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The World Ignores Myanmar’s Plight at Its Peril

Nearly two years on from a brutal military coup, the country has slid into civil war. A failed state in the heart of Asia benefits no one.

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Myanmar army leader touts election plan on Independence Day

Myanmar’s ruling military leader has pardoned over 7,000 prisoners, including some political detainees, and detailed plans for an election later this year during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of independence.

UN envoy: Myanmar crisis deepens, taking 'catastrophic toll'

The U_N_ special envoy for Myanmar is warning that the political, human rights and humanitarian crisis in the military-ruled Southeast Asian nation is deepening and taking “a catastrophic toll on the people.”.

Myanmar court convicts Suu Kyi of vote fraud, adds jail time

A court in Myanmar has sentenced the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years' imprisonment after finding her guilty of involvement in election fraud.

UN: Myanmar's ruler open to UN visit to Suu Kyi but not now

The United Nations says the head of Myanmar’s military-installed government “expressed openness to arranging a meeting at the right time” between U.N. special envoy Noeleen Heyzer and the country’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi

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UN envoy tells Myanmar general: End violence, seek democracy

The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar, Noeleen Heyzer, has met with the head of its military-installed government and urged him to halt all violence and support a political path back to civilian rule and democracy, Heyzer also called on Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing to allow the country’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to return home and to meet with her.

Myanmar’s military junta can’t win the civil war it started

Nearly 18 months after Myanmar's military seized power, it is struggling to conduct what has become a multifront campaign against a shifting enemy.

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Biden to host Southeast Asian leaders for May 12-13 summit

The White House says President Joe Biden will host leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian nations in Washington next month for a summit.

Myanmar leader vows to 'annihilate' opponents of army rule

Myanmar’s leader has vowed to intensify action against homegrown militia groups fighting the military-run government, saying the armed forces would “annihilate” them.

Myanmar pardons celebrities jailed for anti-military views

Several top Myanmar celebrities who were detained for criticizing the army's seizure of power have been released from prison under pardons issued by the military government.

Myanmar says it won't attend ASEAN foreign ministers meeting

Myanmar says it will not participate in this week’s meetings in Cambodia of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, spurning an invitation to send a non-political representative instead of its chief diplomat.

Prominent Myanmar filmmaker arrested after a year on the run

An award-winning film director in Myanmar has been arrested almost a year after appearing on a wanted list for encouraging government employees to join in protests against military rule.

Violence, protests mark anniversary of Myanmar army rule

Protests and violence have marked the one-year anniversary of the army's seizure of power in Myanmar.

Dozens arrested to suppress protests on Myanmar anniversary

Security forces in Myanmar have arrested dozens of people to preemptively suppress plans for a nationwide strike on Tuesday, which is the one-year anniversary of the army’s seizure of power.

No peace in Myanmar 1 year after military takeover

The army takeover in Myanmar a year ago that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi unexpectedly aborted the ongoing restoration of representative democracy in the Southeast Asian country after decades of military rule.

Trade data: Myanmar teak exports helping fund military rule

A report based on U.S. trade data shows American companies are still importing teak from Myanmar despite sanctions imposed after the military seized power.

Cambodia defends leader's trip to Myanmar as 'positive step'

Cambodia’s foreign minister has defended Prime Minister Hun Sen’s trip to Myanmar, the first by a foreign leader since the military takeover plunged the country into turmoil, though there was little evidence the mission yielded any immediate breakthrough.

Anger as Cambodia's Hun Sen meets Myanmar military leader

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to Myanmar to revive peace efforts after last year’s military takeover is provoking an angry backlash among critics, who say he is legitimizing the army’s seizure of power.

Myanmar court postpones verdicts in 2nd case against Suu Kyi

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has postponed its verdicts on two charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in which she is accused of importing and possessing walkie-talkies without following official procedures.

Myanmar gems industry targeted in push for sanctions

Human rights activists are lobbying major jewelers to stop buying gems sourced in Myanmar as a way to put pressure on Myanmar's military leaders by limiting profits from the country's lucrative mining industry.

‘My friends are being burned’: Atrocities mount under Myanmar’s junta

The military is lashing out with growing brutality as resistance to its rule intensifies. Teenagers are among the latest victims, believed to have been burned alive.

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Rights group calls for ICC probe into Myanmar crackdown

A human rights group is calling on an international court to open an investigation into a crackdown on dissent by Myanmar’s military rulers.

