Tag: Myanmar
Malaysia’s Anwar urges Thailand to step up on Myanmar crisis
Anwar held his first bilateral meeting with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha since the former won office late last year
‘There is light at the end of the tunnel’
Malaysia’s former foreign minister speaks to RFA about the crisis in Myanmar
Myanmar junta extends emergency rule as cities go silent on 2nd...
Long-suffering citizens face six more months of emergency rule amid resistance to military rule
Myanmar streets empty in protest on coup anniversary
Western powers launched a fresh broadside of sanctions against the generals on the anniversary of the military coup
Myanmar junta looks to extend rule as nation counts losses in...
Long-suffering citizens face extended emergency rule or a rigged election–or both, say analysts
Voices from Myanmar’s coup, two years on
From striking civil servants to rebels holed up in the dense jungle, five people speak of how their lives have been upended by the coup
Myanmar pilgrims return to Buddha’s golden footprints
The Shwe Sat Taw pagoda in the Magway region was built around footprints that, according to myth, the Buddha left during a visit
ACN to hold three days of prayer for Myanmar on second...
Pope Francis earlier this week also called for prayers for Myanmar where an old Catholic church was burned and destroyed this month
Southeast Asian MPs urge Thai gov’t to stop engaging with Myanmar...
The call to disengage the junta came after a meeting between the top leaders of the Myanmar and Thai armed forces
Buddhist monk leads deadly pro-junta militias in Myanmar’s Sagaing region
The stern-looking 40-year-old monk with broad shoulders and wide-set eyes made a name for himself in Sagaing’s Kanbalu township