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April 4, 2021 at 6:37 pm

Minorities in Myanmar borderlands face fresh fear since coup

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Before each rainy season Lu Lu Aung and other farmers living in a camp for internally displaced people in Myanmar's far...

Nation & World

March 5, 2021 at 3:18 am

Myanmar cracked down brutally on protests. It may get worse. VIEW

TOKYO (AP) — Myanmar's security forces have killed scores of demonstrators protesting a coup. The new junta has jailed journalists — and anyone else capable...

Nation & World

February 23, 2021 at 9:14 pm

Experts fear fresh wave of political prisoners in Myanmar

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Whether taken from their homes in the middle of the night or grabbed off the streets during protests, hundreds of people...

Nation & World

February 9, 2021 at 2:01 am

EXPLAINER: How are the Myanmar protests being organized? VIEW

Protests in Myanmar against the military coup that removed Aung San Suu Kyi's government from power have grown in recent days despite official efforts to...

Nation & World

February 7, 2021 at 11:10 pm

EXPLAINER: How glaciers can burst and send floods downstream VIEW

The floods that slammed into two hydroelectric plants and damaged villages in northern India were set off by a break on a Himalayan glacier upstream....

Nation & World

February 4, 2021 at 11:41 pm

Military coup yet another blow for Myanmar’s sagging economy

BANGKOK (AP) — The military coup in Myanmar is unlikely to do the country’s struggling economy, once considered a promising “last frontier,” any good at...

Business

February 4, 2021 at 5:11 am

Efforts to end Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts shaken by coup VIEW

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The coup that removed an elected government and reimposed military control in Myanmar has raised even more uncertainty about a fragile...

Nation & World

February 3, 2021 at 4:05 am

Health workers start anti-coup protests in virus-hit Myanmar

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Medical workers across Myanmar began a civil disobedience protest against Monday's coup, wearing red ribbons and declaring they won't work for...

Police trucks are parked at Kyauktada police station in Yangon, Myanmar Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Myanmar military television said Monday that the military was taking control of the country for one year, while reports said many of the countryâ€™s senior politicians including Aung San Suu Kyi had been detained. (Andrew Nachemson via AP) TKMY205 TKMY205

February 1, 2021 at 4:20 am

A decade after junta’s end, Myanmar military back in control VIEW

BANGKOK (AP) — The man installed by army leaders as Myanmar’s president after Monday's military coup is best known abroad for his role in the...

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A man rides his motorcycle during sunset in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Myanmar military television said Monday that the military was taking control of the country for one year, while reports said many of the country’s senior politicians including Aung San Suu Kyi had been detained. (AP photo) XAS110 XAS110

February 1, 2021 at 12:42 am

EXPLAINER: Why did the military stage a coup in Myanmar? VIEW

The country's constitution allowed for the military to seize control in a time of emergency. The government's failure to postpone November elections was the official...

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