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Supporters of Myanmar’s jailed leader Suu Kyi mark her 79th birthday with a flower-themed protest

Supporters of Myanmar’s imprisoned ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi have carried out peaceful flower-themed protests marking her 79th birthday.

Tin Oo, a close ally of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi and co-founder of her pro-democracy party, dies at 97

Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor

Myanmar’s figurehead vice president, a rare holdover from Suu Kyi’s civilian government, steps down

Myanmar’s ousted leader Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest due to heat, military says

Funeral for monk shot by soldiers highlights Myanmar army’s delicate relationship to Buddhist clergy

Hundreds of people attended the funeral on Thursday of a senior monk who was fatally shot by Myanmar soldiers. The body of 78-year-old monk Bhaddanta Munindarbhivamsa was carried on a vehicle in the design of a Karaweik barge — an ornate vessel with a golden image of a mythical bird at its bow.

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Myanmar military begins basic training for draftees as resistance forces keep the pressure on

Myanmar’s military has begun basic training at military bases and schools across the country for draftees called up under the country’s recently activated conscription law.

No bidders in court-ordered auction of house where Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi was detained for years

No bidders appeared at a court-ordered auction of the family home of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, where she had been held under house arrest for nearly 15 years.

In northern Myanmar, Kachin rebels claim attacks on army outposts as offensive gathers pace

A rebel group in Myanmar’s northern state of Kachin says its troops have attacked more than 10 army outposts along the main road to the state capital of Myitkyina, increasing the pressure on the military government from pro-democracy resistance forces and ethnic minority armed organizations.

Myanmar’s military blames technical fault for crash of fighter jet on training flight

A Myanmar fighter jet has crashed and burned in the countryside in the central region of Magway, with at least one pilot safely rescued after ejecting from the aircraft.

Myanmar will start drafting 5,000 people a month into the military soon. Some think of fleeing

Myanmar’s military government says it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service under its newly activated conscription law, with call-ups beginning after the April festival marking the country’s traditional New Year.

Facing setbacks against resistance forces, Myanmar’s military government activates conscription law

Myanmar’s military government has for the first time activated a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up, effective immediately.

Myanmar’s resistance forces suggest terms for the military’s eventual handover of power

Myanmar’s leading resistance group and allied ethnic armed groups battling the military government have released a political road map to ending military rule and enabling a peaceful transition of power.

Vise tightening on Myanmar’s economy 3 years after military takeover triggered civil strife

Myanmar was a rising star in Southeast Asia before its military seized power three years ago in a takeover that has brought civil strife and a tightening vise of international sanctions, undoing years of progress and leaving the economy 10% smaller than it was in 2019.

After family feud, Myanmar court orders auction of home where Suu Kyi spent 15 years’ house arrest

A court in military-controlled Myanmar has ordered the family home of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, where she spent 15 years under house arrest, be put on auction in March following a decades-long legal dispute between her and her brother.

Churches, temples and monasteries regularly hit by airstrikes in Myanmar, activists say

A study issued Tuesday by researchers collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar supported reports that air strikes by the military government damaged churches in the Buddhist-dominated country’s sole Christian-majority state.

An air attack in Myanmar kills 17, including children, but the military has denied responsibility

Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on a village under the control of the pro-democracy resistance in the country’s northwest are reported to have killed at least 17 civilians, including nine children.

Myanmar’s military government pardons 10,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day

Myanmar’s military government has pardoned nearly 10,000 prisoners to mark the 76th anniversary of gaining independence from Britain, but they apparently included just a small proportion of the thousands of political detainees jailed for opposing army rule..

Ethnic armed group battling Myanmar’s military claims to have shot down an army helicopter

An ethnic minority armed group that is battling Myanmar’s military government says they shot down a helicopter believed to be on a resupply mission in a combat zone in the northern state of Kachin.

