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Military chief Min Aung Hlaing touts the upcoming polls as a return to democracy and a chance for rebels opposing the military to make peace. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Myanmar’s junta will stage the third and final round of its heavily restricted elections on January 25, a statement said Thursday (December 25, 2025), just…
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Myanmar’s National League for Democracy party leader Aung San Suu Kyi. | Photo Credit: Reuters Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is suffering from worsening heart problems and needs urgent medical attention, her son said on Friday (September 5, 2025), in an appeal for her immediate release from “cruel and life-threatening” custody. Kim…
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An official shows how to use a voting machine for future elections in Yangon on September 5, 2023. File | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar’s junta said Monday (August 18, 2025) that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control and…
File photo of Pope Francis with Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi. File. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis has offered refuge on Vatican territory for Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Italian media said on Tuesday (September 24, 2024). “I asked for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and I met her…
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Southeast Asian Foreign Ministers gather in Laos this week for talks on the disputed South China Sea and the conflict in Myanmar, with top diplomats from China and the United States slated to meet on the sidelines. The three-day meeting of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) starts in the capital Vientiane on…
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Demonstrators rally on motorcycles to mark the 79th birthday of the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Launglon township in Tanintharyi region, Myanmar, on June 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar authorities arrested 22 people for marking the birthday of imprisoned democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi, local media reported on Wednesday….
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Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Myanmar on March 25, in what officials hope will be a continuing effort to ease the plight of millions of people displaced by fighting. But critics charge that the aid will benefit only people in areas under the Myanmar military’s control, providing it with a…
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Watch | Meet the Myanmar women fighting the military junta | Video Credit: AFP On a deserted road in northern Myanmar, Moe Moe prepares to launch a drone carrying a bomb towards a nearby military position. Moe Moe is only 18 years old She is one of hundreds of women training, and fighting alongside men…
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A protester holds a poster with an image of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a candlelight vigil to honour those who have died during demonstrations against the military coup in Yangon on March 13, 2021. | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar’s junta is endangering the life of jailed democracy figurehead Aung San Suu…
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