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Myanmar: Five years after the coup, expression remains under attack

Over the past five years, dozens of writers, journalists, and artists have been imprisoned without due process.

Five Years After Myanmar Coup, ‘Even Hope Has Become a Risk’

The country’s cities have been spared the violence of a hard-fought civil war. But as the economy has hollowed out, many ...
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Myanmar’s military junta begins elections as civil war sparked by coup still rages

Voters queued at polling stations in Myanmar on Sunday to vote in a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected ...
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Myanmar's earthquake death toll jumps to more than 1,600 as search efforts continue

A unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts was announced on Saturday by Myanmar's shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle against the ...
Yahoo

Myanmar's military acknowledges attacking festival, accuses resistance forces of using human shields

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government on Thursday acknowledged attacking a religious festival held at a school in central Myanmar, which witnesses said killed about two dozen people, including ...
Los Angeles Times

Myanmar military airstrike on gem-mining town kills at least 21

BANGKOK — An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on the town of Mogok, the center of the Southeast Asian country’s lucrative gem-mining industry, has killed at least 21 people including a pregnant woman, ...
PBS

Myanmar Declares a ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy for Cyberscams. But the Fraud Goes On

Myanmar’s military leadership has vowed to crack down on cyberscam centers, starting with the notorious KK Park. This combination of satellite image shows KK Park along Myanmar’s border with Thailand ...
Business Insider

Satellite images show the widespread destruction in Myanmar after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Myanmar on March 29, destroying the city of Mandalay. More than 1,600 people are confirmed dead after the earthquake, Myanmar's military said on Saturday. Satellite ...
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Myanmar’s Junta Forces Are Gaining Back Ground, Presaging a Long-Term Quagmire

In recent months, Myanmar’s military junta has regained ground lost to organized resistance groups. Ahead of the regime’s plans to hold national elections, continual fighting has pushed the state into ...
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Myanmar looks to expand cooperation with EAEU, get observer status

MINSK, 26 June (BelTA) - Myanmar hopes to expand cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and gain observer status, Chairman of the State Administration Council, Prime Minister of the ...
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Myanmar’s Consulate General in Minsk to be upgraded to embassy

NAYPYIDAW, 28 November (BelTA) – The status of Myanmar’s diplomatic mission in Minsk will be upgraded to an embassy, Acting President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Chairman of the State ...
PBS

Myanmar has declared a ‘zero tolerance’ policy for cyberscams, but the fraud goes on

It looked like a turning point in the global fight against scams. Myanmar’s military leadership, under growing international pressure, vowed to wipe out the industrial-scale cyberscam centers that ...