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Japan refuses to sanction Myanmar over China factor, undermines US strategy

Japan's reluctance to put financial pressure on Myanmar military shows the difficulties Joe Biden faces in convincing allies to defend democracy.

UN special envoy decries violence in Myanmar as 900 civilians killed

Some 900 civilians have been killed by security forces in Myanmar since the military takeover on February 1, United Nations Special Envoy Christine Schraner Burgener told the UN General Assembly

Aung San Suu Kyi trial: Concern mounting for Myanmar's deposed leader

Deposed politician is being tried of corruption before courts nominally independent, but packed with lawyers, judges and court officials trained under the military.

Myanmar: Suu Kyi confronted with sedition charge on 2nd day of trial

Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party had been due to start a second five-year term of office after winning a landslide victory in a general election last November.

Protestors demonstrate at G7 summit to save Myanmar's democracy

Several hundred Myanmar residents in Britain gathered at the site of the Group of Seven summit in Cornwall, calling for action to save democracy in Myanmar on Saturday

Myanmar's military hits Aung San Suu Kyi with new charges of corruption

Myanmar's military junta on Thursday levelled new corruption charges against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other former officials from her government, National League for Democracy (NLD).

Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi's trial to begin next week

The trials of Myanmar's ousted de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former President U Win Myint will begin next week following their detention by the military on February 1, according to a lawyer

Myanmar military junta to start court case against Aung Suu Kyi next week

Myanmar's military junta will begin presenting its case against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi in court next Monday, her lawyers said.

ASEAN submits list of nominees for special envoy to Myanmar military regime

ASEAN presented a list of nominations for the post of Myanmar's special envoy in the organisation to Tatmadaw (Myanmar military)

Myanmar imposes stay-at-home order in more towns due to Covid-19 pandemic

Myanmar's Health and Sports Ministry imposed a stay-at-home order in four more towns of Chin state, state-run media reported on Friday

ASEAN envoys meet Myanmar junta leader to press for dialogue on coup

Representatives of the ASEAN met with Myanmar's junta leader, six weeks after an emergency regional summit on the coup in the country drew promises of progress toward a solution

Did Michael Flynn, NSA in Trump admin, suggest a Myanmar-like coup in US?

Michael Flynn, former national security adviser in the Trump administration, appeared to suggest that a Myanmar-style coup, in which the military overthrew a democratically elected government, "should happen" in the US.Flynn made the remarks while speaking at the event, title "For God & and Country Patriot Roundup, in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, which was attended by many supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory.According to CNN, for months, QAnon and Trump-supporting online forums have celebrated the deadly military coup in Myanmar and suggested the same should happen in the United States so Donald Trump could be reinstated as President.Someone from the audience asked Flynn, "I want to know why what happened in Myanmar can't happen here?""No reason, I mean, it should happen here. No reason. That's right," Flynn responded.On February 1, the Myanmar military overthrew the civilian government and declared a year-long state of emergency. The coup triggered mass protests and was met ..

Myanmar extends suspension of international flights for a month over Covid

Myanmar's Ministry of Transport and Communications has extended the suspension period of international commercial flights to the end of June due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Myanmar: 840 people killed so far as military crackdown continues

As the military crackdown on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar continues, as many as 840 people have been killed so far, including three people on Sunday, according to AAPP

India-China border issue, Burma coup discussed at Jaishankar-Blinken meet

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during their bilateral meeting on Friday discussed regional and global cooperation between India and United States

828 people killed so far in Myanmar since February 1 military coup

As violence continues to intensify in Myanmar, 828 people have been confirmed to be killed since the military takeover on February 1, according to Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)

Myanmar's great leap back

The coup underlines the limits of quasi-democracy

UN special envoy warns of possible civil war in Myanmar, seeks talks

The UN special envoy said people are arming themselves against the military junta and protesters have started shifting from defensive to offensive actions

Myanmar: Suu Kyi appears in court in person for first time since coup

She was put under house arrest after the coup on February 1

EU warns Myanmar military against dissolution of Suu Kyi's party

The European Union has issued a statement that such a decision would be a "blatant disregard" for the will of the people