Myanmar Supreme Court rejects ousted leader Suu Kyi’s special appeal in bribery conviction

Myanmar’s Supreme Court has rejected a special appeal by the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her conviction in a case in which she was charged with corruption for allegedly receiving gold and thousands of dollars as a bribe from a former political colleague, a legal official said.

Myanmar’s army is facing battlefield challenges and grants amnesty to troops jailed for being AWOL

Reports from Myanmar say its military government has been freeing soldiers and police who had been jailed for desertion and absence without leave as authorities seek to get them to return to active duty.

As fighting surges in Myanmar, an airstrike in the west reportedly kills 11 civilians

Reports from Myanmar say airstrikes by the ruling military in a western region have killed at least 11 civilians, including eight children.

An ethnic resistance group in northern Myanmar says an entire army battalion has surrendered to it

A Myanmar army battalion based near the Chinese border has reportedly surrendered to an alliance of ethnic armed groups that launched a surprise offensive last month in the country’s northeast.

A military jet crashes in eastern Myanmar. Ethnic resistance groups claim they shot it down

Reports from Myanmar say one of the military government’s jet fighters has crashed in a combat zone in the eastern state of Kayah.

Myanmar military court sentences general ousted from ruling council to 5 years for corruption

A military court in Myanmar has sentenced a general who until recently was a senior member of the country’s ruling council to five years in prison for abusing his authority and taking bribes.

Myanmar resistance claims first capture of a district capital from the military government

Resistance groups fighting Myanmar’s military government have reportedly seized control of a district capital in a northern section of the country in a four-day offensive that captured a police station and state offices.

Myanmar’s military seeks to keep ethnic minority allies on its side with anniversary of cease-fire

Myanmar’s military government has hosted representatives from ethnic rebel groups to mark the eighth anniversary of the signing of a multilateral cease-fire agreement.

Myanmar’s top court declines to hear Suu Kyi’s special appeals in abuse of power and bribery cases

Myanmar’s Supreme Court has declined to hear special appeals from the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions in six corruption cases where she was found guilty of abusing her authority and accepting bribes.

Myanmar’s ruling military drops 2 generals suspected of corruption in a government reshuffle

Myanmar’s military has reshuffled the country’s ruling council and Cabinet with an apparent purge of two high-ranking generals who independent media have said are under investigation for alleged corruption.

Myanmar media and resistance force report two dozen fighters killed in army ambush

Reports from central Myanmar say about two dozen members of local resistance forces have been killed in an army ambush as they sought to evacuate villagers ahead of a feared attack by the military.

Myanmar state media say 12 people are missing after a boat capsized and sank in a northwest river

Twelve people are reported missing including three members of the security forces after a boat capsized and sank in a river in the Sagaing region of northwestern Myanmar.

Son of Aung Sang Suu Kyi is worried about her health in detention and about Myanmar’s violent crisis

The son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi says he has always avoided talking to the media, but this time is different.

A Myanmar journalist gets a 20-year sentence for reporting on cyclone’s aftermath, news site says

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a photojournalist for an underground news agency to 20 years in prison with hard labor for his coverage of the aftermath of a deadly cyclone in May. independent online news service Myanmar Now said the sentence given to Sai Zaw Thaike appeared to be th

Myanmar’s High Court declines to hear Suu Kyi’s appeals in 5 cases where sentences already commuted

Myanmar’s Supreme Court has declined to hear special appeals from the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions in five cases of which the head of the military-installed government already pardoned her earlier this month.

UN Security Council, minus China and Russia, condemns Myanmar military’s killing of civilians

Members of the U.N. Security Council – minus China and Russia – are condemning the “unrelenting violence” and killing of civilians in Myanmar and again urging its military rulers to stop attacks, release ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and respect human rights.

Investigators say Myanmar’s military is committing increasingly brazen war crimes

A group of investigators says Myanmar’s military and affiliated militias are committing increasingly frequent and brazen war crimes, including aerial bombings targeting civilians.

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