:50 AM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi. (Photo: AP)

Myanmar probes controversial Myitsone dam

The hydropower project poses a delicate challenge to the country's new civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

12 Nov 2016 4:13 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Photo: AFP)

US presses Myanmar for complete break-off of links with N Korea

US envoy's trip to Myanmar underlined continuing US worries over North Korean links that back to Myanmar's decades of...

22 July 2017 6:36 PM IST