Myanmar

Myanmar junta sentences Suu Kyi aide to 20 years for treason

Myanmar's military sentenced a close aide of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to… Read More

Ousted Myanmar president describes first moments of coup

Myanmar's ousted president described on Tuesday turning down a deal to vacate his seat and… Read More

Telenor says Myanmar unit sale plan followed junta’s pressure on surveillance tech

Telenor is selling its Myanmar operations to avoid European Union sanctions after "continued pressure" from… Read More

Telenor quits Myanmar

Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor has sold its Myanmar business, blaming the difficulties of operating under… Read More

Myanmar village burned after fighting; residents blame security forces

The blaze was large enough to be recorded by NASA's satellite fire-tracking system at 9:52… Read More

Myanmar authorities open new corruption cases against Suu Kyi

The cases are the latest of a series brought against elected leader Suu Kyi, who… Read More

At least three killed as Myanmar villagers battle junta forces

Myanmar has been in chaos and its economy paralysed since the military ousted Aung San… Read More

Police and soldiers killed in eastern Myanmar amid heavy fighting

Myanmar has been in chaos since the February putsch, as the military uses lethal force… Read More

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hit with new criminal charge

The 75-year-old Nobel laureate has not been seen in public since being detained in the… Read More

Myanmar security forces kill over 80 protesters – monitoring group

A spokesman for Myanmar’s military junta could not be reached on Saturday. Read More

Myanmar security forces kill over 80 anti-coup protesters

Myanmar security forces killed over 80 anti-coup protesters in Bago town on Thursday night and… Read More

Beauty queen takes Myanmar’s democratic fight to international stage

“I cried a lot and also the whole night when I arrived back to my… Read More

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi faces new charge; wireless internet suspended

Myanmar’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been charged with breaking a colonial-era official… Read More

Myanmar death toll tops 500 as protesters stage ‘garbage strike’

Rubbish piled up on the streets of Myanmar’s main city on Tuesday after activists launched… Read More

Troops fire at funeral as Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup

Myanmar security forces opened fire at a funeral on Sunday, witnesses said, as people across… Read More

‘They are killing us like birds or chickens’: Myanmar security forces kill over 90

“They are killing us like birds or chickens, even in our homes,” said Thu Ya… Read More

Myanmar civilian leader says people should defend themselves as toll mounts

Mahn Win Khaing Than said the civilian government would “attempt to legislate the required laws… Read More

Aung San Suu Kyi accused of taking bribes

Zaw Min Tun also said Suu Kyi had accepted illegal payments worth $600,000 as well… Read More

Lobbyist to be paid $2 million to ‘explain’ Myanmar’s coup

More than 60 protesters have been killed and 1,900 people have been arrested since Feb.… Read More

Official from Suu Kyi’s party dies in custody in Myanmar

An official from Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy died in custody in… Read More