Myanmar

GENEVA The United Nations voiced alarm today at Myanmar’s military junta deploying heavy weapons and troops to particular townships, fearing for the civilian population. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said the…

Southeast Asian nations are discussing whether to exclude Myanmar's junta chief from a summit due to slow progress on a plan to address turmoil after a coup in the country earlier this year, a top diplomat said Wednesday. The Association…

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not call any defence witnesses at her incitement trial in a junta court, her lawyer said Tuesday. Suu Kyi went on trial in June, 4 months after she was taken into custody in a coup that sparked…

YANGON An American journalist imprisoned via Myanmar's junta since May has been hit with a second criminal charge, his lawyer told today. Danny Fenster, the managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, used to be detained at Yangon…

YANGON As Myanmar’s economic slump deepens after February’s military coup and parts of its financial system freeze up, many in the strife-torn country are turning to online groups to bypass official channels to trade currencies. The…

COX'S BAZAR Unidentified assailants on Wednesday (Sept 29) shot dead a top Rohingya community leader during a refugee camp within the Bangladesh resort district of Cox's Bazar, officials said. Mohib Ullah was talking with other…

WASHINGTON Singapore and therefore the united states are "deeply concerned and anxious" about the plight of the people of Myanmar, Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan said on Wednesday. The people of Myanmar…

Myanmar's currency has lost over 60% of its value since the beginning of September, driving up food and fuel prices in an economy that has tanked since a military coup eight months ago. Many gold shops and money exchanges closed on…

Myanmar's junta has denied suspending the internet in conflict-wracked regions, blaming a recent spate of data blackouts on anti-coup protesters who had destroyed military-owned communications towers. The Southeast Asian country has been…