Horrific attack kills dozens,including women,children,in Myanmar’s Kayah state

Horrific attack kills dozens,including women,children,in Myanmar’s Kayah state

Save the Children says two of its staff members who were passing through the area are missing following the atrocity,in which dozens of people were killed.

  • byTasanee Vejpongsa

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Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to four years’ jail by Myanmar junta

Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to four years’ jail by Myanmar junta

A so-called statement of pardon was later issued stating that the Nobel laureate’s term had been halved and that she would be detained at her current location and not in prison.

  • byChris Barrett
Divide and rule:Myanmar junta ‘weaponising’ racial tensions

Divide and rule:Myanmar junta ‘weaponising’ racial tensions

Security forces are distributing inflammatory leaflets,stoking anti-Muslim tension,more atrocities are committed in the strife-torn south-east Asian nation.

  • byChris Barrett
No refuge from hit list:They warned they were marked,and were killed

No refuge from hit list:They warned they were marked,and were killed

Among the warrens of tents clinging to Bangladesh’s denuded hills,militants search for recruits,drug traffickers roam,kidnappers prey on women and children.

  • byHannah Beech
Aung San Suu Kyi denies first of ‘absurd’ charges

Aung San Suu Kyi denies first of ‘absurd’ charges

No journalists,diplomats or observers were allowed into the especially built court hearing the ousted leader’s testimony.

Aung San Suu Kyi accused of accepting large amount of cash and gold

Aung San Suu Kyi accused of accepting large amount of cash and gold

Suu Kyi faces charges of accepting bribes,conspiring to carry out corruption in real estate,plus sedition,flouting COVID-19 restrictions and importing walkie-talkies.

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Junta links put spotlight on sale of Australian company’s mine in Myanmar

Junta links put spotlight on sale of Australian company’s mine in Myanmar

ASX-listed Myanmar Metals is under fire over the proposed sale of its stake in an historic mine to an outfit with alleged links to the military in the troubled nation.

  • byChris Barrett
FBI exposes plot to maim or assassinate Myanmar’s UN ambassador

FBI exposes plot to maim or assassinate Myanmar’s UN ambassador

Two Myanmar citizens have been arrested in the US and charged with conspiring with a Thai arms dealer to oust the opponent to the junta by tampering with his car.

First images of Sean Turnell inside Myanmar jail as he receives jab

First images of Sean Turnell inside Myanmar jail as he receives jab

The Australian economist is being held at a Myanmar prison reportedly rife with COVID-19 as the strife-torn nation faces an alarming outbreak.

  • byChris Barrett
‘Tremendous risk’:COVID fears for Sean Turnell inside Myanmar prison

‘Tremendous risk’:COVID fears for Sean Turnell inside Myanmar prison

The former adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi has developed cold and flu symptoms inside a Myanmar prison where COVID-19 is spreading.

  • byChris Barrett
UN General Assembly condemns Myanmar coup,calls for arms embargo

UN General Assembly condemns Myanmar coup,calls for arms embargo

In a rare move,the United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly for an arms embargo against Myanmar’s junta,although China and India abstained.

  • byEdith Lederer