Facebook broadens ban on military-linked Myanmar companies

Facebook’s parent company Meta has announced a new ban on postings linked to Myanmar’s military to include all pages, groups, and accounts representing military-controlled businesses.

Myanmar sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison, more verdicts expected

The verdicts come in what is seen as a sham trial to silence a flawed, but popular democracy leader amid growing chaos in the Southeast Asian nation.

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Myanmar court sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison

The ruling is the first in a series of criminal cases that could see the 76-year-old Nobel laureate detained for the rest of her life.

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Xi says China will not seek dominance over Southeast Asia

Chinese leader Xi Jinping says his country will not seek dominance over Southeast Asia or bully its smaller neighbors, despite a rise in regional frictions.

Richardson adds to diplomatic wins with journalist's release

Bill Richardson’s success in helping secure the release of journalist Danny Fenster from a Myanmar prison is the latest demonstration of the former New Mexico governor’s knack for flying into some the most closed societies on earth and persuading those in charge to do Washington a favor.

US ex-diplomat defends private mission to troubled Myanmar

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson acknowledges criticism of his humanitarian visit to Myanmar, but he tells The Associated Press he feels his trip was constructive.

Brunei says Myanmar still 'integral' to ASEAN despite rebuke

The sultan of Brunei says Myanmar remains an integral part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the bloc hopes its military government will work with an ASEAN envoy to defuse the political crisis triggered by its seizure of power in February.

Biden calls out China's Taiwan actions as 'coercive'

President Joe Biden has told leaders at the East Asia Summit that China’s recent actions in the Taiwan Straits are “coercive” and undermined peace and stability in the region.

Myanmar skips ASEAN summit after its military ruler excluded

Southeast Asian leaders have begun their annual summit without Myanmar amid a diplomatic standoff over the exclusion of the leader of the military-ruled nation from the group’s meetings.

ASEAN leaders hold summit with Myanmar’s general shut out

Southeast Asian leaders are holding their annual summit with world leaders this week but without Myanmar’s top general.

UN envoy: Myanmar is now in conflict, could be failed state

The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar is warning that February's military takeover has led to armed conflict and if power isn’t returned to the people in a democratic way the country will go in the direction of a failed state.

Official: US at turning point in dealing with Myanmar crisis

A senior U.S. official says the United States is at a turning point in deciding how to handle the crisis in military-ruled Myanmar, weighing further political and economic steps to pressure the government to change its behavior.

Crowds outside Myanmar's prisons greet freed detainees

Crowds have gathered for a second day outside prisons around Myanmar, waiting for at least a glimpse of friends and relatives who are being freed under an amnesty for people arrested for protesting against military rule.

Myanmar will release 5,600 anti-regime prisoners

The move comes days after a regional bloc of nations snubbed the country's ruling junta, disinviting coup leader Min Aung Hlaing from an upcoming summit.

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Myanmar leader says ASEAN blind to opposition's violence

The leader of Myanmar’s military-installed government says other Southeast Asian countries should share responsibility for failing to help quell the violence that has engulfed his nation since the army seized power in February.

ASEAN downgrades Myanmar presence in summit in major rebuke

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have agreed to downgrade Myanmar’s participation in an upcoming summit in their sharpest rebuke yet of its leaders following a Feb. 1 military takeover.

ASEAN ministers mull censuring Myanmar for hindering envoy

Southeast Asia’s top diplomats will discuss in an emergency meeting Friday whether to allow Myanmar’s military leader to attend an annual summit after a crisis envoy was barred from meeting ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Envoy aborts visit to Myanmar, straining ASEAN relations

Myanmar says a special envoy appointed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations canceled his visit after the government told him he would not be able to meet with ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others.

Anatomy of a massacre

U.N. representatives and human rights groups say evidence collected by The Washington Post show the Myanmar military committing crimes against humanity.

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Right's group: 1,001 killed since military took over Myanmar

A human rights group says more than 1,000 people have been killed by security forces in Myanmar since the military seized power about six months ago.

ASEAN ministers pick Brunei diplomat as envoy to Myanmar

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have picked Brunei's second foreign minister as their special envoy to Myanmar, in a breakthrough for regional mediation aimed at ending the country’s deepening crisis.

UN calls Myanmar military actions moves away from democracy

The United Nations is calling the Myanmar military’s extension of the state of emergency and election delay moves in the wrong direction from international calls for the restoration of democracy.

