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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 »

A year after the coup: In Myanmar, journalism is a minefield

Ko Thet Paing, Reporting ASEAN
Updated as of Jan 29 01:59 AM

Journalists in Myanmar have been living in a state of chronic stress as they make decisions about their livelihood and safety with little knowledge of what the future looks like. 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 »

Suu Kyi gets more prison time over 'illegal import of walkie-talkies'

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 10 05:58 PM

Monday's ruling by the special court in Naypyitaw was her second verdict. Read more »

Japan firms keep, expand business in Myanmar even after coup

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 10 10:58 AM

About 70 percent of Japanese companies investing in Myanmar will either maintain or expand their operations in the Southeast Asian country in a year or two. 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 »

Burnt remains of people found in Myanmar: monitor

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 26 01:03 AM

The charred remains of more than 30 people, including women and children, were found in burnt-out vehicles in Myanmar on Saturday, a rebel group and a monitor said, accusing the junta of the attack. Read more »

Suu Kyi appears in prison uniform in court

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 17 07:37 PM

Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court on Friday wearing a white top and a brown wraparound longyi that is the typical uniform for prisoners in the Southeast Asian country, a source with knowledge of the court proceedings said. Read more »