Businesses closed and streets emptied as the people speak loudly with their silence, shaming regime’s claims of ‘normalcy.’
Mandalay residents believe that military forces want to avoid responsibility for their killing and reduce the death toll by manipulating autopsies.
Most of those freed from Insein Prison were students who protested against the military regime.
Beijing and Moscow stung by criticism that they have failed to condemn the junta’s coup.
Ministry of Electricity and Energy staff, who refuse to work for Myanmar’s junta, say they have received threatening phone calls from their bosses.
Outcry on social media as Myanmar citizens protest at alleged involvement of the Thai Army in supplying food to junta troops.
The junta said Sean Turnell, who counseled Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, is suspected of violating immigration and official secrets laws; he faces up to seven years in prison.
The arrival of President Joe Biden should boost regional Southeast Asia’s development, not drag members into disputes with China, argues Kavi Chongkittavorn.
A 7-year-old girl shot dead while clinging to her father in latest round of extreme violence.
Ethnic armed groups have refused to attend the annual show of strength by Myanmar’s military on March 27.
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