The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

Sanctions support over human rights abuses

Foreign countries committing human rights abuses against their own citizens as well as Australians, would face sanctions under a push by the coalition.

AAP · Nov 20, 2022

Ukraine crisis eclipses Myanmar in world's capacity for attention

One year has passed since Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG) declared a "defensive war" in its armed struggle against the military junta that had staged a coup. The NUG is a government in exile formed by those who are against the military junta. The two sides remain in a state…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Nov 19, 2022

New era of expectation, new approach of India: PM Narendra Modi while inaugurating Arunachal Pradesh's first greenfield airport

GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the Donyi Polo airport, the first greenfield airport and the fourth operational airport in Arunachal Pradesh, which borders China and Myanmar.

The Times of India · Nov 19, 2022

ASEAN envoy to Myanmar welcomes mass release of prisoners by military

The special envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) welcomed on Friday a recent mass release of prisoners by Myanmar's military government as "an important gesture" towards helping create a conducive environment for dialogue.

Reuters · Nov 18, 2022

Freed foreigners return home after Myanmar prisoner amnesty

The four, including an Australian economist and a former UK ambassador, were among thousands detained after the coup.

Al Jazeera · Nov 18, 2022

China's influence in Myanmar could tip the scales towards war in the South China Sea

The fate of Myanmar has major implications for a free and open Indo-Pacific.

The Conversation · Nov 18, 2022

Sean Turnell reunited with wife in Australia after two years in Myanmar prison

Economic adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was described as being in ‘amazingly good spirits’ by Anthony Albanese

The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2022

Australian freed in Myanmar amnesty lands in Melbourne

An Australian adviser to deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, returned home on Friday, Australia's foreign minister said, a day he was released from detention by the Southeast Asian nation's military junta in a mass amnesty.

Reuters · Nov 18, 2022

Aung San Suu Kyi's former adviser Sean Turnell lands in Australia after release from Myanmar prison

Professor Turnell, detained days after the military junta seized power in a coup in February last year, was released as an expression of "goodwill" during a broader mass amnesty for prisoners.

ABC News · Nov 17, 2022

Apec leaders condemn North Korean missile test – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2022