Car rams into flash mob protesters in Yangon
One person was hurt on Thursday after a car rammed into a group of protesters in Yangon’s Hlaing Township, according to activist sources. The incident occurred at around 3pm, shortly after a flash...
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Four injured in latest attack by Mandalay-based urban guerrillas
At least four people were injured when a bomb targeting junta-appointed officials went off in Mandalay’s Maha Aungmyay Township last Thursday, according to local sources. The incident occurred...
NLD rejects requests to reopen party offices amid junta repression
The National League for Democracy (NLD) announced this week that it would not reopen its offices and resume operations under the junta after several members reportedly requested that the party...
A party’s demise
Scandals concerning the People’s Pioneer Party (PPP) have been shared widely online in recent weeks, as hundreds of members have reportedly resigned due to internal disputes. The PPP’s...
Junta hands one-year prison sentence to former British ambassador, Myanmar husband
A court controlled by Myanmar’s military council sentenced UK ex-ambassador Vicky Bowman and her Burmese husband Htein Lin to one year in prison on Friday for violating the country’s immigration...
It’s time for ASEAN to recognise the NUG
Op-ed The Myanmar junta’s execution of four political prisoners less than a week before a major gathering of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has served as...
When paddies become battlefields
More than a year of military offensives have transformed much of the once fertile farmland of Sagaing Region into a near wasteland, villagers say. Northwestern Myanmar, where Sagaing is located,...