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New law raises bar for Myanmar’s political parties ahead of general election

New law raises bar for Myanmar’s political parties ahead of general election

Sources say new restrictions make it nearly impossible for them to take part in the polls.

Two years after coup, Myanmar’s anti-junta teachers face lengthy jail terms

Two years after coup, Myanmar’s anti-junta teachers face lengthy jail terms

250,000 educators resisting the junta by refusing to do their jobs risk arrest, torture and death.

Man dies during junta interrogation in Myanmar’s Bago region

Man dies during junta interrogation in Myanmar’s Bago region

Kyaw Zin Lat’s body was reportedly covered in wounds when returned to his family.

2 years after coup, drones turning the tide for Myanmar’s armed resistance

2 years after coup, drones turning the tide for Myanmar’s armed resistance

Rebels say drones are effective, safe, accurate and require little manpower to operate.

Fighting forces nearly half the residents to flee city in Myanmar's Kayin state

Junta troops shelled Thandaung after a sniper fired on an army camp.

Army beats 2 men and a boy to death in Sagaing region

Army beats 2 men and a boy to death in Sagaing region

Locals say soldiers tortured the ethnic Chin all night and dumped the bodies.

People pose with the newly set up logo of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as Indonesia officially assumes the group’s chairmanship following a ceremony in Jakarta on Jan. 29, 2023

ASEAN chair Indonesia: Won’t resort to ‘megaphone diplomacy’ with Myanmar

2023-01-30

Don’t expect post-coup crisis to be resolved in 2023, Indonesian foreign minister cautions.

Myanmar citizens arrested in Manipur state of India are seen Friday, Jan. 27, 2023.

Myanmar refugees arrested by Indian police in Manipur

2023-01-30

Over 130 have been arrested, with more reportedly in hiding in fear of authorities

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Sagaing militias use hand-made guns in fight against junta rule

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Myanmar junta looks to placate ASEAN with prisoner releases

Myanmar junta looks to placate ASEAN with prisoner releases
Opium production in Myanmar nearly doubles over past 2 years under junta, UN finds

Opium production in Myanmar nearly doubles over past 2 years under junta, UN finds

Economic, security disruptions prompted many farmers in remote areas to expand poppy cultivation.

Homes burn after being hit by artillery shells during intense fighting between Myanmar junta forces and jointly operating armed groups of KNLA, KTLA and PDFs in Kan Ni village, Kawkareik township, Kayin state, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023.

Intensified fighting drives 10,000 from their homes in Myanmar’s Kayin state

Clashes between the junta and ethnic armed groups escalated on Jan. 23

Junta troops in Thabeikkyin township, Mandalay region on Oct. 13, 2022.

Junta troops shoot 4 men in Mandalay region village

A Myanmar security officer walks past burned Rohingya houses in Ka Nyin Tan village of suburb Maungdaw, northern Rakhine state of western Myanmar on Sept. 6, 2017.

Complaint filed in Germany alleges atrocity crimes by Myanmar junta

Villagers flee junta arson attacks in Yinmarbin and Salingyi townships on Jan. 24, 2023.

Myanmar military’s 3-day arson attack forces 10,000 people to flee

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Fresh produce comes to market in Yangon

Fresh produce comes to market in Yangon

The military coup

Power grab in Myanmar

Power grab in Myanmar