Tag: Myanmar military
Myanmar junta chief says will hold ‘free and fair’ elections
The junta-imposed state of emergency is due to expire at the end of January
Myanmar junta marks Independence Day with show of force
Myanmar has been engulfed by fighting between junta troops and anti-coup rebels since the military seized power almost two years ago
Myanmar junta bars overnight visitors from Yangon monasteries
The decision marks the first time a religious organization has been used by the junta to enforce the Ward or Village-Tract Administration Law
Junta forces seize ‘Christian orphanage’ in Mandalay region, driving out children...
About 50 children from war-torn Kachin State in northern Myanmar were sheltering in the building when it was raided, according to locals
Myanmar junta leader not invited to ASEAN summit
There is growing dissatisfaction within ASEAN — sometimes criticized as a toothless talking shop — at the Myanmar generals' stonewalling
ASEAN, EU parliamentarians urge UN, US to take sides in Myanmar
The group called for increased and coordinated pressure on the military junta in Myanmar
Eleven schoolchildren killed in Myanmar air strike: UNICEF
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned the strike that killed at least 13 people, including the 11 students
Places of worship in Myanmar under siege; Catholic priest says it’s...
“There were pools of blood in the school …. The parents of two children came to look for their children, but all that was left were clothes”
Military junta troops occupy Catholic church in Myanmar for four days
The parish priest said the soldiers rigged the church with anti-personnel mines that were hidden everywhere
Cardinal Bo warns of escalating crackdown by Myanmar’s military junta
Cardinal Bo said the current situation “is very complex and at the same time very confusing and very unpredictable”