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Myanmar could face aid ‘catastrophe’, experts warn, after junta law change

Local and international aid agencies have a choice between operating illegally or registering with the junta, which some fear legitimises their coup

The Guardian - AU

Myanmar jail: Girl, 10, among eight dead after explosions and gunfire erupt at prison

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: An eyewitness said a number of civilians were present when the explosions occurred, as they were at the prison delivering food to their imprisoned relatives in Yangon, Myanmar

Daily Mirror

Jailed Australian economist moved to Yangon's Insein prison: source

An Australian economist jailed in Myanmar has been moved from the isolated military-built capital to a sprawling prison in Yangon, a source with knowledge of the case told AFP on Monday.

Bangkok Post

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Myanmar Airways launches Phuket route

Phuket: Myanmar Airways International (MAI) began operating its Yangon–Phuket route yesterday, targeting migrant workers and long-stay tourists.

Bangkok Post

Wife pleads for release of Australian sentenced in Myanmar

The wife of Australian economist Sean Turnell pleaded for his release on Thursday, saying his jailing in Myanmar is “heartbreaking” for his whole family.

Bangkok Post

11 schoolchildren killed in Myanmar air strike: Unicef

YANGON: At least 11 schoolchildren died in an air strike and firing on a Myanmar village, the UN children's agency said, an attack the country's junta said targeted rebels hiding in the area.

Bangkok Post

Historic Yangon villa where Aung San Suu Kyi was held for 15 years under threat

Ousted leader’s estranged brother has won a court case allowing villa, considered a symbol of democracy in Myanmar, to be sold

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Myanmar court sentences ex-UK envoy, husband to year in prison

Ex-UK ambassador to Myanmar Vicky Bowman and her husband convicted over alleged immigration offences.

Al Jazeera

Former UK ambassador, husband detained by Myanmar generals

Vicky Bowman and husband, Htein Lin, arrested in Yangon and investigated under the country’s Immigration Act.

Al Jazeera

UK’s former Myanmar ambassador arrested in Yangon, report says

Vicky Bowman and Burmese husband Htein Lin detained and charged with immigration offences

The Guardian - UK

‘Survival at any cost’: Myanmar generals move to cement power

Min Aung Hlaing firing military chiefs, senior politicians and moving against tycoons amid chaos triggered by 2021 coup.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar activists say detained Japanese filmmaker attended protest

Myanmar authorities detained a Japanese documentary filmmaker after he attended a protest in the city of Yangon on the weekend against recent executions carried out by the military government, activists said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Japanese video journalist detained at Myanmar protest march

Pro-democracy activists say Myanmar's military authorities have arrested a Japanese video journalist who was filming an anti-government protest in Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city

The Independent UK

Japanese man detained by Myanmar police at anti-coup protest

Myanmar police on Saturday detained a Japanese man who was taking part in an anti-coup protest in Yangon, local media reported.

Bangkok Post

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Reuters

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.

The Guardian - UK

‘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

Bangkok Post

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.

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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.

The Independent UK

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

Bangkok Post

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.

Bangkok Post

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.

Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

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