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(Updates with helicopter delay) Aung Hla Tun YANGON, June 6 (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta attacked "unscrupulous" citizens and foreign media on Friday for presenting a false picture of the ...
A file photo shows demonstartors hold placards with pictures of Aung San Suu Kyi as they protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 22, 2021.
Myanmar's military raided the Yangon headquarters of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party late Tuesday, officials said, hours after the United Nations condemned "unacceptable" violence against ...
YANGON, Myanmar — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Islamic leaders expressed dismay Monday over plans by authorities in western Myanmar to revive a two-child limit on Muslim Rohingya ...
Human rights monitors on Wednesday urged Myanmar to withdraw a ban on protests in its largest city, Yangon, amid fears that free speech is under pressure under the government led by democracy ...
Myanmar’s ruling junta, the State Administrative Council, is criticizing a U.S. aid package that is being funneled through opponents of the regime, saying the United States should consider ...
SINGAPORE — In Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, soldiers patrol the streets at all hours. Police officers stop pedestrians at random, hauling them to jail if they show signs of sympathy for the ...
Myanmar authorities have arrested 16 people including a six-year-old girl over the assassination of a retired general shot dead in Yangon last month, state media said. Cho Tun Aung, a former ...
The bar street in Yangon's Chinatown, Myanmar, January 22, 2025. LE MONDE. Today, raids still take place, but signs of the military's presence in the city are discreet.
(Adds curbs on satellite dish sales, U.N. rights demand, U.S. general) By Aung Hla Tun YANGON, June 6 (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta attacked "unscrupulous" citizens and foreign media on Friday for ...