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Quake death toll in Myanmar tops 1,600 and expected to rise as rescue work slowed by damage and war

Emergency rescue teams on Sunday began trickling into the area of Myanmar hardest hit by a massive earthquake that killed more than 1,600 people

The Independent UK

Myanmar Junta Bid To Sell Suu Kyi Mansion Flops For Third Time

Myanmar's junta failed in its attempt to auction Aung San Suu Kyi's lakeside mansion on Wednesday, with no bids submitted for the former democracy leader's home -- the third time the sale has flopped.

International Business Times

Seeking Light In Dark Times Four Years After Myanmar Coup

Yangon resident Aung Ko Gyi browses stalls for a solar power kit he can use to weather the blackouts that have become a constant feature of life in Myanmar four years on from a military coup.

International Business Times

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Myanmar Addicts Battle Their Demons In The 'House Of Love'

More than a hundred shaven-headed men pour out of their Yangon hostel around 6 am for a day of weightlifting, karate drills, dancing and Buddhist prayer -- drug rehabilitation, Myanmar style.

International Business Times

Crowds cheer as Myanmar releases thousands of prisoners to mark Independence Day

Released prisoners are welcomed by family members and colleagues after they left Insein Prison on Saturday (4 January) in Yangon, Myanmar.

The Independent UK

Life in Myanmar today: ‘My brother’s legs were slashed with knives for liking a Facebook post’

Maung Maung writes from inside Myanmar about how he left his profession, his life, everything to escape the claws of the junta after they ousted Aung San Suu Kyi

The Independent UK

Brainworks International School Students Lead Green Initiative In Yangon

Students at Brainworks International School in Yangon, Myanmar, actively engage in environmental initiatives to promote a cleaner and greener city.

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New arrests revive concern that nonviolent political protesters in Myanmar may be tortured

Concern is rising that two nonviolent activists opposed to military rule in Myanmar are at high risk of torture after being arrested in raids this week in Yangon, the country’s biggest city

The Independent UK

Snatched from their beds, taken on the streets - the young men in Myanmar forced to fight the junta’s losing war

After a string of humiliating defeats, the army has turned to press-ganging young men into frontline duty – leaving distraught families unaware of their fate

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar journalists facing ‘terror campaign’ in deadliest year for media since coup

In 2024 four journalists have been killed, with others jailed, as they report on human rights abuses by the military junta

The Guardian - UK

'I Will Do It Again': Myanmar Student Defies Junta From Jail

Student activist Lin Lin led protests against Myanmar's junta, defying the generals for months before being hunted down and caught.

International Business Times

‘We will turn the gun on the military’: hiding out against conscription in Myanmar

One potential conscript describes how fear has gripped Yangon as people try to flee ahead of a law imposed by a hated junta

The Guardian - AU

Thousands Seek To Quit Myanmar After Military Service Announcement

The military said last weekend it would enforce a law allowing it to call up all men aged 18-35 and women aged 18-27 to serve for at least two years, as it struggles to quell opposition to its 2021 coup.

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Heavy flooding in southern Myanmar displaces more than 14,000 people

Flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar’s southern areas has displaced more than 14,000 people and disrupted traffic on the rail lines that connect the country’s biggest cities

Al Jazeera

Myanmar military regime accused of murdering political prisoners

Prison officials accused of extrajudicial killings and torture with thousands arrested for their opposition to the coup.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta-aligned militia fighters defect to rebels

YANGON: Myanmar anti-coup fighters briefly seized several border outposts after junta-aligned militia defected and joined the rebels, sparking days of heavy clashes, state media reported on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta-backed media slams 'rotten' United Nations

YANGON: Myanmar state media condemned the United Nations as "rotten" on Friday, days after the UN special envoy for the country stepped down and the world body slammed curbs on aid for cyclone survivors.

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Bangkok Post

Myanmar's young pro-democracy activists fill up prisons

MAE SOT: Police in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, came for Min Thwe Thit before dawn on Feb 1, 2021. He did not know why they had come — or what was unfolding in the Southeast Asian nation.

Al Jazeera

Official death toll in Myanmar cyclone rises to at least 54

India is sending more aid to Yangon, but communications remain difficult, hampering the disaster response.

ABC News

Adani proposed coal ventures to sanctioned Myanmar military despite public vow to cut ties, leaked documents show

International pressure led to Adani vowing to cut ties with Myanmar's military junta in 2021. Now, leaked documents reveal how the resources giant had been privately negotiating coal ventures with the sanctioned regime leaders.

Al Jazeera

Footage by Japanese journalist killed in Myanmar in 2007 released

Kenji Nagai was filming the monk-led Saffron Revolution in Yangon when he was shot by soldiers.

Bangkok Post

Slain journo's camera resurfaces 16 years after death in Myanmar

When Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai was shot dead by Myanmar troops as he covered anti-military protests in 2007, his video camera disappeared, along with the last images he filmed.

The Independent UK

Top election official in Myanmar assassinated by guerrillas

A top election official in Myanmar has been fatally shot in Yangon in the latest attack attributed to militants opposed to military rule

Bangkok Post

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.

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