Bangkok Post
Friday, March 26, 2021
UN body urges action over Myanmar military crackdown
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Myanmar military and its love for power
Naypyitaw Published: Mar 23, 2021,
Friday, March 19, 2021
Military tightens grip in Myanmar as more international sanctions loom
ASEANPLUS NEWS
Friday, 19 Mar 2021
Chinese factory management rebukes rumors alleging its collusion with Myanmar's military to kill local workers
Published: Mar 19, 2021
Thursday, March 18, 2021
US Slams Myanmar Military For Brutal Crackdown On Protesters And Responding With Bullets
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Military tightens grip, death toll among anti-coup protesters rises as Myanmar seethes
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
Sunday, March 14, 2021
U.S. trying to contact Aung San Suu Kyi, detainees after civilian officials die in Myanmar military custody
FRI, MAR 12 2021
- The U.S. is still trying to contact Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted from power as Myanmar’s de facto head of government in a Feb. 1 coup.
- Two members of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy have died after Myanmar security forces detained them.
- “We’re working through appropriate channels to make contact with those detained,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
- The U.S. and China have a meeting in Anchorage, Alaska on March 18 to discuss a wide range of topics. Myanmar may be on the docket.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Exclusive: EU preparing sanctions on Myanmar military businesses, documents show
MARCH 8, 2021
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Australia cuts Myanmar military ties amid ‘rising death toll’
8 Mar 2021
Australia was among 13 countries campaigners say have been providing assistance to military that seized control of Myanmar in a coup.
Saturday, March 6, 2021
For Rohingya Refugees, Myanmar Military Crackdown on Protesters is All Too Familiar
2021-03-05
Friday, March 5, 2021
Death Toll Mounts as Myanmar’s Military Seeks to Crush Protests
Niharika Mandhana and
Feliz Solomon
March 3, 2021
The death toll, announced by the United Nations, makes Wednesday the deadliest day since the takeover.
Security forces opened fire at protesters in numerous cities, according to demonstrators and medics responding to the violence. A 19-year-old woman, wearing a T-shirt that read, “Everything will be ok,” was fatally shot in the head. Men were struck by bullets in their eyes and chests as they ran, and police assaulted medics.
Protesters had been more cautious since a crackdown on Sunday, when police killed at least 18 people. Security forces who had only occasionally shot live rounds before that day have since used gunfire frequently, according to civil-society groups, protesters and medics.
Protesters have poured into the streets for 26 straight days demanding that the coup, which ended a decadelong transition to democracy, be reversed. Demonstrations at times drawing tens of thousands have taken place, with crowds mobilizing in towns and cities across the country. The large-scale participation has underscored the broad rejection of the military, which governed Myanmar for half a century before the democratic shift began.
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Thursday, March 4, 2021
ASEAN to tell Myanmar military it is ‘appalled’ by violence, says Singapore minister
- Southeast Asian nations will be frank in telling Myanmar’s ruling junta they are appalled by violence in the country, and the region needs to bring together ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the military to find a way out, Singapore’s foreign minister said.
- Foreign ministers from Myanmar’s Southeast Asian neighbors were due to hold talks with its ruling military on Tuesday in an effort to quell deadly violence and open a channel to resolve its escalating political crisis.
- The talks will come two days after the bloodiest day of unrest since the military removed Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government a month ago.
Monday, March 1, 2021
Myanmar Military Fires U.N. Envoy Who Spoke Against Its Coup
Feb. 27, 2021
The regime fired the ambassador, U Kyaw Moe Tun, who called for international help in restoring demo
cracy and gave the three-finger salute of the protest movement.
An image released by the United Nations shows U Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s ambassador to the U.N., pleading for international action in overturning the military coup in the country.Credit...United Nations Tv, via Reuters
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s
month-old military regime fired the country’s ambassador to the United
Nations on Saturday, a day after he gave an impassioned speech to the
U.N. General Assembly in New York, pleading for international help in
restoring democracy to his homeland.
The ambassador, U Kyaw Moe
Tun, ended his speech with a three-finger salute, a gesture from the
“Hunger Games” films that has become a symbol of pro-democratic defiance
for protesters in Myanmar and, before that, in neighboring Thailand.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
U.S.'s Blinken vows 'firm action' against Myanmar military
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Myanmar military implausibly plays the Rohingya card
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Biden announces US will sanction Myanmar's military leaders following coup
In brief remarks, the President said he had approved a new executive order allowing the United States to "immediately sanction the military leaders who directed the coup, their business interests as well as close family members." He said they would identify targets of those sanctions this week.
"The US government is taking steps to prevent the generals from improperly having access to the one billion dollars in Burmese government funds held in the United States," Biden noted.
Singaporean Withdraws From Myanmar Military-Linked Tobacco Venture
The Singaporean businessman Lim Kaling has become the latest foreign investor to cut his ties to Myanmar’s military following the latter’s coup d’etat on February 1.
Lim, the co-founder of Hong Kong-listed gaming group Razer, was a minority shareholder in Virginia Tobacco Company through RMH Singapore Pte Ltd, which owns 49 percent of the Myanmar firm. The rest of Virginia Tobacco is owned by Myanmar Economic Holdings (MEHL), one of two tentacular conglomerates run by Myanmar’s military, or Tatmadaw.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Lim announced that he would divest himself of his holding in Virginia Tobacco because of “grave concern” over the political situation in the country. He added that he was “exploring options for the responsible disposal of this stake.”
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
The Significance Of Aung San Suu Kyi's Detainment By Myanmar Military
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Laurel Miller, director of the Asia Program at the International Crisis Group, about Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, and her detainment by the Myanmar military.
AILSA CHANG, HOST:Sunday, January 31, 2021
Myanmar military allays coup fears, says it will protect constitution
APAC
January 30, 202
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar’s military said on Saturday it would protect and abide by the constitution and act according to law, a move that could allay concerns that the armed forces might attempt to seize power.
“The Tatmadaw is protecting the 2008 constitution and will act according to the law,” it said. “Some organisations and media assumed what they want and wrote as Tatmadaw will abolish the constitution.”
Saturday, January 30, 2021
U.N. voices alarm about Myanmar after military threats, coup fears
APAC
January 29, 202
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was following with “great concern” developments in Myanmar, where the army has said it would take action if complaints about the election are not addressed. An army spokesman on Tuesday declined to rule out the possibility of seizing power.
Australia, Britain, Canada, the European Union and United States, and 12 other nations, in a separate statement urged the military to “adhere to democratic norms”.