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Myanmar military marks 75th Union Day, announces prisoner amnesty

Military chief Min Aung Hlaing issues ‘pardon order’ to release 814 prisoners to commemorate Union Day anniversary.

Al Jazeera · Feb 12, 2022

Myanmar marks anniversary of historic pact with minorities

The head of Myanmar’s military government has appealed for national unity among the country’s restive ethnic minorities as he presided over a parade marking the 75th anniversary of a historic agreement that sought but failed to ensure harmony

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2022

Myanmar Junta Says to Free over 800 Prisoners

Myanmar's junta on Saturday announced an amnesty for more than 800 prisoners to mark the country's Union Day, as it held a parade and show of force in the capital. The country has been in turmoil since last year's coup, with mass protests and a subsequent military crackdown that has…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 12, 2022

Myanmar coup: A year of protest, reprisals and diplomatic inertia

Since seizing power, the military regime has used force against opponents and struggled for diplomatic recognition.

Al Jazeera · Feb 1, 2022

Myanmar's year of turmoil since a military coup

Myanmar's military seized power in a coup on Feb. 1 last year, citing unaddressed fraud in an election three months earlier won in a landslide by Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party.

Reuters · Jan 31, 2022

Myanmar generals face spiraling economy, threat of new sanctions

Myanmar’s coup leader-turned-premier Min Aung Hlaing is grappling with an economy weakened by clashes with armed ethnic groups, foreign investors cutting ties and the threat of more U.S. sanctions as the junta enters its second year of government.

Tribune News Service · Jan 31, 2022

Myanmar’s military turns to Buddhism in bid for legitimacy

Generals court country’s monks to try and win support in an environment where ‘almost everybody hates them’.

Al Jazeera · Jan 30, 2022

Myanmar’s military took control of the country one year ago, but it never expected resistance like this

In the year since Myanmar's generals arrested Aung San Suu Kyi and staged a coup, they have been violently cracking down on dissent. But activists say there was one important thing the ruling military junta underestimated: the will of the people.

ABC News · Jan 29, 2022

Cambodia PM urges Myanmar junta chief to allow aid, envoy visit

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen urged Myanmar's military ruler to allow a visit by a special envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and support humanitarian aid access, an official said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jan 26, 2022

Cambodia PM says Myanmar junta welcome at Asean if progress made

PHNOM PENH: 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), on the condition that progress is made on a peace plan he agreed to last year.

Bangkok Post · Jan 25, 2022