Myanmar junta

Myanmar junta

Myanmar census offical speaks to a shopkeeper. Photo: AP/UNB

Myanmar's military government begins a census seen as a way to gather information about opponents

The census is widely seen as an effort to gather information to closely monitor opponents of military rule even more

People clean up damaged buildings in the aftermath of bombardments carried out by Myanmar's military in Lashio in Myanmar, on Sept 24. Photo: AFP

Myanmar junta bombs opposition-held town hours after talks offer

An Indian national flag flies next to an immigration check post on the India-Myanmar border in Zokhawthar village in Champhai district of India's northeastern state of Mizoram, India, March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo

India extends unprecedented invite to Myanmar's anti-junta forces, sources say

People of Maungdaw township of Myanmar are seen from the Teknaf area of Bangladesh, at the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, during the ongoing conflict in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo

On Myanmar's frontline, Rohingya fighters and junta face a common enemy

Myanmar's Prime Minister and State Administrative Council Chairman Min Aung Hlaing attends a meeting with Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in Moscow, Russia July 12, 2022. Photo: Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Myanmar junta announces census for promised 2025 election

New recruits of Bamar People's Liberation Army (BPLA) participate in a training session at a camp in a territory belonging to political organisation the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), in Karen State, Myanmar, March 6, 2024. A dense bamboo forest in rebel-held territory surrounds the training ground in eastern Myanmar where more than 100 young people, mostly in their twenties, are undergoing rigorous military drills. From former chefs to ex-journalists, rappers and poets, people from all walks of life have joined the resistance movement with a single goal: to overthrow the military regime that seized power in the Southeast Asian nation in 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

In Myanmar's jungles, young volunteers train hard to fight junta

The Rohingyas were forced to leave their homes and settle in makeshift refugee camps around six years ago. Photo: Reuters

Rohingya minority in firing line as rebels attack western Myanmar town

Military personnel participates in a parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Myanmar central bank denies UN report on weapons transactions

People prepare a drop bomb attached to a drone at a workshop at an undisclosed location in Myanmar in this picture released on June 5, 2024. Photo: Angry Bird Drone Rangers/Handout via REUTERS

Learning from Myanmar's rebels, junta builds new Chinese drone fleet

Stacks of Myanmar kyat are seen on the counter before a client collects them, at a bank in Yangon, Myanmar October 19, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Minzayar/File Photo

Myanmar junta arrests dozens in bid to stabilise currency

Soldiers from the rebel Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) patrol on a vehicle next to an area destroyed by the Myanmar military's airstrike in Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town, April 15, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha//File Photo

Myanmar's ethnic armies consolidate strongholds as junta weakens, reports say

In Tachilek, Myanmar, a throng of students returns home after morning classes at the town’s Basic Education School. Photo: UN Photo/Kibae Park.

Myanmar junta plans October national census

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi is welcomed by Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 30, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Samrang Pring/File Photo

Myanmar junta reiterates election plan after ex-Cambodia PM seeks Suu Kyi access