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Myanmar coup: Many dead as police fire to break up protests

Myanmar security forces opened fire on #protests against #military rule on Wednesday, killing at lea ...View More

Coup opponent or representative? Row over who represents coup-hit Myanmar at UN

Myanmar's #UN #ambassador, who strongly opposed the military #coup in his country, insists he remain ...View More

Myanmar security forces launch deadly crackdown on protesters in several cities

Myanmar security forces opened fire in several places on Wednesday to break up anti-junta #protests, ...View More

ASEAN nations call for Aung San Suu Kyi's release | Myanmar's neighbours push for democracy | WION

  WION     March 02, 2021

The Association of South-East Asian Nations held a virtual meet over the Myanmar crisis. Myanmar's n ...View More

US warns Myanmar of additional measures after killings, attacks

The United #States warned #Myanmar's military rulers on Monday that it would take more action if the ...View More

Myanmar security forces open fire on protesters | DW News

International pressure is growing on Myanmar's ruling military to stop its deadly crackdown on pro-d ...View More

Myanmar's Suu Kyi faces new charges as protests continue

A #Myanmar court filed two new charges against ousted leader Aung San #SuuKyi on Monday, a lawyer ac ...View More

Myanmar court files more charges against Suu Kyi, police crack down on protests

Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San #SuuKyi appeared at a court hearing via video conferencing on Monda ...View More

Myanmar's Suu Kyi hit with two new criminal charges

Ousted #Myanmar civilian leader Aung San #SuuKyi was hit with two new criminal charges when she appe ...View More

Myanmar coup: Crackdown turns deadly after month of protest

Myanmar's military seized power on February 1, arresting the country's democratically elected leader ...View More

Myanmar's Suu Kyi faces new charges as protests continue

A #Myanmar court filed another charge against ousted leader Aung San #SuuKyi on Monday, a lawyer act ...View More

Myanmar's UN Ambassador appeals for action to stop coup | World | WION News

Myanmar's U.N. Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, speaking for the country's elected civilian government ouste ...View More

Wai Hnin speaking on Al Jazeera regarding peaceful protests in Burma.

Interview on 26 February with Wai Hnin Pwint Thon regarding the international community's reaction t ...View More

Myanmar's UN ambassador defies junta, calls for global action to overturn coup

Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations made an impassioned plea Friday for the international com ...View More

Myanmar coup: Protesters accuse China of backing military junta

Riot police in #Myanmar on Friday dispersed hundreds of anti-coup #protesters who have rallied daily ...View More

Myanmar military supporters attack anti-coup protesters in Yangon

Supporters of #Myanmar's #military, some armed with knives and clubs, others firing catapults and th ...View More

Supporters of Myanmar military coup rampage in Yangon

Supporters of #Myanmar's #military, some armed with knives and clubs, others firing catapults and th ...View More

Facebook bans Myanmar military accounts from its platforms, citing coup

Facebook on Thursday said it had banned the #Myanmar #military from using its Facebook and #Instagra ...View More

Myanmar junta's top diplomat in talks with Thailand, Indonesia

The #Myanmar junta's foreign minister visited Thailand on Wednesday as regional powers tried to brok ...View More

Myanmar protests: Multi-ethnic rally taking place in Yangon

Protesters against the #military's seizure of power in #Myanmar were back on the streets of cities a ...View More

More Myanmar protests follow strike amid foreign concerns

Protesters against the #military's seizure of power in #Myanmar were back on the streets of cities a ...View More

Myanmar faces renewed protests as Indonesia pursues diplomatic efforts

Myanmar was set for more street #protests on Wednesday against military rule as regional power #Indo ...View More

Western countries increase pressure on Myanmar junta as protests continue

Myanmar's #military leaders came under renewed pressure at home and abroad on Tuesday with joint con ...View More

Malaysia deports 1,086 Myanmar nationals despite court order

Malaysia has deported 1086 Myanmar nationals, despite a court order temporarily halting the repatria ...View More

Huge crowds in Myanmar undeterred by worst day of violence

Huge crowds marched in #Myanmar on Sunday to denounce a Feb. 1 military #coup in a show of defiance  ...View More

Myanmar coup: Three weeks of protest turn deadly

As #Myanmar's #military threatens to use deadly force against #protesters, FRANCE 24 takes a look a  ...View More

Myanmar coup: Massive rallies as protesters defy military orders

Tens of thousands of anti-#coup #protesters rallied across #Myanmar again on Monday despite a clear  ...View More

Strike grips Myanmar, anti-coup protesters defy junta's lethal warning

Myanmar police began to disperse pro-#democracy protesters on Monday as businesses around the countr ...View More

Thousands of protesters rally in Myanmar, junta warns more could die

The #Myanmar junta warned anti-#coup #protesters they could die but thousands of people took to the  ...View More

Myanmar grieves as funeral rites held for young anti-coup protester

A sombre Buddhist #funeral song rung out in #Myanmar's capital as the body of a young woman, struck  ...View More

Myanmar grieves after young anti-coup protester's death

Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing was a teenage grocery store worker in #Myanmar's sparse and isolated capita ...View More

Myanmar protesters stage biggest rallies since troop deployments

Myanmar's anti-#coup protesters returned to the streets in force on Wednesday, staging the biggest # ...View More

Thousands rally in Myanmar's Yangon despite military build up

Thousands were rallying in #Yangon Wednesday to #protest against the military #coup despite a build- ...View More

Myanmar protesters call for more rallies to 'take down the dictators'

Opponents of #Myanmar's military #coup called for more big protests on Wednesday to show that the ar ...View More

