Demonstrators against Myanmar’s military takeover took to the streets again on Tuesday in defiance of new rules that make their protests illegal. Police were arresting protesters and using water cannons …
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New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday that the government will suspend all high-level political and military contact with Myanmar. Also read: The Hindu explains | Why did …
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Opponents of Myanmar’s military coup vowed to continue non-violent action on Tuesday in the face of bans on big gatherings, night curfews and road closures after the biggest demonstrations in …
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The protesters are demanding the release of former de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other senior government leaders on February 1 shortly before the …
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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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On Sunday, in the town of Myawaddy on Myanmar’s eastern border with Thailand, police shot into the air in an evident effort to disperse a rowdy crowd. Tension in the …
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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: Tens of thousands march through streets of Yangon; authorities restore internet access
The demonstrators are seeking to roll back last Monday’s seizure of power by the military and demanding the release from detention of Suu Kyi, the country’s ousted leader and other …
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Tens of thousands of people marched for a second day in Myanmar’s biggest city on Sunday, and thousands more assembled across the country to protest against the military junta’s coup …
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People marched through Monywa, in the heart of Myanmar, and Mawlamyine, on the eastern coast, demanding an end to military rule. They refused to disperse in the casino town of …
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Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-07T17:27:45+05:30 Protestors In Myanmar Borrow Three-Finger Salutes From ‘Hunger Games’ outlookindia.com 2021-02-07T17:48:47+05:30 Showing their defiance to the leaders of a military coup and supporting the overthrown political …
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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 Twitter and Instagram that said some people were trying to use the platforms to spread what it deemed fake news A …
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U.S. and China top diplomats talk tough on Myanmar and Taiwan in tense first call since Biden took office
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden to the State Department in Washington, February 4, 2021. Tom Brenner | Reuters U.S. Secretary …
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After days of pent-up tension, thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Myanmar’s largest city Saturday to demand the return of a democratically elected civilian government deposed in a military …
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(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Myanmar’s cities on Saturday to denounce this week’s coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San …
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In geopolitical struggle over Myanmar, China has an edge over US, other nations seeking to shape events
The Chinese government, according to experts, sees the coup as “a moment of opportunity” to undercut the inroads the United States and other Asian nations made during Myanmar’s halting democratic …
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Not long after it blocked Facebook, Myanmar has now ordered mobile networks and internet service providers to block Twitter and Instagram in the country as well. The southeast Asian country’s …
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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 …
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Myanmar’s military has seized full control of the country’s government and detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi along with hundreds of members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) …
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Myanmar’s junta shut down the internet in the country on Saturday as thousands of people took to the streets of Yangon to denounce this week’s coup and demand the release …
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Myanmar’s junta extended a social media blockade to Twitter and Instagram on Saturday in the face of a growing protest movement against the coup that ousted elected leader Aung San …
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Myanmar’s new military government blocked access to Facebook as resistance to Monday’s coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience to protest the ousting of the elected government and its leader, …
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s party NLD, which was ousted in Monday’s coup, and other political activists have called for a campaign of civil disobedience to oppose the takeover Myanmar’s military …
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Myanmar’s government has blocked access to Facebook in the country, after users turned to the company’s services to protest this week’s military coup. In a statement given to The Wall …
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Due to the Tatmadaw’s wariness of Beijing as well as New Delhi’s close strategic partnership with the United States, India should be in a good position to deal with the …