
Junta chief swears as president
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was sworn in as president on Friday, continuing his rule from a civilian post five years after…
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NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was sworn in as president on Friday, continuing his rule from a civilian post five years after…
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Around 300 prisoners were bussed out of Yangon’s Insein Prison.
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YANGON (AFP) — Hundreds of prisoners walked free in Myanmar on Sunday after the junta announced annual independence day pardons, just a week after the start of…
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A Myanmar military air strike killed more than 30 people at a hospital, aid workers said Thursday, as the junta wages a withering offensive ahead…
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Talk of a civilian-military junta to unseat President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appears dead in the water — at least as far as the Armed Forces of the Philippines…
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday strongly reiterated its commitment against engaging in any “military junta” activity, maintaining the…
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday maintained that there is no military junta within the organization and that it will not participate in any…
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In this time of uncertainty, we, the people, must remain vigilant against the siren call of any proposals that promise a quick resolution through undemocratic…
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Coming amid political heat, the announced payout was viewed by some as an attempt to blunt coup or junta impulses within the ranks.
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The attack on two private high schools in Kyauktaw township happened just after midnight.
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Swathes of the country are beyond military control.
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‘The state of emergency is abolished today in order for the country to hold elections on the path to a multi-party democracy.’
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Yangon, Myanmar — Myanmar's junta chief will travel to Bangkok on Thursday for a regional summit, the military…
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A powerful earthquake centered in Myanmar has killed more than 1,600 people in the war-torn country and neighboring Thailand — and caused widespread damage.
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Myanmar's embattled junta government on Saturday said it would release almost 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country's independence…
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The death toll from massive flooding in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has doubled to 226, as the UN warned as many as 630,000 people could be in need of…
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The death toll in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has jumped to 74, state media reported on Sunday, a day after its junta made a rare request for foreign…
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Myanmar's junta chief has asked for foreign aid after deadly floods inundated swathes of the conflict-ravaged country and displaced more than 235,000 people,…
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