Myanmar
Myanmar seeks international help as COVID bites
The nation has been in turmoil since the military took power in February with many hospitals ill-equipped to cope with a surging caseload after many medical...
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Myanmar junta hits Suu Kyi with more corruption charges
A mass uprising in Myanmar against the military's February coup has been met with a brutal crackdown that has killed more than 890 civilians, according to a local monitoring group.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi back in junta court on sedition charges
A mass uprising in Myanmar against a February military putsch has been met with a brutal crackdown that has killed more than 870 civilians, according to a local monitoring group.
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Myanmar protesters wear flowers to mark Suu Kyi's birthday
Flowers tucked into a bun have long been a signature look of Suu Kyi, who turned 76 on Saturday.
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Junta trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi gets under way
The junta has brought an eclectic raft of charges against the Nobel laureate, including claims she accepted illegal payments of gold and violated a colonial-era secrecy law.
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Junta trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi to hear first testimony
The junta has brought an eclectic raft of charges against the Nobel laureate, including claims she accepted illegal payments of gold and violated a colonial-era secrecy law.
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Myanmar junta hits Suu Kyi with graft charges
The country has been in turmoil since the generals ousted Suu Kyi on February 1, with nearly 850 civilians killed in a brutal crackdown by security forces on near-daily protests against the coup.
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Trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi to begin next week
The junta has hit Suu Kyi, 75, with a string of criminal charges. The most serious alleges that she violated the country's colonial-era Official Secrets Act. Her trial will start on June 14 and is expected to wrap up by July 26, according to her legal team.
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Myanmar shadow govt says allying with rebels to 'demolish' junta
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy government and launched a brutal crackdown on dissent.
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Millions in Myanmar struggle to buy food as coup price hike bites
The national economy and banking system have been paralysed since a military power-grab which pushed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi out of office in February.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi defiant in first comments since coup
Since the February 1 putsch, Myanmar has been in uproar with near-daily protests and a nationwide civil disobedience movement, with more than 800 killed by the military, according to a local monitoring group.
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Anti-coup rebels say six dead in Myanmar clashes
Some in the anti-junta movement have set up local militias armed with homemade weapons to protect their towns from security forces - which have killed at least 790 civilians according to a local monitoring group.
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G7 pushes solidarity to tackle global threats
China, Myanmar, Libya, Syria and Russia are all on the formal agenda as the ministers from the club of wealthy democracies prepare for a leaders' meeting in Cornwall, southwest England, next month.
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Rebel group calls for unity among ethnic fighters in Myanmar's east
As security forces have deployed deadly violence against civilians to suppress a persistent anti-junta movement, some of Myanmar's myriad ethnic armies have spoken out against the military.
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Myanmar shadow govt welcomes ASEAN call to end violence
Security forces have deployed live ammunition to quell the uprising, killing more than 740 people in brutal crackdowns, according to local monitoring group Assistance Association for Political Prisoners
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Myanmar violence must end, democracy be restored: Indonesia president
Junta chief leader Min Aung Hlaing has become the focus of international outrage over the coup and a subsequent crackdown on dissent that has left more than 700 dead.
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Myanmar's junta releases 23,000 prisoners in New Year's amnesty
In February, the junta released a similar number of prisoners, with some rights groups at the time fearing the move was to free up space for opponents of the military as well as cause chaos in communities.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi hit with new criminal charge
The 75-year-old Nobel laureate has not been seen in public since being detained in the early hours of February 1 as the military deposed her government and seized power.
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Myanmar's post-coup civilian death toll climbs past 700
On Saturday a local monitoring group said security forces gunned down and killed 82 anti-coup protesters the previous day in the city of Bago, 65 kilometres northeast of Yangon.
