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Myanmar's military overthrew the country's elected leaders in 2021 and launched a bloody crackdown on protests, sparking a civil war that has displaced more than 3.1 million people, according to ...
Min Aung Hlaing studied law at Myanmar's Yangon University in the 1970s, but steered clear of the political activism and anti-military protests that were widespread at the time to instead focus on ...
The protest camp was rebuilt and protests continued. On 31 March a villager was shot in the head and killed by security forces in Natchaung , while four police officers were captured by insurrectionists in Kalay the same day, allegedly attempting to scout the protesters' positions. [ 4 ]
In February, Myanmar’s military regime, known as the junta, announced compulsory conscription, meaning all men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27 would be forced to serve for up to two years.
Burma News International (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတကာမြန်မာ့သတင်း, BNI) is a news coalition based in Myanmar (Burma). BNI aggregates and publishes bilingual Burmese and English news content from affiliated news agencies on its online portal.
Protests in Myanmar, known locally as the Spring Revolution [17] [18] (Burmese: နွေဦးတော်လှန်ရေး, Burmese pronunciation: [nwè.ú.tɔ̀.l̥àɰ̃.jé]), began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces, the Tatmadaw. [19]
The UN has expressed concerns about the ongoing "heavy fighting" between the military and armed resistance groups in Myanmar‘s northern region which displaced more than 30,000 people.. The ...
On 8 March, DVB—along with four other networks (Myanmar Now, Mizzima News, Khit Thit Media, and 7Day News)—were banned by the junta. [2] The arrests and torture of journalists is an ongoing theme of Burma's 2021 military coup.