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'Frank' talks on Myanmar dominate ASEAN foreign ministers meeting

The conflict in Myanmar dominated the year's first meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers in Jakarta on Friday, with Indonesia's top diplomat saying that member states had "frank" discussions on the issue.

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Why Has the West Given Billions in Military Aid to Ukraine, but Virtually Ignored Myanmar?

It proves challenging to build a narrative around the Myanmar crisis due to the complexities within the country.

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ASEAN foreign ministers meet under shadow of Myanmar crisis

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering in Indonesia for talks bound to be dominated by the deteriorating situation in Myanmar despite an agenda focused on food and energy security and cooperation in finance and health

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Myanmar labourers repatriated

RANONG: Myanmar authorities visited Ranong to repatriate 670 illegal workers after they held a protest on Jan 28 about being detained and demanded they be returned to their homeland, marking the biggest such transfer of immigrant workers to date in the province.

Bangkok Post

Several areas of Myanmar placed under martial law

Martial law has been imposed in almost 40 towns across Myanmar's 14 regions, with authorities saying the move was necessary to effectively carry out security.

The New Daily

Why Myanmar’s opposition wants a ban on jet fuel

Myanmar military takes fight against coup opponents to the skies as it loses ground on the battlefield.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar's military takeover falters

Global news headlines this month will be focused on the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which falls on Feb 24. This external aggression, where a bigger state unilaterally takes territory from a smaller neighbour by force, can be juxtaposed to an internal subjugation in Myanmar, where a military…

Bangkok Post

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Military places restive areas of Myanmar under martial law

Martial law has been declared in several areas of military-run Myanmar, a day after authorities announced that a state of emergency has been extended throughout the country, which is wracked by violence that some U.N. experts have described as a civil war

The Independent UK

‘Riding a rollercoaster’ in Myanmar’s post-coup economy

Deepening conflict, sudden changes to regulations and a lack of transparency have made business increasingly hard.

Al Jazeera

Anti-Tatmadaw protests in Bangkok

Myanmar protesters are calling on the Thai government to support them and the National Unity Government (NUG) of Myanmar in restoring true democracy and overthrowing the Tatmadaw.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar’s pro-democracy opposition marks coup anniversary with ‘silent strike’

The normally bustling streets of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, were eerily quiet on February 1 as the country marked the second anniversary of a coup that deposed democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and installed a military government. Pro-democracy activists urged citizens to stay off the streets and close…

France 24

Two years after the coup, Myanmar's junta fights opposition with fire

It's been two years since the military junta in Myanmar seized power, ousting the country's democratically elected leaders in a coup d'état. Since February 1, 2021, widespread protests have raged around the country and a fierce opposition movement has formed. But the junta is brutally repressing dissent. One of their…

France 24

U.S. says it seeks ways to limit Russian military supplies to Myanmar junta

The United States is deeply concerned about Russia's supply of military equipment to Myanmar's junta and will continue to seek ways to limit such cooperation between the two countries, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Myanmar state of emergency extended

Myanmar’s military authorities announced a six-month extension to a state of emergency on Wednesday, likely delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August as they battle anti-coup fighters across the country.

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Myanmar extends state of emergency, delaying expected polls

Myanmar’s military government has announced it is extending a state of emergency it imposed when it seized power two years ago, a move that appears to set back its plans for an election that had been expected in August

Al Jazeera

Myanmar military rulers extend state of emergency by six months

The move announced on second anniversary of military power grab will probably delay elections.

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First Thing: World’s biggest fossil fuel firms ‘profited in Myanmar after coup’

Leaked tax records suggest subsidiaries of international gas field contractors continued to make millions after the coup. Plus, the secret life of André Leon Talley

Bangkok Post

Indonesia to send general to Myanmar to highlight transition, says Widodo

JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to send a top general to Myanmar to talk to its junta leaders in the hope of showing Myanmar's military rulers how Indonesia made a successful transition to democracy, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday.

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Exclusive-Indonesia to send general to Myanmar to highlight transition, president says

Indonesia plans to send a top general to Myanmar to talk to its junta leaders in the hope of showing Myanmar's military rulers how Indonesia made a successful transition to democracy, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday.

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UN Rights Expert Warns Myanmar Military Planning Sham Elections

The U.N. special rapporteur for Myanmar said the junta would try to spin a narrative to the population that the international community is accepting their regime.

WEKU

Resistance to military rule in Myanmar remains steady 2 years after army seized power

Opponents of Myanmar's military rule heeded a call on Wednesday by organizers to stay home in a "silent strike" as the prospects for peace in the country seem dim 2 years after the army seized power.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Australia Targets Iran, Myanmar with Economic Sanctions

Australia on Wednesday announced targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against “individuals responsible for egregious human rights abuses” in Myanmar two years after a military junta seized power in the Southeast Asian country. Australia also imposed additional sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities over “abhorrent abuses of human rights,” a…

Bangkok Post

Streets empty on Myanmar coup anniversary

Streets emptied and shops closed in protest across Myanmar on Wednesday, the second anniversary of the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s government, with the junta hinting it may extend a state of emergency and delay new elections.

The Independent UK

Myanmar resistance steadfast against army rule 2 years later

The prospects for peace in Myanmar, much less a return to democracy, seem dimmer than ever two years after the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi

Al Jazeera

New Myanmar sanctions imposed as anti-coup activists plan action

US and allies target aviation fuel on second anniversary of coup amid growing concern over military’s use of airpower.

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