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When Thailand’s Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow met Myanmar’s newly designated President Min Aung Hlaing in April 2026, he was told that the regime in Naypyitaw was “considering good things” for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. This was the same general who, as chief of the dreaded junta, had deposed the country’s civilian government yet again…
A voter casts ballot at a polling station during the second phase of general election, on January 11, 2026, in Yangon, Myanmar. | Photo Credit: AP Voters in war-torn Myanmar queued up on Sunday (January 11, 2026) to cast their ballots in the second stage of a military-run election, following low turnout in the initial…
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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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In this image provided by The Myanmar Military True News Information Team, Myanmar’s military leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, center, speaks during meeting with members of the National Defense and Security Council Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s junta extended a state of emergency by six months on…
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This photo taken on May 21, 2024 shows people rebuilding temporary homes near a destroyed building following fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army (AA) ethnic minority armed group in a village in Minbya Township in Rakhine State. | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar’s Rakhine State is facing a terrifying situation similar to the run-up…
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Military personnel. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said on April 4 its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military headquarters in the capital, Naypyitaw, but the country’s ruling military said it destroyed the drones as they attacked. The opposition National Unity Government ‘s “Defence Ministry” said in…
Lin Lin | Photo Credit: AFP Student activist Lin Lin led protests against Myanmar’s junta, defying the generals for months before being hunted down and caught. Now serving a 15-year sentence, she regrets nothing. “I wanted to do that more than anything else,” she said. “And if you ask what I will do if I…
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This handout photo taken and released October 28, 2023 by the Kokang Information Network shows members of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army walking past a Myanmar military base after seizing it during clashes near Laukkaing township in Myanmar’s northern Shan state. | Photo Credit: AFP Heavy fighting between rebels and the Myanmar military stretched…
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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