Top, from left: President Win Myint, State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, Vice President Duwa Lashi La, Prime Minister Mahn Win Khaing Than, Minister of Foreign Affairs Zin Mar Aung, Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration Lwin Ko Latt and Minister of Defense Yee Mon. Bottom, from left: Minister of Federal Union Affairs Dr. Lian Hmung Sakhong, Minister of Planning, Finance and Investments Tin Tun Naing, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Dr. Win Myat Aye, Minister of International Cooperation Dr. Sa Sa, Minister of Education and Minster of Health Dr. Zaw Wai Soe, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Dr. Too Khaung (aka-Tu Hkawng) and Minister of Women, Youths and Children Affairs Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe.

Parallel Myanmar Government Launched to Challenge Military Junta

Politicians who won seats in the 2020 election enlist ethnic groups and proclaim a “National Unity Government.”

Rohingya walk by houses built for them by the Bangladesh government on Bhashan Char Island in Noakhali district, March 13, 2021.

UN Urges Bangladesh to Move Rohingya to Bay of Bengal Island Gradually

2021-04-16

The United Nations refugee agency is urging Bangladesh to slow down its relocation of Rohingya to low-lying Bhashan Char Island because measures to protect residents from storms and flooding are not yet fully in place.

A protest against Myanmar's military junta in the Mandalay region, April 15, 2021.

Myanmar Security Forces Ram Bike Rally Leader with Unmarked Car

2021-04-15

Activists in Chin State cross Indian border to escape violent crackdowns.

Activists hold a portrait of Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi while standing on portraits of the country's military general Min Aung Hlaing during a protest outside the United Nations University building in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2021,

Political Punch But no Legal Merit Seen in Charges Against Myanmar Leader

2021-04-15

Deposed Aung San Suu Kyi faces six charges, including one that could result in 14 years in prison.

Am anti-coup red paint protest for Burmese New Year in Kamayut township of Yangon, April 14, 2021.

Protesters Paint Myanmar Streets Red as Junta Moves to Arrest Doctors

2021-04-14

The regime conducts house-to-house searches and issues arrest warrants for anti-coup doctors.

Myanmar anti-junta protesters hold signs condemning the military government as they mark the Thingyan holiday in Hlaing township, Yangon region, April 13, 2021.

Myanmar Protesters Swap New Year Blessings for Anti-Junta Statements

2021-04-13

Normally festive Thingyan events are ‘like a funeral wake for the whole country,’ says a Yangon protester.

Myanmar anti-junta protesters march through a neighborhood in the central Myanmar city of Mandalay, April 12, 2021.

Tens of Thousands of Residents Flee Bago in Wake of Assault by Myanmar Security Forces

2021-04-12

Soldiers and police demand payments from families of the dead to retrieve their bodies, locals say.

Min Ko Naing, a Myanmar democracy activist and 88 Generation Students Group cofounder, speaks at a ceremony commemorating the 30th anniversary of an uprising against a former military junta, at Yangon University in Yangon, Aug. 8, 2018.

‘The Dictators Will Not Have Good Days Forever,’ Says Veteran Myanmar Activist

2021-04-11

88 Generation Students Group leader Min Ko Naing says big plans are afoot to counter the military junta.

Protesters holding a banner as they march during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay, April 10, 2021.

Ethnic Army Alliance Kills 14 Myanmar Police in Dawn Raid as Death Toll Mounts in Bago

2021-04-10

Police "were lying dead here and there in the compound, and we had to collect the bodies and prepare them for transport to Lashio,” said a aid worker.

A protester (R) sets off fireworks from behind a makeshift barricade, while a man (2nd from L) holds a homemade rifle in a clash with security forces during a crackdown on demonstrations against the military coup in the central Myanmar city of Bago, April 9, 2021.

Myanmar Junta Kills Scores of Protesters in Bago, Decrees Death Penalty for 19 in Yangon

2021-04-09

‘Our country is now like North Korea,’ says one man about a military-imposed internet shutdown and news blackouts.

US presidential climate envoy John Kerry (left) speaks during a press conference with Bangladesh foreign minister A.K. Abdul Momen in Dhaka, Apri 9, 2021.

US Special Envoy: Restoring Democracy in Myanmar Will Ease Bangladesh's Rohingya Burden

2021-04-09

Bangladesh asks for US help in repatriating the Rohingya who have crossed into the country as refugees.

Myanmar's ambassador Kyaw Zwar Minn gestures outside the Myanmar Embassy, after he was locked out of the embassy, and sources said his deputy had shut him out of the building and taken charge on behalf of the military, in London, Britain, April 8, 2021.

UK Offers Shelter to Deposed Myanmar Ambassador After Junta Loyalists Seize Embassy

2021-04-09

Home Office condemns embassy takeover but stops recognizing Kyaw Zwar Minn as ambassador

Anti-coup protesters hold slogans against China during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, April 7, 2021.

China Focuses on Domestic, Strategic Interests as Myanmar Killings Continue

2021-04-08

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is unlikely to back any international invention in Myanmar, analysts say.

Model, actor, and singer Paing Takhon (C) looks on during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Feb. 17, 2021.

Myanmar Junta Tries to Dim Star Power of Protests With Arrest of Beloved Actor

2021-04-08

‘Military in Myanmar arrested Paing Takhon, the most handsome person in Southeast Asia,’ tweets one admirer.

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