Opinion
My father has spent four years in a Myanmar prison – I won’t rest until he’s free
O n 1 February 2021, I went into hiding. That day, Myanmar was seized in a military coup. The country’s de facto head of state, Aung San Suu Kyi, and senior figures from the National League for ...
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Bid to sell Suu Kyi's Myanmar mansion flops for third time
Aung San Oo, who has lived outside Myanmar ... journalists and diplomats. Suu Kyi, 79, is serving a 27-year prison sentence on charges ranging from corruption to not respecting Covid-19 pandemic ...
Myanmar bids to put traditional thanakha face powder on UN heritage list to boost cultural profile
Myanmar is applying to add thanakha to UNESCO's world Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The use of thanakha is believed to date back over 1,000 years. Murals showing is use can be seen in 11th ...
UCA News4d
Myanmar junta officers ordered homes torched, looted: deserters
The junta, which seized power after toppling the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021, is led by General Min Aung Hlaing. Several rebel groups and the newly-emerged People’s ...
朝日新聞社5d
ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar military regime
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who seized power from elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021, is accused of crimes against humanity for the deportation and persecution of the Rohingya. Nearly a ...
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China says it brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar army and an ethnic rebel group
China is the most important foreign ally of Myanmar’s military rulers, who took power after ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. The takeover led to nationwide ...
El Mundo on MSN5d
How Burma became the world capital of crime
The civil war ravaging the Asian country hides that it is the epicenter of heroin production, synthetic drug trafficking, and ...
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From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe
whose military seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021, a human rights group said Thursday. The group Human Rights Myanmar said the frozen funds “are vital for ...
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80-year-old SLO man who sexually abused children is sentenced to life in prison
An 80-year-old San Luis Obispo County man who sexually abused ... “This substantial prison sentence for an 80-year-old sexual predator should ensure he will never victimize another child.” ...
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Officials say inmate tried to stab officer at San Diego area prison
A prisoner serving life for second-degree murder at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Center is suspected in the attempted homicide of a prison guard, correction officials said Monday. At about 4:30 ...
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San Francisco man sentenced to prison for storage facility sexual assault, kidnapping
A San Francisco man has been sentenced to state prison and is required to register as a sex offender for life after sexually assaulting a woman last year, officials say. The Napa County District ...