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Japanese man detained in Myanmar after filming protest -media

A Japanese man has been detained by authorities in Myanmar after filming a protest in the country's biggest city of Yangon, Jiji news agency reported on Sunday, citing Japanese government officials.

Reuters

‘We are not afraid’: anti-junta groups rail against Myanmar executions

State killings provoke horror and fear of wider crackdown on determined protest movement

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar executions: US presses China to rein in junta, saying it cannot be ‘business as usual’

State department says military government in Yangon has not faced enough economic and diplomatic pressure, amid global outrage at killings

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Myanmar junta executes 4 prisoners, including 2 pro-democracy rivals

YANGON: Myanmar's junta has executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent activist, state media said Monday, in the country's first use of capital punishment in decades.

Bangkok Post

Australian embassy spends $750,000 at luxury hotel linked to Myanmar's military junta

Official documents reveal an Australian embassy spent $750,000 at a luxury hotel built on land owned and leased by Myanmar's military junta, with activists saying taxpayer dollars should not have been used.

ABC News

Myanmar marks 75th anniversary of killing of founding father

Myanmar’s military-ruled government and its opponents are marking the 75th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San, the father of the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi

The Independent UK

Myanmar suspends foreign loan repayments amid dollar crunch

YANGON: The Central Bank of Myanmar ordered companies and individual borrowers to suspend repayment of foreign loans, the latest in a series of steps to defend the nation’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves.

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Bomb in Myanmar's Yangon kills 2, wounds 11

A bomb blast near a shopping mall in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon has killed two people and wounded eleven, rescue workers and local media said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Pleas for help as Myanmar awaits high-profile executions

The wife of pro-democracy figure Kyaw Min Yu, sentenced to be executed on the orders of Myanmar's ruling generals, says that if her husband dies he will take with him the beliefs he has carried throughout a life spent fighting dictatorship.

Reuters

Yangon bombing spurs accusations from Myanmar govt, foes

Myanmar’s military government and its opponents are trading accusations over a bomb that exploded Tuesday in the middle of the country’s largest city, Yangon, killing one and wounding nine others

The Independent UK

Myanmar military, coup opponents trade blame after deadly bus stop blast

State media in Myanmar on Wednesday blamed "terrorists" opposed to military rule for a deadly bomb blast at a bus stop in its biggest city of Yangon, an accusation denied by members of an exiled shadow government.

Reuters

One killed, 9 injured in Yangon bomb blast

A bomb blast killed one person and injured nine others in a busy district of central Yangon on Tuesday, a Myanmar police source told AFP.

Bangkok Post

How the Karen became crucial to Myanmar’s anti-coup resistance

The Karen National Union is providing protection and training to anti-coup activists in eastern Myanmar.

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Myanmar junta court convicts Suu Kyi of corruption

YANGON: A Myanmar junta court on Wednesday sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail for corruption, part of a barrage of criminal cases that could see the deposed civilian leader jailed for decades.

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Myanmar military government denies rumors of fuel shortages

Myanmar’s military government is denying that the country is suffering from a shortage of fuel, after rumors about low supplies of gasoline and diesel led to panic buying and long queues at service stations in several cities

Reuters

Myanmar junta says 1,600 prisoners to be freed in holiday amnesty

Relatives of hundreds of prisoners gathered outside Myanmar's Insein Prison on Sunday after the military government announced the release of 1,600 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the Southeast Asian nation's new year.

Reuters

Myanmar's deputy central bank governor shot and hospitalised -media

A deputy governor at Myanmar's central bank has been shot in an attack at her home in the Southeast Asian country's biggest city of Yangon and is being treated at a military hospital, media reports said.

Bangkok Post

Junta-appointed Myanmar central bank deputy head shot

The deputy governor of Myanmar's central bank was shot and wounded in her home in the commercial capital Yangon on Thursday, a junta spokesman told AFP, in the latest high-profile attack on military-linked officials.

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Myanmar drinkers boycott military-owned beer brand

YANGON: When Japanese brewing giant Kirin called time on its Myanmar operations last month, the news made little difference to Kyaw Gyi -- like many drinkers, he had long boycotted the beer it produced with a military conglomerate.

The Hindu

Red tape leaves India-bound travellers stranded at Yangon airport

Flight scheduled for Sunday morning gets Ministry of Civil Aviation nod late on Monday

The Times of India

Depression over Bay of Bengal likely to intensify into cyclonic storm; moderate rain likely in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

NEW DELHI: The depression over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south Andaman Sea has moved north-northeastwards, intensified into a deep depression at 0530 hours on Monday over north Andaman Sea and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal. It lay centred at 0830 hours IST, over the same region near latitude…

Bangkok Post

Myanmar ministry blames gas prices for worsening power cuts

Many parts of Myanmar are suffering worsening power cuts that are affecting water supplies and halting online classes, compounding the misery for residents following the economic turmoil since the military seized power last year.

Bangkok Post

Women on the frontline of anti-junta resistance

One woman fled with her army officer husband who defected after the military coup of Feb 1, 2021, to Myanmar's borderlands. A mother prays for the safety of her son fighting the army with the People's Defence Forces (PDFs). An entrepreneur uses her business acumen to raise funds for the…

The Guardian - UK

Revolutionary roads: how the army tried to crush Yangon’s most anti-coup district

The Hlaing Thayar district is at the centre of Myanmar’s protests, but brutal crackdowns and the collapse of the local garment industry have taken their toll

Dynamite News

Two killed, several injured in Myanmar explosions

At least two people were killed and several injured after multiple explosions hit several places in Myanmar, including Yangon, Bago, and Myitkyina, local media reported on Tuesday, said CGTN News.

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