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A rebel fighter stands guard in Karen state looking out over territory controlled by ethnic armed groups opposed to Myanmar’s military junta. Photo: Reuters

Myanmar ‘risks becoming a forgotten crisis’, UN envoy warns

Criminal networks operating from Myanmar have spiralled ‘out of control’ with 3.4 million people displaced by fighting, special envoy says.

China consulate in Myanmar hit with explosive device

Asian Angle | Is Asia’s democracy in retreat? Insights from Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand

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‘We must do something’: Pope offers Vatican refuge to Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s former leader, has been detained by the military since it overthrew her government in a 2021 coup.

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Pope Francis talks with Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi during a private audience at the Vatican, on May 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Myanmar junta announces census for promised 2025 election, despite criticism

The election has been widely derided as a sham, and unlikely to be recognised by the West. Myanmar’s shadow government suspects the junta will misuse census data.

China pushes to secure Myanmar’s military a seat at the table as junta falters

Concerned by a potential power vacuum, Beijing is hoping to shape Myanmar’s trajectory as the generals’ grip weakens.

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Son of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi ‘concerned’ as mother marks birthday in detention

Suu Kyi, who turned 79 on Wednesday, has been detained by the military since it toppled her government and seized power in 2021, plunging the Southeast Asian nation into turmoil.

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Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (right) and her son Kim Aris pose for pictures in Yangon in July 2011. Photo: AFP

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been incommunicado for over 3 years, family says

Suu Kyi’s son Kim Aris told Italian media the family had not heard from Myanmar’s former leader since she was ousted and arrested in 2021.

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Myanmar’s figurehead vice-president steps down for health reasons

Henry Van Thio, who served in elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and continued in position after she was ousted by military in 2021, is stepping down for unspecified health reasons, state media reported.

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Fight or flight: Myanmar youth flee conscription to take up arms against junta

Running from conscription, enraged by the military and boosted by the sudden, unexpected scent of victory, Myanmar’s youth have decided they have to either flee the country or join the fight.

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A member of the Myanmar People’s Defence Forces at a rebel-held checkpoint near Dawei city looks on as smoke rising from a junta air strike. Photo: Khu Sam

Myanmar’s junta likely to up brutality amid ‘survival game’ 3 years after coup

But the military is likely to ‘fight ever more brutally, the closer it comes to defeat’, analysts say, even as ‘pace of liberation quickens’ in Myanmar.

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(FILES) Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing stands in a car as he oversees a military display at a parade ground to mark the country’s Independence Day in Naypyidaw on January 4, 2023. Myanmar’s National Defence and Security Council agreed July 31, 2023 to extend the country’s state of emergency by six months, state media said, likely delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August. (Photo by AFP)

Rebel fire and China’s ire: inside Myanmar’s anti-junta offensive

The anti-junta operation came amid rising anger in Beijing with the junta over rampant crime on the border, which created conditions that supported the blitzkrieg, analysts say.

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Global killings hit record high in 2021 as post-lockdown stress grew: UN

Gang and political violence globally, as well as ‘economic repercussions of Covid-related restrictions’ accounted for the higher figure in 2021.

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After 650 days in Myanmar jail, Australian recalls ‘memorable birthday cake’

Sean Turnell, a co-defendant with Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, was imprisoned in Myanmar after being accused of being a spy and convicted by a junta-run court.

This frame grab from video footage shows Sean Turnell, an Australian economist who worked as an advisor with Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: AFP

Myanmar expels East Timor diplomat over support of opposition

East Timor’s charge d’affaires is believed to be the first foreign diplomat expelled from Myanmar since the February 2021 coup that deposed Aung San Suu Kyi.

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A protester holds a poster with an image of Myanmar’s detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a 2021 candlelight vigil in Yangon to honour those who died during that year’s demonstrations against the military coup. File photo: AFP

UK police question ex-Myanmar ambassador over residence row

In 2021, diplomats close to the junta seized the embassy in London and refused access to Kyaw Zwar Minn – a supporter of Aung San Suu Kyi’s overthrown government – and he hasn’t left the ambassador’s residence since.

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Will Myanmar crisis derail East Timor’s efforts to join Asean?

East Timor has been a strong advocate of democracy, but has also had to moderate its views in order to gain Asean membership.

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Asian Angle | Why Myanmar’s brutal military junta can never defeat Aung San Suu Kyi

The military, which toppled Suu Kyi in a coup, has slightly reduced the 78-year-old’s long jail term – but such gestures are empty and far from enough to alter how the murderous regime is viewed.

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A protester holds a poster with an image of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a candlelight vigil in 2021 to honour those who died during demonstrations against Myanmar’s military coup. File photo: AFP

Myanmar’s partial pardon of Suu Kyi a ‘cynical ploy’ to ease global pressure

The move comes as views against the junta start to harden, over its air wars, and as it steps up its campaign of terror against the population.

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Aung San Suu Kyi partially pardoned for 5 offences but remains in detention

Myanmar’s junta pardons Aung San Suu Kyi, postpones election it promised

Myanmar’s ex-leader will be pardoned for five of the 19 offences for which she was jailed for a total of 33 years following the 2021 coup. Former president Win Myint was also pardoned.

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A protester in Yangon holds up a poster featuring Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration in February 2021 against the military coup. Suu Kyi was sentenced to a total of 33 years imprisonment following the coup. Photo: AFP

Myanmar’s detained leader Suu Kyi moved to house arrest

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Opinion | Thailand’s Myanmar approach exposes flaws in Asean that other actors may exploit

Myanmar represents Asean’s biggest internal challenge to date, and Thailand’s bid for a ‘complementary’ diplomatic initiative undermines the bloc’s centrality.

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Key Asean members skip Thai-hosted Myanmar talks amid criticism

Thailand’s prime minister invited Myanmar’s junta-appointed Foreign Minister Than Shwe to the talks, despite criticism over failing to honour agreement to talk with opponents linked to ousted Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Is Thailand seeking to fully re-engage Myanmar junta in push for peace?

Thailand’s foreign minister, in letter to his Asean counterparts, is said to have invited them to an informal meeting on Sunday.

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Myanmar’s General Min Aung Hlaing, head of the nation’s junta, which seized power in a bloody 2021 coup, attends a military parade in March. Photo: Xinhua

Asean at ‘crossroad’ as Myanmar violence escalates

‘Crisis after crisis is testing our strength as a community. Failure to address them risk jeopardising our relevance’, says Indonesian minister, as bloc begins three-day summit.

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Members of Myanmar’s anti-coup ‘People’s Defence Forces’ carry the body of a victim of an airstrike by the military junta on a village in the Sagaing region in April. Over 100 people are believed to have been killed. Photo: EPA-EFE

Indonesia’s Jokowi condemns attack on Asean officials delivering aid in Myanmar

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo did not provide details of the incident but said it would not deter efforts by Indonesia and Asean to push for peace in Myanmar.

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Top election official shot dead in Myanmar

Deputy director Sai Kyaw Thu of the Union Election Commission was shot dead and the anti-coup People’s Defence Forces are responsible for the killing, the army’s information team says.

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Aung San Suu Kyi
Burmese pro democracy leader and Nobel Peace prize winner. A renowned advocate of non-violence and human rights who spent many years under house arrest.
Born
19 Jun 1945
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Politician
last updated:
7 October, 2024
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