Tag: #AungSanSuuKyi
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Myanmar junta chief extends coup with promise of elections in 2023
The generals who seized power and the shadow government of overthrown elected officials are jostling for UN credentials
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The Myanmar question: Present and future
This opinion is by Hamza Zakir Khan. The writer is a lawyer and can be reached at hamzazakirkhan@yahoo.com. The saying goes that most countries have an army, but Myanmar’s army has a country. Even when it is not formally in power it wields nonpareil influence as a kingmaker. Myanmar or Burma (as it was previously…
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Myanmar’s crackdown triggers an exodus from its biggest city
Yangon, March 19 (AFP/APP): Roads out of Myanmar’s biggest city were choked Friday with people fleeing the junta’s deadly crackdown on anti-coup dissent, as authorities in neighbouring Thailand said they were preparing for an influx of refugees. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, triggering a mass…
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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi Detained In Military Coup
Yangon, Feb 25 (AFP/APP): Myanmar’s military seized power on February 1, arresting the country’s democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. As protests continue despite a clampdown by the junta, here is a recap of events: – Back to the old days – The generals stage a coup on February 1, detaining Nobel peace laureate Suu…
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Myanmar spirit mediums take aim at military coup
“Otherworldly” forces are displeased with the generals behind Myanmar’s coup, according to the ornately dressed spirit mediums joining street protests to denounce the country’s sudden turn back to army rule
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International Airport gets closed after military coup
2nd February 2021: Myanmar closes its international airport after the military took over the country. Baaghi TV: Myanmar has closed its international airport in Yangon on Tuesday. According to reports from the airport’s manager, the international airport gets closed a day after the country’s army staged a coup. Yangon airport manager Phone Myint told Reuters that…
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Aung San Suu’s party demands for her release
2nd February 2021, Aung San Suu Kyi’s party demand her release as Myanmar’s generals tighten their grip. Baaghi TV: The party of Myanmar’s detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for her immediate release on Tuesday. According to reports, the party has also asked the people to recognise her victory in November elections, a…
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Myanmar Coup, ruling party leaders arrested
In Myanmar, the military seized control of the country in a coup and arrested other leaders, including Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the ruling National League for Democracy, rebel TV reported. According to a foreign news agency, the military coup in Myanmar was caused by tensions between the civilian government and the military after…
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China and Myanmar ‘stand together’ despite Rohingya backlash
Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Jan 18 (AFP/APP): China and Myanmar inked dozens of mammoth infrastructure and trade deals after a meeting Saturday between President Xi Jinping and fallen rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi, as Beijing doubles down on its support for a government under fire for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims. The Chinese leader’s two-day state…
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Small blasts hit Rakhine town as Myanmar’s Suu Kyi visits
Yangon, Dec 19 (AFP/APP): Three small explosions went off in a southern Rakhine town in Myanmar Thursday just before civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi landed there in a rare visit to the conflict-ridden state, a local official said. The blasts happened in the normally quiet town of Manaung on an island off Myanmar’s western…