Myanmar junta

Myanmar junta

Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, 2021, presides over an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Myanmar junta to free 5,864 prisoners under amnesty

Myanmar has been in turmoil since early 2021, when the military overthrew an elected civilian government and violently suppressed pro-democracy protests, sparking a nationwide armed rebellion

Sulaiman and his family recently arrived at a camp outside Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. He is one of tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who recently fled Myanmar, driven in part by hunger. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Myanmar junta intimidates aid groups in effort to hide hunger crisis

Arakan Army troops pose at a Border Guard Police Battalion base in Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State in June 2024. File Photo: AA

Arakan Army seizes Myanmar junta's last stronghold in area bordering Bangladesh

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

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