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Myanmar military signals leadership changes as parade begins

March 27, 2026 admin

Myanmar’s junta signalled changes in the military’s leadership ahead of the country’s annual show of force on Friday (March 27, 2026), potentially clearing the way for defence chief Min Aung Hlaing to become President. Tanks and military trucks laden with rocket launchers and mobile field guns trundled through the streets as thousands of soldiers marched…

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Analysis: Myanmar junta seeks legitimacy through a sham election

December 31, 2025 admin

Officials of the Union Election Commission prepare to count votes at a polling station, during the first phase of general election, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on December 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Close to five years since the February 2021 coup that overturned the Aung San Suu Kyi-led National League for Democracy’s (NLD) landslide electoral…

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Myanmar junta accuses rebels of ‘malicious’ election attacks

December 30, 2025 admin

Officials of the Union Election Commission prepare to close a polling station after the votes were counted, during the first phase of the general election, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on December 28, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s junta on Tuesday (December 30, 2025) accused rebels of “malicious and brutal” attacks on the day and eve…

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UN says Myanmar junta using ‘brutal violence’ to force people to vote

December 23, 2025 admin

Volker Turk. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The UN said on Tuesday (December 23, 2025) that Myanmar’s junta was using violence and intimidation to force people to vote in upcoming military-controlled elections, while armed opposition groups were using similar tactics to keep people away. “The military authorities in Myanmar must stop using brutal violence to…

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Myanmar’s upcoming election will be a sham, says rebel leader

November 27, 2025 admin

The upcoming election in Myanmar will be a “sham” and will not help resolve the ongoing civil strife in the country that began with the coup by the military junta on February 1, 2021, said a leading member of a rebel outfit that has been fighting the junta for at least three years. In an…

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Myanmar junta says nearly 1,600 foreigners arrested in scam hub raids

November 23, 2025 admin

Myanmar’s military said Sunday (November 23, 2025) it arrested nearly 1,600 foreign nationals in five days in a highly publicised crackdown on a notorious internet scam hub on the Thai border. Sprawling fraud factories have mushroomed in war-torn Myanmar’s border regions, housing scammers who target internet users with romance and business cons worth tens of…

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Myanmar junta says historic railway bridge ‘bombed, destroyed’

August 24, 2025 admin

Myanmar’s ruling military junta said that a bridge that was bombed and destroyed by anti-coup armed groups. File | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s ruling military junta said on Sunday (August 24, 2025) that a colonial-era bridge that was once the world’s highest railway trestle had been “bombed and destroyed” by anti-coup armed groups. A civil war…

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Myanmar junta to free 5,864 prisoners under amnesty

January 4, 2025 admin

Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing. File | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s military government will release 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty marking the Southeast Asian nation’s independence day, state media said on Saturday (January 4, 2025.) Myanmar has been in turmoil since early 2021, when the military overthrew an elected civilian government and…

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South East Asian summit urges end to Myanmar violence but struggles for solutions

October 9, 2024 admin

South East Asian country leaders hold hands during the opening ceremony of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Wednesday (October 9, 2024) | Photo Credit: AP Southeast Asian leaders pressed Myanmar’s junta and its opponents on Wednesday (October 9, 2024) to take “concrete action” to stop the bloodshed in…

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Myanmar junta bombs opposition-held town hours after talks offer

September 27, 2024 admin

Myanmar’s junta carried out fresh air strikes on an opposition-held town Friday (September 27, 2024), hours after issuing an unprecedented invitation to its enemies for talks on the country’s civil war. Thursday’s surprise call for discussions was likely a sop to main ally China and a nudge towards controversial fresh elections, analysts said, and two…

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