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Photo: Protesters hold up banners and the three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on May 14, 2021. Photo: AFP
May 17, 2021
Beaten, kicked in the groin and threatened with sexual violence - a young Myanmar teenager detained by the junta's security forces has described the...
May 17, 2021
The clash between the KIA and the Military Council has been going on for three days in the territory of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Brigade 3...
Some monks have this year defied religious edicts against political activity (Photo: AFP)
May 14, 2021
Myanmar's Buddhist monk-hood led an earlier struggle against military rule but is split on the coup that ended the country's nascent democracy, with...
May 14, 2021
With the junta-reconstituted Union Election Commission (UEC) offering to meet with political parties for a second time, the Arakan Front Party (AFP)...
May 14, 2021
The people find it difficult to withdraw money from the ATMs in Mawlamyine of Mon State as the banks have not refilled the ATMs since the water...
May 14, 2021
The military council changed the night-time curfew (from 10 pm to 4 am) in Mawlamyine of Mon State as of May 12th. Although the junta has changed the...
May 14, 2021
Bitter divisions in the Mon Unity Party (MUP) after the February over a majority vote in support of engagement with the junta’s SAC triggering outage...
May 13, 2021
Yay Kauk and Payit villages in Thandwe Township are facing drinking water scarcity, according to local villagers. “Although we have been provided...
May 13, 2021
Two journalists from Development Media Group (DMG) charged under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code have been summoned by the Sittwe Township Court to...
May 13, 2021
A member of the parallel government in Kayah State said the new civilian defense force must have a strong “objective, structure and management” to...
May 13, 2021
Eight youths in northern Burma were arrested by armed forces for protesting against the military junta near the China border. An eyewitness told SHAN...
May 13, 2021
Min Nyo, 51, a correspondent for Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) was sentenced Wednesday by a military court to three years in prison for his...