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Myanmar shadow government seeks revolt vs junta

Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 03:06 PM

Myanmar's shadow government, formed by opponents of military rule, called for a revolt against the junta. Read more »

Indonesia urges Myanmar to approve appointment of ASEAN envoy

Tom Allard and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters
Posted at Aug 02 05:45 PM

JAKARTA - Indonesia's foreign minister urged Myanmar on Monday to approve the appointment of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) special envoy and said little progress had been made on a plan to promote talks between Myanmar's rival sides. Read more »

Q&A with a Myanmar artist: ‘Cartoons help the public see the truth’

Reporting ASEAN
Posted at Jul 30 02:32 AM

An interview by Reporting ASEAN's Johanna Son with an editorial cartoonist on the situation in Myanmar. It will be six months since the coup in Myanmar on 1 Aug 2021.   Read more »

US calls for ASEAN action on Myanmar, rejects China maritime claims

James Pearson, Reuters
Posted at Jul 14 06:36 PM

HANOI - The United States rejects China's "unlawful" maritime claims in the South China Sea and stands with Southeast Asian nations faced with Beijing's "coercion", Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. Read more »

Myanmar rights violations under scrutiny from new task force

Reuters
Posted at Jul 06 02:00 AM

A new task force was launched on Monday to investigate evidence of human rights violations in Myanmar more than five months after the military army ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and plunged the Southeast Asian country into turmoil. Read more »

Birthday message for Myanmar’s junta leader

Agence France Presse
Posted at Jul 04 12:58 PM

Protesters take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar as they mark the birthday of junta leader Min Aung Hlaing Saturday by burning his portrait and staging mock funerals.   Read more »

Pope Francis joins Myanmar bishops' appeal for humanitarian corridors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 08:14 PM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Sunday appealed to Myanmar's military leaders to allow aid to reach displaced, hungry people who have fled fighting since the Feb. 1 coup and to respect religious sites as places of sanctuary. Read more »

Myanmar protesters wear flowers to mark Suu Kyi's birthday

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 20 09:15 AM

YANGON - Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar donned flowers in their hair Saturday to mark the birthday of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest and is due to face court again next week. Read more »

Myanmar junta hits Suu Kyi with graft charges

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 01:13 PM

The Myanmar junta has hit deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi with corruption charges over claims she accepted illegal payments of gold and more than half a million dollars in cash, state media reported Thursday.   Read more »

POEA temporarily bars new Filipino hires from working in Myanmar

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 08 08:15 PM

The The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said on Tuesday it suspended the deployment of newly hired Filipino workers to Myanmar, where a coup compounded hardship caused by the COVID-19 epidemic.    Read more »

ASEAN ministers urge Myanmar to halt violence

Reuters
Posted at Jun 08 12:26 AM

Southeast Asian foreign ministers urged Myanmar on Monday to halt violence, free prisoners and start its agreed dialogue during a meeting in China, while Singapore's top diplomat said the group was disappointed at its "very, very slow progress". Read more »

ASEAN representatives meet with Myanmar junta leader

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 04 10:45 PM

YANGON - ASEAN's chief and a top Brunei diplomat met with Myanmar junta leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing in the capital Naypyitaw on Friday to discuss the crisis following last February's military coup. Read more »

No breakthrough on horizon in Myanmar crisis 4 months after coup

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 01 04:52 PM

With four months into junta rule following a Feb. 1 coup that ousted the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, there is no sign of a breakthrough in the Myanmar crisis. Read more »

Myanmar carries out air strikes after militia attacks - witnesses

Reuters
Posted at Jun 01 07:10 AM

Myanmar's military used artillery and helicopters on Monday against anti-junta militias in the country's east, witnesses and rebels said, forcing residents to flee and join thousands of others displaced by recent fighting in the region.   Read more »

Myanmar COVID-19 outbreak hits health system shattered after coup

Reuters
Posted at May 30 11:45 AM

Myanmar's anti-COVID campaign foundered along with the rest of the health system after the military seized power on Feb. 1 and overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose government had stepped up testing, quarantine and treatment.   Read more »

The Myanmar police came for me. My unsuspecting mother offered them traditional tea.

Han Kha-yar* - Reporting ASEAN
Updated as of May 29 11:05 PM

I am determined to carry on journalistic work – as long as I don't get arrested by the police or soldiers.  Read more »

Myanmar cardinal appeals for fighting to end after fatal church attack

Reuters
Posted at May 26 12:18 PM

Myanmar’s Roman Catholic leader has called for attacks on places of worship to end after he said four people had died and more than eight were wounded when a group of mainly women and children sought refuge in a church during fighting this week. Read more »

Myanmar's Suu Kyi appears in court in person for first time since coup

Reuters
Posted at May 24 04:11 PM

Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in person at a court hearing on Monday for the first time since her government was overthrown by the military in a Feb.1 coup, her lawyer told Reuters. Read more »

More than 125,000 Myanmar teachers suspended for opposing coup

Reuters
Posted at May 23 02:58 PM

More than 125,000 school teachers in Myanmar have been suspended by the military authorities for joining a civil disobedience movement to oppose the military coup in February, an official of the Myanmar Teachers' Federation said. Read more »

Some 100 Myanmar diplomats oppose junta, ordered to return home

Kyodo News
Posted at May 20 04:48 PM

Some 100 Myanmar diplomats supporting a civil disobedience movement in opposition to a Feb. 1 military coup have been ordered to return to the country by the junta, according to a leaked internal document. Read more »