Myanmar

Category 5 Cyclone Mocha set to crash over Myanmar, Bangladesh

KYAUKTAW, Myanmar, May 14, 2023 (AFP) - Cyclone Mocha intensified into a category five hurricane on Sunday, hours ahead of…

Thousands flee as Cyclone Mocha approaches Myanmar, Bangladesh

SITTWE, Myanmar, May 13, 2023 (AFP) - Thousands fled Myanmar's west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate…

Cyclone Mocha heads for Myanmar, Bangladesh

GWA, Myanmar, May 11, 2023 (AFP) - Myanmar and Bangladesh deployed thousands of volunteers and ordered evacuations from low-lying areas…

Indonesia’s Widodo says limited progress on Myanmar peace plan

LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia, May 11, 2023 (AFP) - Southeast Asian nations have made "no significant progress" on implementing a peace…

Convoy carrying ASEAN diplomats ‘attacked’ in Myanmar

YANGON, May 8, 2023 (AFP) - A convoy of diplomats travelling in Myanmar came under fire from an unknown armed…

Myanmar junta pardons 2,153 prisoners jailed for dissent against military

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's junta on Wednesday announced it had pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners jailed under a law…

UN expert urges Japan to sanction Myanmar junta

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan should sanction Myanmar as it has done for Russia over its Ukraine invasion, a United…

ASEAN ‘strongly condemns’ Myanmar air strike that killed dozens

Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP | Thursday 4/13/2023 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), criticised for its inaction over the…

International anger as air strikes kill dozens in Myanmar

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Dozens of people in central Myanmar were killed in air strikes Tuesday, according to local media…

Myanmar junta dissolves Suu Kyi party

  by Ross ADKIN Myanmar's junta-stacked election commission on Tuesday announced Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party…

Chinese crypto scams targeting Filipinos to work for them: official

Manila, Philippines | AFP | by Mikhail FLORES Chinese criminals running cryptocurrency scams in Southeast Asia are targeting Filipinos to…

Myanmar: UN expert’s report highlights junta’s fraudulent claim to legitimacy, urges States to denounce 2023 ‘sham’ elections

Myanmar’s junta—the State Administration Council (SAC)—is illegal and illegitimate, the UN human rights expert on Myanmar said. He called for…

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