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Anger in Myanmar, but crisis distant to Singaporeans

Shin Lin, Reporting ASEAN
Updated as of Mar 05 03:26 PM

Frustration, anger and desperation have been running high among Myanmar’s anti-coup protesters who want Singapore to cut business ties with the military regime, but the country’s events remain distant news headlines for the average Singaporean. Read more »

'I will shoot whoever I see': Myanmar soldiers use TikTok to threaten protesters

Reuters
Posted at Mar 05 02:27 AM

This led the Chinese video-sharing app to announce it was removing content that incites violence.   Read more »

3 Myanmar police seek refuge in India rather than carry out junta's orders

Devjyot Ghoshal, Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 08:32 PM

Three Myanmar police officers have crossed over the border into northeastern India to escape taking orders from a military junta that is trying to suppress protests against last month's coup, an Indian police official said on Thursday. Read more »

The death of an Angel in Myanmar

Reuters
Updated as of Mar 05 12:28 AM

Netizens worldwide praised the 19-year-old, who was a first-time voter in the last election, for defying the military rulers that disregarded the country's poll results and took over the government last February 1. Read more »

Myanmar anti-coup protesters return after deadliest day

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 04 03:13 PM

Defiant anti-coup protesters returned to cities and towns across Myanmar on Thursday after dozens of people were killed in the deadliest day of the junta's crackdown, with global powers condemning the "brutal violence".   Read more »

World's biggest wealth fund puts Japan's Kirin Holdings on watch list over Myanmar link

Terje Solsvik, Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 12:17 PM

The Norwegian central bank said on Wednesday it had put Japan's Kirin Holdings Ltd Co on a watch list for possible exclusion from its $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund over the beverage giant's ties to a business owned by Myanmar's military. Read more »

Myanmar activists vow more protests after bloodiest day since coup

Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 12:16 PM

Myanmar pro-democracy activists pledged on Thursday to hold more demonstrations after the United Nations said 38 people had been killed in the most violent day of unrest since last month's military coup. Read more »

Halos 40 patay sa marahas na pagbuwag ng mga protesta sa Myanmar

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 04 08:33 AM

Halos 40 ang patay sa Myanmar sa pagbuwag ng militar sa magkakahiwalay na kilos protesta.  Read more »

Nearly 40 people killed in Myanmar as security forces quell anti-coup protests: UN envoy

Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 04:48 AM

Thirty-eight people were killed in Myanmar on Wednesday as the military quelled protests in several towns and cities, the United Nations said, the most violent day since demonstrations against last month's military coup first broke out. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 3, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 03 11:27 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Myanmar protests continue

AFP
Posted at Mar 03 06:14 PM

A protester uses a fire extinguisher as others holding homemade shields run during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar on Wednesday Read more »

Myanmar security forces shoot dead 13 anti-coup protesters despite calls for restraint

Reuters
Updated as of Mar 04 04:53 AM

(UPDATED) Myanmar security forces opened fire on protests against military rule on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, witnesses and media reported, a day after neighboring countries called for restraint and offered to help Myanmar resolve the crisis. Read more »

UN meeting sought as Myanmar forces fire on anti-coup protests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 03:47 PM

Britain has called for the UN Security Council to meet Friday on Myanmar, diplomatic sources told AFP, as security forces have steadily stepped up their use of violence against anti-coup demonstrators in the Southeast Asian nation.   Read more »

Politicians, doctors and a fortune-teller: Myanmar's new wave of detainees

Wa Lone, Poppy McPherson and Aditi Bhandari, Reuters
Posted at Mar 02 11:20 PM

Since Myanmar's military seized power in a coup on Feb. 1, overthrowing elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, security forces have detained more than 1,000 people, hundreds at protests and many more in raids - often at night. Read more »

No breakthrough on Myanmar crisis at ASEAN summit

Tom Allard, Reuters
Posted at Mar 02 11:07 PM

JAKARTA - A summit of Southeast Asian states held on Tuesday to discuss the coup in Myanmar failed to find a breakthrough to get the nation back on the path to democracy after last month's military takeover, sources with knowledge of the meeting said. Read more »

ASEAN foreign ministers seek de-escalation of Myanmar crisis

Kyodo News
Updated as of Mar 02 11:46 PM

JAKARTA/SINGAPORE (UPDATE)- Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations called Tuesday for de-escalation of the post-coup political crisis in Myanmar and for dialogue among all parties concerned in search of a peaceful solution, while suggesting a bigger role for ASEAN. Read more »

Southeast Asian ministers aim to encourage Myanmar talks as crisis intensifies

Reuters
Posted at Mar 02 01:19 PM

Foreign ministers from Myanmar's Southeast Asian neighbors were due to hold talks with its ruling military on Tuesday in an effort to quell deadly violence and open a channel to resolve its escalating political crisis. Read more »

Jalen Green limited to 8 points, as Ignite routed by Delaware

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 01:12 PM

Team Ignite suffered a huge 120-92 loss against the Delaware Blue Coats, Monday in the NBA G League bubble. Read more »

Myanmar court files more charges against Suu Kyi; police crack down on protests

Reuters
Posted at Mar 01 11:32 PM

Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared at a court hearing via video conferencing on Monday as supporters marched in several towns and cities in defiance of a crackdown after the bloodiest day since the Feb. 1 military coup. Read more »

Tensions escalate in Myanmar

Reuters
Posted at Mar 01 07:23 PM

Several people have reportedly been killed in recent clashes as tensions rise during protests against the military takeover of the government last February 1. Read more »