Myanmar's Military Leader Declares Himself Prime Minister And Promises Elections

Six months after seizing power from the elected government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing declared himself prime minister of Myanmar.

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Myanmar military extends emergency, promises vote in 2 years

Six months after seizing power from the elected government, Myanmar’s military leader has declared himself prime minister and said he would lead the country under the extended state of emergency until elections are held in about two years.

Residents: Myanmar leaders use pandemic as political weapon

As COVID-19 deaths rise in Myanmar, allegations are growing that the military government is using the coronavirus pandemic to consolidate power and crush the opposition.

Myanmar caught off guard as cases surge, oxygen dwindles

Myanmar is facing a a rapid rise in COVID-19 patients and a shortage of oxygen supplies, just as the country is consumed by a bitter and violent political struggle since the military seized power in February.

How Myanmar's jade industry is helping to keep coup leaders in power

Myanmar’s junta tightened its grip on the country’s lucrative jade industry in the run up to the February 1 coup, boosting the military’s coffers and personally enriching its generals, a new investigation by Global Witness has found. Coup leader General Min Aung Hlaing’s family has been among the alleged beneficiaries of the multi-billion-dollar trade, with the report revealing fresh accusations that his son has received bribes to facilitate jade mining. The investigation, “Jade and Conflict: My

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Myanmar's junta leader attends military conference in Moscow

The leader of Myanmar’s military junta has attended an international conference in Moscow, an appearance that reflects Russia’s eagerness to develop ties with the junta despite international criticism.

Myanmar military plane crash kills 12, including senior monk

Myanmar state media say a well-known senior Buddhist monk was among at least 12 people who died when a military plane crashed in the country’s central Mandalay region.

Myanmar military plane crash kills 12, including senior monk

A well-known senior Buddhist monk was among at least 12 people who died when a plane belonging to Myanmar’s military crashed Thursday in the country’s central Mandalay region, state media reported. Army-run Myawaddy TV said a boy was one of two survivors on the flight from the capital, Naypyitaw, to Pyin Oo Lwin, also known as Maymyo. The other person taken to a hospital was reported to be a member of the military, but several other unconfirmed reports said he later died.

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ASEAN representatives meet Myanmar junta leader

Representatives of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have met with Myanmar’s junta leader six weeks after an emergency regional summit on the country’s crisis following a military coup drew promises of progress toward a solution but produced no tangible results

washingtonpost.com

ASEAN envoys meet Myanmar junta leader to press for dialogue

Representatives of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have met with Myanmar’s junta leader six weeks after an emergency regional summit on the coup in the country drew promises of progress toward a solution but produced no tangible results.

Myanmar coup: Junta head claims Aung San Suu Kyi 'in good health'

Min Aung Hlaing makes the claim in his first interview since seizing power in February.

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Myanmar coup: Junta head claims Aung San Suu Kyi 'in good health'

Min Aung Hlaing makes the claim in his first interview since seizing power in February.

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Myanmar election chief considers dissolving Suu Kyi's party

The head of Myanmar’s military-appointed state election commission says his agency will consider dissolving Aung San Suu Kyi’s former ruling party for alleged involvement in electoral fraud and having its leaders charged with treason.

Myanmar election chief considers dissolving Suu Kyi's party

The head of Myanmar’s military-appointed state election commission said Friday that his agency will consider dissolving Aung San Suu Kyi's former ruling party for alleged involvement in electoral fraud and having its leaders charged with treason. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy came to power after a landslide 2015 election victory, and won an even greater majority in last November’s general election. It was set to start a second term in February when the military seized power in a coup, arresting her and dozens of top government officials and party members.

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Election watchdog says no credible proof of Myanmar fraud

An independent election monitoring organization says the results of last November’s voting in Myanmar were representative of the will of the people, rejecting the military’s allegations of massive fraud that served as its reason for seizing power.

Election watchdog says no credible proof of Myanmar fraud

Last November’s election results in Myanmar were “by and large, representative of the will of the people,” an independent election monitoring organization said Monday, rejecting the military’s allegations of massive fraud that served as its reason for seizing power. It noted, however, that Myanmar’s electoral process is “fundamentally undemocratic” because its 2008 constitution, written during army rule, grants the military an automatic 25% share of all parliamentary seats, enough to block constitutional changes. Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party won a landslide victory in the Nov. 8 polls, which should have secured it a second five-year term in office.

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100 days in power, Myanmar junta holds pretense of control

One hundred days since their takeover, Myanmar’s ruling generals maintain just the pretense of control over the country.

