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Voices: Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing posed in a suit – it should have been a prison uniform
Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing posed in a suit – it should have been a prison uniform - COMMENT: Seeing the architect of so many ...
UN calls on Myanmar junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi and respect earthquake recovery ceasefire
Ms Suu Kyi has been held in detention in a prison in Naypyidaw since the fall of her government in 2021, with calls demanding ...
UN special envoy Julie Bishop makes trip to war-torn Myanmar after devastating earthquake
The envoy, Australia’s Julie Bishop, met with Foreign Minister Than Swe and other officials at a temporary tented area ...
Myanmar junta announces elections
Four years after seizing power from the elected administration, the head of the military government declared Myanmar will ...
UN special envoy Julie Bishop makes first trip to war-torn Myanmar after big quake
The U.N.’s special envoy for Myanmar, Australia’s Julie Bishop, has met with the military-run nation’s foreign minister ...
Rescue efforts from Myanmar’s deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600
Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar’s devastating March 28 earthquake were winding down Monday, as rescue efforts were supplanted by increasing relief and recovery activity, with the ...
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Forecast of a week of rain adds to woes faced by victims of Myanmar quake, as death toll tops 3,500
Myanmar has had a military government since February 2021, when the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. It tolerates no criticism, and is engaged in a civil war against ...
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UN urges relief efforts in Myanmar as earthquake death toll rises
A report in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper on Saturday said that the death toll from the March 28 disaster has reached 3,354, with 4,850 injured and 220 missing. It also said ...