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Myanmar junta court to give verdict in Suu Kyi corruption trial

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 26 06:32 PM

A Myanmar junta court will hand down a verdict in the corruption trial of Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday, according to a source. Read more »

Myanmar political prisoners excluded from new year amnesty

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 17 04:56 PM

Families of detained Myanmar protesters had their hopes dashed Sunday after political prisoners were not included in some 1,600 people released by the junta to mark the Buddhist new year. Read more »

Myanmar army says to ‘annihilate’ coup opponents

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 27 01:27 PM

Myanmar's junta will "annihilate" coup opponents, its army chief said as the military staged a show of force on the anniversary of its bloodiest crackdown so far on democracy protests. Read more »

Myanmar villagers accuse junta troops of torching houses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 12:15 AM

Myanmar junta troops torched dozens of houses across three villages in a restive northern region last week, according to villagers and local media, as the regime struggles to crush resistance to its rule. Read more »

China, Russia among those arming Myanmar junta: UN rights expert

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 22 04:35 PM

UN Security Council members China and Russia, as well as Serbia have continued supplying Myanmar's junta with weapons used to attack civilians since last year's coup, a UN rights expert said Tuesday. Read more »

Kirin to exit Myanmar, end beer partnership with military entity

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 14 06:23 PM

Kirin will exit from Myanmar's beer market as a means of promptly ending a business partnership with a military-linked entity in the Southeast Asian country. Read more »

Myanmar junta says to free over 800 prisoners

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 04:54 PM

Myanmar's junta on Saturday announced an amnesty for more than 800 prisoners, as it held a parade and show of force in the capital to mark the country's Union Day. Read more »

Myanmar villagers accuse soldiers of burning hundreds of homes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 05 05:52 PM

Myanmar villagers and anti-coup fighters have accused troops of burning hundreds of homes in the country's restive northwest, as the junta seeks to crush resistance to its rule. Read more »

Myanmar's Suu Kyi back in court

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 08:52 PM

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi returned to a junta court on Friday after skipping a previous hearing because she felt unwell, a source with knowledge of the case said. Read more »

ASEAN to exclude Myanmar foreign minister from meeting

Reuters
Posted at Feb 03 07:22 PM

Cambodia is due to host the meeting of ministers on Feb. 16 and 17. Read more »

ASEAN urges ‘immediate’ end to Myanmar violence

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 03 01:52 AM

The 10-nation regional bloc has led diplomatic efforts to end the chaos unleashed in Myanmar by coup last year. Read more »

Drug trafficking surging in year since Myanmar coup

Panu Wongcha-um and Tom Allard, Reuters
Posted at Feb 01 07:32 PM

Increased instability in Myanmar since a military coup a year ago has seen a surge in narcotics production there and trafficking into Southeast Asia and beyond, a senior official from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) told Reuters. Read more »

Suu Kyi to face new trial in Myanmar

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 05:31 PM

Myanmar's junta has charged Aung San Suu Kyi with influencing election officials during 2020 polls, a source said on Monday, a year after it staged a coup alleging massive voter fraud. Read more »

Families of detainees in Myanmar search for answers

Thu Thu Aung, Reuters
Posted at Jan 29 05:46 PM

Nearly a year after his son was last seen being hauled away by Myanmar junta troops, 66-year-old Win Hlaing says he just wants to know whether he is alive. Read more »

Cambodia PM says Myanmar junta welcome at ASEAN if...

Reuters
Posted at Jan 25 05:40 PM

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday said he had invited Myanmar's junta chief to a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Read more »

Myanmar sentences lawmaker from Suu Kyi's party to death

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 22 02:32 AM

The Southeast Asian country has been in chaos since the February coup, with more than 1,400 killed in a subsequent crackdown on dissent. Read more »

PH says Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'indispensable' to democracy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 11:55 PM

Foreign Affairs Sec. Teodoro Locsin broke ranks Sunday, tweeting he had adopted "as my own" a statement condemning Suu Kyi's sentencing. Read more »

Cambodia shelves first ASEAN meeting over attendance 'difficulties'

Prak Chan Thul, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 08:53 PM

Cambodia said on Wednesday it had postponed a meeting of foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations scheduled for next week. Read more »

Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi aides for sedition

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 30 05:36 PM

A Myanmar junta court on Thursday sentenced two close aides of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years in jail for sedition, a legal source told AFP. Read more »

UN official condemns reported killings of civilians in Myanmar

Reuters
Posted at Dec 27 08:39 PM

A senior UN official called on Myanmar authorities to investigate the reported killing of at least 35 civilians that opposition activists blamed on government soldiers, saying he was "horrified" at the violence. Read more »