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Death toll since Myanmar coup tops 1,000: group

Reuters
Posted at Aug 18 04:28 PM

The Southeast Asian country has sunk into chaos since the coup, with protests continuing daily. Read more »

Asia-Pacific foreign ministers hold talks

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 06 10:06 PM

TOKYO - Foreign ministers from more than 20 Asia-Pacific countries began online talks Friday with regional issues such as the political crisis in Myanmar and maritime security in the East and South China seas in focus. 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 »

Myanmar coup: Six months of turmoil

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 01 10:45 AM

More than 900 people have since been killed and thousands of others arrested after the violent suppression of mass protests against junta rule.   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 »

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 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 »

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 »

Myanmar activists say more than 800 killed by security forces since coup

Reuters
Posted at May 18 11:38 AM

More than 800 people have been killed by Myanmar's security forces since a wave of protests broke out across the country after the military seized power in a coup in February, an activist group said. Read more »

Myanmar junta designates shadow government as a 'terrorist' group

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 09 08:26 AM

Myanmar's junta declared Saturday night that a group of ousted lawmakers running a shadow government would now be classified as "terrorists", as the military moves to tighten its grip over a country in turmoil.  Read more »

Different kind of battle, as Myanmar anti-coup MMA fighter arrested

Reuters
Posted at May 07 02:09 AM

Phoe Thaw, 36, was arrested in hospital while receiving treatment for leg wounds sustained while testing a home-made bomb late on Wednesday. Read more »

Myanmar parcel bomb blasts kill 5 including ousted lawmaker -media

Reuters
Posted at May 04 11:51 AM

Blasts from at least one parcel bomb in Myanmar have killed five people, including an ousted lawmaker and three police officers who had joined a civil disobedience movement opposing military rule, media reported on Tuesday. Read more »

Myanmar anti-coup protests, crackdown go on as Saturday marks 3 months

Kyodo News
Updated as of May 01 09:46 PM

YANGON - Saturday marked three months since a military coup in Myanmar that ousted the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi. People who call for democracy continued their protests against the coup in various forms including a so-called civil disobedience movement to boycott work. Read more »

Myanmar junta wants ‘stability’ before heeding pleas on violence

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 28 09:01 AM

The junta said it would consider the "constructive suggestions made by ASEAN leaders when the situation returns to stability in the country". Read more »

Fighting in Myanmar erupts near Thai border

Reuters
Posted at Apr 27 01:30 PM

Heavy fighting erupted at a Myanmar army outpost near the eastern border with Thailand early on Tuesday in an area largely controlled by forces of a Karen ethnic army. Read more »

Myanmar junta postpones Suu Kyi court date again

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 27 07:03 AM

Kyi has been under house arrest, with the junta charging her under six cases -- including for sedition and having unlicensed walkie-talkies. Read more »

Warning of ‘failed state’, Obama urges world to reject Myanmar junta

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 27 05:56 AM

Obama backed efforts by the United States under President Joe Biden and other nations to "impose costs on the military" in a bid to restore democracy. Read more »

ANALYSIS: On Myanmar, ASEAN pushes boundaries of ‘non-interference’

Panu Wongcha-um and Kay Johnson, Reuters
Posted at Apr 27 03:07 AM

The summit's concluding "consensus statement" was interpreted by some as an attempt to broker talks between the junta and Myanmar's parallel National Unity Government. Read more »

Myanmar shadow govt welcomes ASEAN call to end violence

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 25 12:17 PM

Myanmar's shadow government of ousted lawmakers has welcomed a call by Southeast Asian leaders for an end to "military violence" after their crisis talks in Jakarta with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing.   Read more »

Southeast Asian leaders to press Myanmar junta to end violence, allow aid, say sources

Tom Allard and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 24 08:56 AM

The bloc's call the first concerted international effort to ease the crisis in the country. Read more »