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Nestle to close factory, head office in Myanmar

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 28 10:31 AM

Swiss food giant Nestle will halt all production in Myanmar, the latest firm to draw back from the country after a military coup 2 years ago. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 1, 2023

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 11:43 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Myanmar migrant workers protest during coup anniversary

Diego Azubel, EPA-EFE
Posted at Feb 01 07:46 PM

Protesters hold pictures of Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest marking the 2nd anniversary of Myanmar's military coup, outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Bangkok on Wednesday. Read more »

2 years after Myanmar coup, UN says situation 'catastrophic'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 27 07:11 PM

Nearly two years after Myanmar's military coup, the UN rights chief warned Friday that the country had plunged into catastrophe. Read more »

Burma Past and Present: Same and Different

Zwe Mahn*, Reporting ASEAN
Posted at Oct 01 10:57 PM

After a decade (2011-2020) of relative freedom and some prosperity, Burma is back in the darkness. Read more »

Myanmar's Suu Kyi gets 3 more years in prison for election fraud

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 02 06:17 PM

A special court in Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday to three more years imprisonment with hard labor for election fraud, local media reports said. Read more »

ASEAN officials to push for tougher action on Myanmar

Suy Se and Lisa Martin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 01 04:30 PM

Malaysia is set to lead a push for tougher action on Myanmar when a regional bloc of foreign ministers meet this week, as anger mounts at the junta for stonewalling crisis resolution efforts. Read more »

Myanmar junta extends state of emergency

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 01 02:08 PM

Myanmar's military government has extended a state of emergency by 6 months. Read more »

Myanmar villagers accuse junta troops of massacre

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 06:07 PM

Myanmar junta troops killed at least 10 people and torched hundreds of houses during a raid on a village as fighting rages in a hotspot of opposition to the coup, locals and media reports said. Read more »

UN rights chief urges Myanmar junta to halt executions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 14 08:15 PM

The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned that going ahead with the country's first judicial executions since 1990 would "violate the right to life". Read more »

Myanmar villagers accuse junta troops of burning spree

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 04 05:15 PM

Myanmar junta troops have torched hundreds of buildings during a three-day raid in the country's north, local media and residents said. Read more »

Myanmar junta to carry out executions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 03 08:00 PM

Myanmar's junta will execute a former member of Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both of whom were convicted of terrorism, in the country's first judicial executions since 1990, a spokesman told AFP on Friday. 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 »

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 »

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 »

Myanmar marks 1 year since coup, remains in chaos

Kyodo News
Updated as of Feb 01 01:12 PM

Myanmar on Tuesday marked a year since the military ousted the democratically elected government, with the Southeast Asian country left in chaos. 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 »