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Three years after coup, Myanmar junta chief under unprecedented pressure
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoOnline, pro-military journalists and bloggers have been similarly direct. "He should resign as...
Myanmar executes ex-lawmaker, 3 other political prisoners
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoMyanmar's government confirmed Monday it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years,...
Myanmar’s ragtag rebels fire dynamite from catapults – and they’re winning
The Telegraph via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoA band of young Myanmar resistance fighters hide in a muddy ditch and hook up a stick of dynamite to...
Thailand hosts Myanmar junta figures in talks, key ASEAN nations skip
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoThailand hosted regional talks on Thursday to discuss the crisis in army-run Myanmar including rare...
Thailand hosts informal meeting on Myanmar political crisis
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoThree Cabinet ministers from Myanmar attended an informal regional meeting in Thailand's capital on...
UN court rejects Myanmar claims, will hear Rohingya case
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoJudges at the United Nations’ highest court on Friday dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to...
Myanmar executions of 4 activists spur global outrage
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoInternational outrage over Myanmar's execution of four political prisoners intensified Tuesday with...
Former minister, writer among Myanmar prisoners freed in amnesty
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoState broadcaster MRTV said on Wednesday that 7,012 prisoners were due to be released under the amnesty, although it did not provide further details on the inmates. Thura Aung Ko, a former government ...
CORRECTED-UPDATE 3-Myanmar frees Australian economist as part of 6,000 prisoner amnesty - state...
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 2 years agoMyanmar's military leaders have released Sean Turnell, an Australian economist and former adviser to democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, and almost 6,000 others from prison under an amnesty, state ...