Yangon, March 4 (AP): Myanmar security forces were seen firing slingshots at protesters, chasing them down and even brutally beating an ambulance crew in video showing a dramatic escalation of violence against
Yangon, February 25 (AP): Social media giant Facebook announced Thursday it was banning all accounts linked to Myanmar's military as well as ads from military-controlled companies in the wake of the army
Yangon, February 16 (AP): Police in Myanmar filed a new charge against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said Tuesday, which may allow her to be held indefinitely without trial.
Lawyer Khin Maung Za
Nay Pyi Taw, February 15 (IANS): Internet access in Myanmar is returning to normal after a full-blown connection snap amid ongoing protests in the country against the military takeover, traffic tracker NetBlock
Nay Pyi Taw, February 14 (IANS): Myanmar's new military-led State Administration Council led by Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing issued an order amending the Protection of the
Nay Pyi Taw, February 12 (IANS): Myanmar's new military-led State Administration Council on Friday announced the remittances of more than 23,000 prisoners, both local and foreigners, as protests agains
Yangon, February 9 (AP): Police cracked down on crowds of demonstrators against Myanmar's military takeover who took to the streets again on Tuesday in defiance of rules making the protests illegal.
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Yangon, February 9 (IANS): Myanmar will conduct friendly cooperation with all countries while the country's foreign policy will not change, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing sai
February 9 (PTI): The United States has demanded the immediate and full restoration of the democratically elected government in Myanmar and said that America stands with the elected representatives of the Asian
Nay Pyi Taw, February 8 (IANS): Thousands of people continued their protest for a third consecutive day in Myanmar's capital Nay Pyi Taw on Monday, against last week's military coup, forcing police to u
Yangon, February 8 (AP): A protest against Myanmar's one-week-old military government swelled rapidly on Monday morning as opposition to the coup grew increasingly bold.
The protesters at a major downtow
Yangon, February 7 (AP): As enthusiastic crowds of tens of thousands marched through the streets of Myanmar's biggest city on Sunday to protest last week's coup, their spirits were lifted by the return
Yangon, February 7 (AP): Thousands of people rallied against the military takeover in Myanmar's biggest city on Sunday and demanded the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, whose elected government was toppled by t
February 5 (PTI): The United Nations Security Council on Thursday expressed deep concern over the declaration of the state of emergency in Myanmar by the military and called for the immediate release of Aung Sa
Yangon, February 4 (AP): Myanmar's new military government has blocked access to Facebook as resistance to Monday's coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience to protest the ousting of the elected ci
Yangon, February 3 (AP): Scores of people in Myanmar's largest city honked car horns and banged on pots and pans Tuesday in the first known public resistance to the coup led a day earlier by the country'
Bangkok, February 3 (AP): This week, the military upended years of quasi-democratic rule in Myanmar, with soldiers taking control of the country in a carefully orchestrated coup. The military said the seizure o
Yangon, February 2 (AP): Hundreds of members of Myanmar's Parliament were under house arrest Tuesday, confined to their government housing complex and guarded by soldiers a day after the military seized pow
Jakarta, February 1 (AP): Myanmar's military has taken control of the country under a one-year state of emergency and reports say State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other government leaders have been det
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi detained under house arrest
Naypyitaw, February 1 (AP): Myanmar military television says the military has taken control of the country for one year.
An announcer on milit