UN report says Myanmar poverty could double from coup chaos

A United Nations report says political turmoil and disruptions following the coup in Myanmar could undo years of progress and double the number of its people living in poverty to nearly half the population.

Myanmar protests continue after ASEAN peace initiative

Protesters in Myanmar’s largest city have braved potential violence by security forces to demonstrate against February’s military coup, showing their resolve to continue their resistance two days after Southeast Asian leaders met to address the country’s crisis.

ASEAN leaders tell Myanmar coup general to end killings

Southeast Asian leaders have demanded an immediate end to killings and the release of political detainees in Myanmar during an emergency summit in Jakarta with its top general and coup leader.

Protest in Yangon ahead of regional summit on Myanmar crisis

Protesters against Myanmar’s military coup have returned to the streets of downtown Yangon, defiantly chanting their opposition to the army’s seizure of power as the junta chief prepared to attend a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders on the country’s crisis.

Southeast Asian summit to address Myanmar's post-coup crisis

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will be under as much scrutiny as Myanmar's junta leader when the 10-member regional body meets Saturday.

Myanmar locks its ambassador out of its London embassy

He spent the night in his car. He'd called on his home country's junta to free civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Troops killed more protesters in Myanmar.

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Myanmar protesters counter military might with creative civil disobedience

Facing a powerful military that has spent decades inflicting terror on its own people, demonstrators in Myanmar have resorted to creative acts of civil disobedience to protest the army’s Feb. 1 takeover of the country’s civilian government. Taxis block a road, pretending to have broken down, during an anti-coup protest on Feb. 17, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar. AdvertisementDemonstrators attempt to disrupt train service in Mandalay, Myanmar, during a protest against the military coup. Demonstrators occupy a street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Yangon to protest Myanmar’s recent military coup. The Chinese ambassador to Myanmar, Chen Hai, said in an interview Tuesday that the crisis was “absolutely not what China wants to see.”Demonstrators gather near Sule pagoda in Yangon on Feb. 17, 2021, to decry the Myanmar military coup.

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Myanmar anti-coup protests persist despite a ban and police resorting to force

Demonstrators wave National League for Democracy party flags during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 10, 2021. "Myanmar police should immediately end the use of excessive and lethal force" the New York-based watchdog urged. The United Nations also issued a statement expressing "strong concern" over the reported used of force against protesters. Demonstrators holding images of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi pose for a photo during a protest in Yangon, Myanmar, February 10, 2021. Teachers from the Yangon Education University flash the three-finger protest gesture while holding signs in Yangon, Myanmar, February 5, 2021.

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Myanmar police use water cannon, rubber bullets in bid to quash growing anti-coup protests

Protests erupted for a fourth straight day against last week's coup to oust civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as international condemnation of the putsch grew. In Naypyidaw, the remote capital purpose-built by the previous military regime, witnesses said police fired rubber bullets at protesters after earlier blasting them with water cannon. Protesters rally against the military coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 9, 2021. Myanmar's military junta leader, General Min Aung Hlaing, delivers a nationally televised address from the capital Naypyitaw, February 8, 2021. Price also said U.S. requests to speak to Suu Kyi were denied.

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Thousands take to the streets in Myanmar to protest coup and internet restrictions

Thousands of people spilled into the streets of Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city, on Saturday, chanting "down with the military dictatorship." President Biden and the United Nations have called on Myanmar's military leaders to relinquish power and release activists and officials. Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for 15 years, had struggled against previous military rule before a troubled democratic transition began in 2011. But Suu Kyi is still widely adored in Myanmar. As those restrictions grow, so do the concerns that the country and its people will once again live a life in isolation.

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Myanmar military stages bloodless coup and detains some senior leaders

Naypyitaw, Myanmar — Myanmar military television said Monday that the military was taking control of the country for one year, while reports said many of the country's senior politicians, including Aung San Suu Kyi, had been detained. Suu Kyi's political party urged Myanmar's people to oppose Monday's "coup" and any return to "military dictatorship." The takeover is a sharp reversal of the partial yet significant progress toward democracy Myanmar made in recent years following five decades of military rule and international isolation that began in 1962. Former pro-democracy activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi became leader of Myanmar in 2015. In this Nov. 8, 2020, file photo, Myanmar military Commander-in-Chief Senior Genernal Min Aung Hlaing leaves a polling station after voting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

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