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Myanmar military extends state of emergency by six months

Generals have pledged to hold elections in 2025 after repeated delays caused by extensions of emergency rule.

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Myanmar's military regime extends state of emergency by 6 months as civil war rages

The military regime that seized power in Myanmar 3 1/2 years ago extended the state of emergency in the civil war-wracked country for another six months, saying it needs time to prepare for long-promised elections

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Myanmar's Military Junta Leader Becomes Interim President

Learn about Myanmar's military junta leader taking over as interim president amid civil war and humanitarian crisis, with 18.6 million people in urgent nee...

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The leader of Myanmar's army government is named acting president so he can renew state of emergency

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmar’s military-government, has also taken the position of acting president to replace the holder of that post, who was unable to perform his duties due to health problems

The Independent UK

Strife-torn Myanmar marks 77th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San

Myanmar’s military government has held a wreath-laying ceremony in the country’s largest city to mark the 77th anniversary of the assassination of the country’s fallen independence heroes, including Gen. Aung San, the father of the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi

The Independent UK

Funeral for monk shot by soldiers highlights Myanmar army's delicate relationship to Buddhist clergy

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a senior monk who was fatally shot by soldiers in an incident that could undermine the cozy relationship Myanmar’s military government has tried to maintain with the country’s Buddhist clergy

The Independent UK

Singapore ‘tightens screws’ on Myanmar generals with arms trade crackdown

The UN says Russia, China and India continue to send weapons to Myanmar even as the Singapore route is blocked.

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Myanmar: is the junta’s grip on power weakening and what next for its leadership?

After a string of high-profile and embarrassing battlefield losses questions have been raised about how long military chief Min Aung Hlaing can survive

The Guardian - AU

Myanmar anti-coup forces claim ‘success’ in Naypyidaw drone attack

About 30 drones were used in the attack on the remote capital, the stronghold of the military regime.

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Myanmar opposition carries out drone attack on capital

National Unity Government said it attacked two military targets in junta-controlled Naypidaw

The Guardian - UK

Min Aung Hlaing talks tough as Myanmar’s armed forces face growing pressure

Coup leader told troops at a annual parade that young people were being ‘tricked’ into joining resistance.

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Myanmar Junta Chief Blames Election Delays On Resistance Fighters

Myanmar's junta chief on Wednesday blamed the country's growing armed resistance movement for preventing long-promised elections in a speech to thousands of soldiers following an Armed Forces Day parade.

International Business Times

‘Backs to the wall’: Myanmar military prepares to mark Armed Forces Day

As troops parade in Naypyidaw, questions are being asked about a military under pressure from anticoup forces.

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Thailand, Laos try to ‘make junta presentable’ amid ASEAN Myanmar inertia

With Laos as chair, the 10 members of ASEAN appear to be becoming more accommodative of reviled military regime.

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The Observer view: Xi Jinping is playing deadly games with Myanmar and North Korea

Instead of acting as a responsible superpower, China is putting millions of lives at risk in the region and beyond

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Myanmar’s rebels see unity as key to victory over weakened military rulers

An alliance of ethnic forces has gained much ground in military-ruled Myanmar, but some fear the movement may splinter.

International Business Times

Myanmar Junta Chief Says Will Do 'Whatever It Takes' To Crush Opposition

Myanmar's military will do "whatever it takes" to crush opposition to its rule, its top general said on Wednesday, after the junta extended a state of emergency and further delayed elections.

International Business Times

Myanmar Junta Takes Heavy Hits Three Years After Coup

One morning last October as the dawn light touched the cold hills of northern Myanmar a barrage of rockets and drones streaked through the sky and slammed into dugouts and bases housing military troops.

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ASEAN urges ‘Myanmar-owned and led solution’ to crisis triggered by coup

Laos, which is chairing group this year, stresses need for engagement as thousands killed in three years of violence.

The Guardian - AU

Three years on from Myanmar’s military coup, the junta is struggling to assert control

Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing facing criticism after months of battlefield losses, with an estimated two-thirds of the country gripped by conflict

The Independent UK

Myanmar's military government pardons 10,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day

Myanmar’s military government has pardoned nearly 10,000 prisoners to mark the 76th anniversary of gaining independence from Britain, but it wasn’t immediately clear if any of those released included the thousands of political detainees jailed for opposing army rule

The Independent UK

Forsaken but not forgotten: Free Aung San Suu Kyi

As Myanmar’s jailed leader begins her third year in isolation in a jungle prison, we demand: world leaders must no longer look the other way – they must join forces to campaign for her release

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Tentative truce shows China’s influence – and its limits – in Myanmar

Close to the generals and ethnic armed groups behind a major offensive, Beijing brought both to the table – briefly.

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For Myanmar’s generals, energy crisis threatens shaky grip on power

Min Aung Hlaing’s administration is facing energy shortages as it struggles to quell opposition to its rule.

The Independent UK

Myanmar's military chief says a major offensive by ethnic groups was funded by the drug trade

The head of Myanmar’s military government has charged that a major offensive in the country’s northeast by an alliance of armed ethnic minority organizations was funded in part by profits earned by one of the groups from the region’s lucrative drug trade

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