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Myanmar Military Extends Emergency Rule For Another 6 Months: Report
The military put the country under emergency rule for a year when it took power in a February 2021 coup, deposing the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi and triggering nationwide street protests that it violently crushed.
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Myanmar's Junta Already Facing "Existential Threat", Says UN Expert
Myanmar's junta is already facing an "existential threat" but the world could help end its "nightmare" rule with coordinated sanctions, the UN special rapporteur on the country said Wednesday.
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Armed Myanmar Group Seizes Border Crossing To China: Report
An ethnic minority armed group in Myanmar has seized control from the country's ruling junta of a lucrative border crossing to China, local media and a security source said Sunday.
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Former British Diplomat, Husband Jailed By Myanmar Junta: Report
Myanmar's junta jailed a former British ambassador to the country and her husband for a year on Friday for breaching immigration rules, a diplomatic source told AFP.
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Hundreds Of Myanmar Parents Publicly Disown Children Who Oppose Junta
Every day for the last three months, an average of 6-7 families in Myanmar have posted notices in the country's state-owned newspapers cutting ties with sons, daughters, nieces, nephews and grandchildren who have publicly opposed the ruling junta.
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New Zealand Suspends Political, Military Ties With Myanmar After Coup
New Zealand announced the suspension of high-level military and political contacts with Myanmar Tuesday, the first major international move to isolate the country's ruling junta following a military coup.
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Thai Junta Party Takes Major Lead With 90% Ballots In 1st General Polls
Thailand's ruling junta took an unexpected lead in the country's first election since a 2014 coup with more than 90 percent of ballots counted, putting it on course to return to power at the expense of the kingdom's pro-democracy camp.
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Thai Students Mark University Massacre Amid Junta Rule
Thai students on Thursday marked the 40th anniversary of a campus massacre by state forces in the military-ruled country amid what one rights group said was a "deep-rooted culture of impunity" that has emboldened the army to intervene in politics.
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Myanmar's Military Vows To Join Hands With Civilian Leaders
Myanmar's military chief has pledged to join hands with a new civilian government that takes over the Southeast Asian country next week, after 54 years of rule by the junta or its proxy.
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Traditional Tattoos In Myanmar Are All The Rage
Myanmar's emergence from decades of cloistered junta rule has seen a cascade of foreign products flood the country in recent years. But it has also allowed for the revival of ancient fashions, like tattoos.
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Thai Junta Says 99 Per Cent Of People Are Happy With Its Rule
It's the kind of poll result you'd see in a North Korean election or Saddam Hussein's Iraq: Thailand's military-ruled government says 99 percent of the country's people are happy with its performance since it took power in a coup last year.
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Thai Military Holding Junta Critic Over Facebook 'Like'
A Thai man who "liked" a doctored photo of the country's king on Facebook is being held incommunicado at a military base, the ruling junta said today, as rights groups warned he risked becoming another victim of "enforced disappearance."
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Under Junta Rule, Thailand Pivots Towards China
Chinese fighter jets thunder through blue skies above an air force base in northeast Thailand, a symbol of the blossoming military and political ties between the junta-run country and its authoritarian northern neighbour.
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Myanmar Activist Arrested Over Facebook Post on Military
A female Myanmar opposition activist has been arrested over a satirical Facebook post about the military, officials said today, in the latest crackdown against free speech in the former junta-ruled country.
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Thailand's Ruling Junta Lifts Martial Law
Thailand's ruling junta announced in a televised statement on Wednesday that it had lifted martial law, in place across the country since just before a coup 10 months ago.
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Myanmar Military Extends Emergency Rule For Another 6 Months: Report
The military put the country under emergency rule for a year when it took power in a February 2021 coup, deposing the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi and triggering nationwide street protests that it violently crushed.
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Myanmar's Junta Already Facing "Existential Threat", Says UN Expert
Myanmar's junta is already facing an "existential threat" but the world could help end its "nightmare" rule with coordinated sanctions, the UN special rapporteur on the country said Wednesday.
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Armed Myanmar Group Seizes Border Crossing To China: Report
An ethnic minority armed group in Myanmar has seized control from the country's ruling junta of a lucrative border crossing to China, local media and a security source said Sunday.
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Former British Diplomat, Husband Jailed By Myanmar Junta: Report
Myanmar's junta jailed a former British ambassador to the country and her husband for a year on Friday for breaching immigration rules, a diplomatic source told AFP.
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Hundreds Of Myanmar Parents Publicly Disown Children Who Oppose Junta
Every day for the last three months, an average of 6-7 families in Myanmar have posted notices in the country's state-owned newspapers cutting ties with sons, daughters, nieces, nephews and grandchildren who have publicly opposed the ruling junta.
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New Zealand Suspends Political, Military Ties With Myanmar After Coup
New Zealand announced the suspension of high-level military and political contacts with Myanmar Tuesday, the first major international move to isolate the country's ruling junta following a military coup.
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Thai Junta Party Takes Major Lead With 90% Ballots In 1st General Polls
Thailand's ruling junta took an unexpected lead in the country's first election since a 2014 coup with more than 90 percent of ballots counted, putting it on course to return to power at the expense of the kingdom's pro-democracy camp.
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Thai Students Mark University Massacre Amid Junta Rule
Thai students on Thursday marked the 40th anniversary of a campus massacre by state forces in the military-ruled country amid what one rights group said was a "deep-rooted culture of impunity" that has emboldened the army to intervene in politics.
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Myanmar's Military Vows To Join Hands With Civilian Leaders
Myanmar's military chief has pledged to join hands with a new civilian government that takes over the Southeast Asian country next week, after 54 years of rule by the junta or its proxy.
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Traditional Tattoos In Myanmar Are All The Rage
Myanmar's emergence from decades of cloistered junta rule has seen a cascade of foreign products flood the country in recent years. But it has also allowed for the revival of ancient fashions, like tattoos.
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Thai Junta Says 99 Per Cent Of People Are Happy With Its Rule
It's the kind of poll result you'd see in a North Korean election or Saddam Hussein's Iraq: Thailand's military-ruled government says 99 percent of the country's people are happy with its performance since it took power in a coup last year.
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Thai Military Holding Junta Critic Over Facebook 'Like'
A Thai man who "liked" a doctored photo of the country's king on Facebook is being held incommunicado at a military base, the ruling junta said today, as rights groups warned he risked becoming another victim of "enforced disappearance."
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Under Junta Rule, Thailand Pivots Towards China
Chinese fighter jets thunder through blue skies above an air force base in northeast Thailand, a symbol of the blossoming military and political ties between the junta-run country and its authoritarian northern neighbour.
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Myanmar Activist Arrested Over Facebook Post on Military
A female Myanmar opposition activist has been arrested over a satirical Facebook post about the military, officials said today, in the latest crackdown against free speech in the former junta-ruled country.
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Thailand's Ruling Junta Lifts Martial Law
Thailand's ruling junta announced in a televised statement on Wednesday that it had lifted martial law, in place across the country since just before a coup 10 months ago.
