The Latest Breaking News from Yangon

Myanmar admits air strike on gathering; 100 feared dead

YANGON: Myanmar's ruling junta has confirmed that it carried out an air strike on a village in which dozens of people were reported killed, drawing condemnation from the United Nations (UN) and Western powers.

Bangkok Post · Apr 12, 2023

Wanted, cancer-stricken, and forced into hiding — inside Steve's desperate exit from Myanmar

Steve Tickner was hunted by Myanmar's military regime. After a year in hiding, he escaped with the help of the Australian embassy and an underground network of dissidents who hatched a plan to smuggle him out of the country.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2023

Myanmar’s democratic struggle at stake in Thailand’s election

Myanmar people in Thailand hope a new government in Bangkok will take a tougher line on the coup leaders in Naypyidaw.

Al Jazeera · Mar 21, 2023

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 · Feb 1, 2023

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.

Bangkok Post · Feb 1, 2023

Myanmar police arrest trafficking gang linked to deaths of 13 Rohingya

YANGON: Myanmar police have arrested 12 suspected members of a human trafficking gang linked to the deaths of 13 Rohingya, the military said.

Bangkok Post · Dec 21, 2022

Around a dozen injured in Myanmar ferry blast

Around a dozen people were injured in a blast on a ferry in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon on Sunday, a security source and local media said.

Bangkok Post · Dec 19, 2022

Sean Turnell says he 'could never hate Myanmar' despite spending 650 days in 'horrible' prisons

While locked up in solitary confinement, Sean Turnell says he wondered how "a mild-mannered little professor from Australia" could end up "in one of South-East Asia's most notorious prisons".

ABC News · Nov 27, 2022

Prisoners seen leaving Myanmar's Insein jail after amnesty - two witnesses

A bus carrying prisoners freed in an amnesty in Myanmar was seen leaving Insein jail in the commercial capital Yangon on Thursday, two witnesses told Reuters.

Reuters · Nov 17, 2022

Former British envoy among foreign prisoners released in Myanmar

Australian academic and Japanese filmmaker also set free as part of an amnesty

Wales Online · Nov 17, 2022