Popular South Korean group EXO member Baekhyun is enlisting in the military. The 28-year-old musician, who recently dropped his third solo mini-album ‘Bambi’, will enlist on May 6 on his…
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Myanmar military, aiming to silence protests and protesters, now sets its sights on journalists
With mobile communications blocked, banned and nightly internet shutdowns, Myanmar’s mainstream media has come to rely on citizen journalists for videos and news tips Ten days after seizing power…
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Many of the villages targeted are controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU), an ethnic armed group that holds large swathes of territory in the borderlands. A 5-year-old boy died…
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DAKAR, Senegal — They had gathered for a wedding in a village in central Mali. The ceremony to place the day before, but about 100 men and teenagers were still…
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Tuesday’s announcement continues a period of tumult in the highest ranks of Brazilian leadership, coming just one day after President Jair Bolsonaro replaced six government ministers in a sudden reshuffle…
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Another EXO member is enlisting in the military! Every able man has to do mandatory service in the military in South Korea. Popular South Korean group EXO member Chanyeol has…
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France today began the first-ever military training drills conducted in space. Begun, the star wars era has. Working with US Space Force and German space command, the French training drills…
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Internet and mobile services were disrupted overnight Sunday into Monday, and Monitoring NGO NetBlocks said network connectivity across the country dropped to only 14% nationwide since at 1 a.m. local…
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With the night in Myanmar came the terror. In cities across the country on Sunday evening, ard vehicles moved in, along with trucks filled with soldiers in camouflage. Security forces…
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In the view of the PLA think tank, India carried on with some aspects of what it inherited from British As India and China on February 10 began the first…
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Joe Biden announces sanctions against Myanmar's military leaders, says coup can't be without consequences
Biden said he has approved a new executive order enabling US to immediately sanction the military leaders who directed the coup, their business interests, as well as close family members…
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Myanmar: Protesters resume agitation, march for sixth consecutive day as US sanctions military generals
Security forces used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets against protesters, with isolated reports emerging of live rounds also being fired Traditional Myanmar spirit mediums hold up signs during…
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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…
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered new sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar, taking action after the military this month staged a coup in the Southeast Asian country and…
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Biden said the new sanctions will allow his administration to freeze U.S. assets that benefit Myanmar’s military leaders while maintaining support for health care programs, civil society groups and other…
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The statement from China’s Ministry of Defence said this followed a consensus reached at the last round of talks between Corps Commanders on January 24. China’s military announced on Wednesday…
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The fear of a brutal military crackdown is rising by the day in Myanmar, as number of pro-democracy protesters are taking to the streets every passing day, to demand…
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New Zealand suspends political ties and military ties with Myanmar, calls for restoration of civilian rule
Unveiling the punitive measures, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called for the international community to ‘strongly condemn what we’re seeing happen in Myanmar’ File image of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. AP…
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Myanmar coup: 'Voter fraud' justifies takeover, military rule will be different this time, says army chief
New junta chief General Min Aung Hlaing made these remarks during his first televised address since the coup and pledged to hand back control after fresh elections Yangon: Myanmar’s army chief…
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In Yangon, the nation’s commercial capital, massive throngs spilled onto the city’s main roads, immobilising traffic across the city and dwarfing the previous day’s crowds A police vehicle fires water…
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A protest against Myanmar’s one-week-old military government swelled rapidly on Monday morning as opposition to the coup grew increasingly bold. The protesters at a major downtown Yangon intersection chanted slogans,…
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Myanmar Coup: Citizens grapple with fear, anger and uncertainty as military moves to quash unrest
As officers from Special Branch, the fearsome intelligence service, knocked on doors, the muscle memory of living under nearly a half-century of direct military rule had people resorting to camouflage…
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Myanmar junta blocks mobile internet, broadband access as protests against military coup expand
The broad outage followed Friday’s government order to block and Instagram that said some people were trying to use the platforms to spread what it deemed fake news A…
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However, the Minister of External Affairs said that so far there was no ‘visible expression’ of the talks on the ground File image of S Jaishankar. PTI Amaravati: External Affairs…
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Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said senior military commanders of India and China have held nine rounds of talks on the process of disengagement of troops in…
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The red balloons rose over an anxious city. They floated by the hundreds above the golden spire of Sule Pagoda in Yangon, the commercial capital of Myanmar, and drifted over…