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Myanmar to further extend ceasefire with ethnic armed groups until 2022 end

Myanmar's military has planned to further extend its ceasefire with ethnic armed groups until the end of 2022

People of Myanmar face 'unprecedented' crisis in 2022: UN report

The turmoil in Myanmar is projected to have driven almost half the population into poverty heading into 2022, wiping out the impressive gains made since 2005, according to a UN report

EU backs arms embargo on Myanmar military govt over recent violence

The European Union policy chief has said that in view of the escalating violence in Myanmar, increased international preventive action is required, including an arms embargo

Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings at Done Taw

When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in a burned-out hut, some with their limbs tied

US presses for arms embargo on Myanmar military after massacre

The United States on Tuesday pressed for an arms embargo on the Myanmar military after a recent attack by the military junta in Kayah State that killed at least 35 people.Speaking at a press briefing, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that the US echoes the calls of the UN special envoy on Myanmar for an immediate cessation of violence and New Year's ceasefire."The international community must also do more to advance this goal and help prevent the recurrence of atrocities in Burma, including by supporting justice and accountability and ending the sale of arms and dual-use technology to the military," he added.Price said that the US will continue to work with its partners and allies to promote accountability for human rights abuses, including by supporting the UN Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar.He added that the Biden administration will continue to press the regime to cease the violence, release all those unjustly detained, provide safe and unhindered ...

Myanmar court postpones verdicts in 2nd case against ousted leader Suu Kyi

A court in military-ruled Myanmar postponed its verdicts Monday on two charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi

UN official 'horrified' by massacre of civilians in Myanmar, demands probe

A UN official on Sunday said he was "horrified" by the reports that at least 35, including women and children were killed and their bodies were burned in Myanmar

Myanmar reports 176 fresh coronavirus cases, 3 more deaths

Myanmar reported 176 new Covid-19 cases with a daily test positive rate of 1.61 per cent, according to a release from the Ministry of Health

Myanmar army airstrikes send hundreds fleeing across a river into Thailand

Myanmar's military unleashed airstrikes and heavy artillery on a small town controlled by ethnic guerrillas, sending hundreds of people fleeing across a river into Thailand

FS Shringla sought meeting with Suu Kyi in Myanmar; Junta declined

Foreign Secretary Shringla stressed the need to put an end to any violence and maintain peace and stability in the border area, the MEA said in a press release on Shringla visit

2021, the year that was for world: A chaotic return to the usual

2021 started on a sour note for the democratic world and it remained under pressure from a dominant communist China

Shringla emphasises India seeks to see Myanmar's return to democracy

Foreign Secretary stressed the need to put an end to any violence and maintain peace and stability in border areas with India, says MEA

Over 80 missing in landslide at jade mine in Myanmar's Kachin state

Over 80 people went missing in a jade mine landslide in Myanmar's Kachin state in the early hours of Wednesday, Xinhua quoting a local village administration official reported.

Shringla leaves for Myanmar; to hold talks with leaders, civil society

The powerful State Administration Council (SAC) is headed by General Min Aung Hlaing

Myanmar court postpones latest Aung San Suu Kyi verdict: Report

The postponed verdict from the court in the capital, Naypyitaw, is for the second among multiple cases brought against the 76-year-old Nobel laureate

Myanmar reports 152 new Covid-19 cases, daily positivity rate at 1.32%

Myanmar reported 152 new Covid-19 infections with daily positivity rate of 1.32 per cent in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health on Sunday.

Over 2,500 Myanmar refugees flee to Thailand amid clashes: Reports

More than 2,500 people crossed into Thailand from Myanmar in the past two days to escape fighting between Myanmar troops and rebels, Sputnik reported citing Thai media on Friday.Somchai Kitcharoenrungroj, who leads the Thai province of Tak bordering the conflict-hit Karen state, said in a Thai Public Broadcasting Service report that there were hundreds of children among the refugees.Thai authorities are working to provide everyone with food and shelter, he added.Clashes between ethnic minority separatists from the Karen National Union and troops loyal to Myanmar's military government, in power since the February 1 coup, erupted this week after soldiers raided the province.In recent weeks, the UN Human Rights Office has received multiple reports of villages being burned, including protected structures, such as places of religious worship and residential buildings.Since the coup, General Min Aung Hlaing's forces have repeatedly failed to respect their obligations under international law

Myanmar public urges gas sanctions to stop military funding amid violence

The young woman in Myanmar decided to speak out when she realised that money from the company she loved was now in the hands of the military leaders she hated. She and her parents had long worked for Total Energies, the French company that operates a lucrative gas field off the coast of southern Myanmar with a state-owned enterprise. But in February, the military took over Myanmar's government and its bank accounts, including those that receive hundreds of millions of dollars each year from the Total gas field, known as Yadana. As military abuses such as the murder and detention of thousands have grown, the young woman joined others across Myanmar in a groundswell of support for targeted sanctions on oil and gas funds, the country's single largest source of foreign currency revenue. But Western governments most notably the United States and France have refused to take that step amid lobbying from energy company officials and resistance from countries such as Thailand, which gets

Antony Blinken says Biden administration weighing new sanctions on Myanmar

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration is weighing tough new sanctions on Myanmar.

Myanmar shadow govt approves use of stablecoin, aims to help fundraise

Myanmar's shadow government said it would allow the use of the world's largest stablecoin, Tether, as an official currency