Myanmar's Suu Kyi faces new charge as crackdown intensifies

Police in #Myanmar filed a new charge against ousted leader Aung San #SuuKyi, her lawyer said Tuesda ...View More

Protesters undaunted as Myanmar junta deploys more soldiers

Protesters in #Myanmar kept up demands on Tuesday for the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu #Kyi ...View More

Myanmar protests resume after 2nd night of internet shutdown

Peaceful demonstrations against #Myanmar's military takeover resumed Tuesday, following violence aga ...View More

Myanmar junta deploys troops against fresh rallies as France vows support for protests

Myanmar's #junta deployed extra troops around the country and choked the internet on Monday as it in ...View More

Gravitas: WION reads responses from Myanmar

The citizens of Myanmar continue to write to WION. They seem determined to challenge the Military ru ...View More

Myanmar: Army orders arrest of coup opponents | Military announces legal manoeuvres| WION World News

Myanmar's new military rulers have stepped up measure like arresting the politicians and activists a ...View More

Myanmar coup: Protests grow despite crackdown

Security forces in #Myanmar intensified their #crackdown against anti-#coup protesters on Monday, se ...View More

More protests after Myanmar junta cuts internet, deploys troops

Myanmar's #junta deployed extra troops around the country and choked the internet on Monday as it in ...View More

Myanmar security forces crack down on anti-coup protesters

Security forces in #Myanmar intensified their #crackdown against anti-#coup #protesters on Monday, s ...View More

Myanmar military coup: China says working to promote 'return to normal'

The #UN's top human rights body held an urgent session on Friday to discuss the military #coup in #M ...View More

Myanmar sanctions should target coup leaders, not people, UN warns

The United Nations warned Friday that any sanctions imposed over the coup in #Myanmar must be "caref ...View More

Myanmar's military junta grants amnesty to more than 23,000 prisoners

Myanmar's military #junta has remitted the sentences of more than 23000 prisoners, announcements in  ...View More

'World is watching', UN warns Myanmar after coup

The United Nations demanded Friday that #Myanmar's military return power to civilian control and ref ...View More

Myanmar general warns anti-coup protesters to return to work

Myanmar's ruling general signalled waning patience Thursday with nationwide #protests over the milit ...View More

Myanmar's protesters back on the streets as US sanctions coup leaders

Huge crowds thronged cities around #Myanmar to demand the return of ousted leader Aung San Suu #Kyi  ...View More

Countries curb diplomatic ties, weigh sanctions on Myanmar

A growing number of governments are curbing diplomatic ties with #Myanmar and increasing economic pr ...View More

Myanmar anti-coup protesters march again as US sanctions generals

Anti-#coup #protesters on Thursday took to the streets of #Myanmar for a sixth consecutive day, afte ...View More

Myanmar military coup: Juntas have ruled the country for decades

Among the hundreds of thousands who have taken to the streets of #Myanmar in recent days have been m ...View More

Biden says US will sanction military leaders, family members behind Myanmar coup

President Joe #Biden said Wednesday that the United States was taking actions against #Myanmar's mil ...View More

'I can't accept this government': Myanmar anti-coup protesters march again

Protesters returned to the streets of #Myanmar on Wednesday despite the shooting of a young woman th ...View More

Myanmar’s military history & what led to recent coup

The #military is back in power in #Myanmar after a coup less than a decade after it launched a trans ...View More

Myanmar military tightens grip as anti-coup protests enter fifth day

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of #Myanmar's biggest city for a fifth consecutive d ...View More

Woman 'shot' in head fights for life as Myanmar protests enter fifth day

Protesters returned to the streets of #Myanmar on Wednesday after the most violent day yet in #demon ...View More

'We will fight until we win': Myanmar protesters march again, defying ban on gatherings

Demonstrators against #Myanmar's military takeover took to the streets again Tuesday in defiance of  ...View More

Myanmar protesters demand release of Aung San Suu Kyi, return of civilian government

Protesters in #Myanmar, defiant in the face of blasts from security forces' water cannons, are deman ...View More

Myanmar coup: Reports of police firing rubber bullets at protesters

Security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas at anti-#coup protesters in #Myanmar on Tuesday as ...View More

Civil disobedience movement obstructs Myanmar COVID-19 vaccination program | English News | WION

A campaign of Civil Disobedience has swept through Myanmar. Doctors and nurses are protesting as the ...View More

Protestors march in Myanmar's Yangon despite warnings from military

Protesters started gathering across #Myanmar's largest city of #Yangon on Tuesday, defying warnings  ...View More

Myanmar junta leader gives first address to nation since coup

Myanmar's #junta leader on Monday called on the public to prioritise facts and not feelings, and sai ...View More

Martial law declared in seven Myanmar townships

MartialLaw was declared Monday in seven townships in #Myanmar's second biggest city, Mandalay, offic ...View More

Police fire water cannon as Myanmar demonstrators stage largest protest since 2007

Police fired a water cannon at #protesters in the #Myanmar capital on Monday as tens of thousands of ...View More

Should international companies pull investments out of Myanmar? | Inside Story

Protests against last week's military coup in Myanmar are spreading, despite internet shutdowns and  ...View More

Yangon witnesses biggest show of dissent, thousands march against Myanmar military | WION

The military in Myanmar is getting public resistance against the coup. The biggest dissent so far, h ...View More

US President Joe Biden calls on Myanmar's military to relinquish power | World News

US President Joe Biden has said that Myanmar's military must relinquish power and that it should rel ...View More

Trois minutes pour comprendre le coup d'État en Birmanie

Après seulement dix ans de fonctionnement démocratique, l'armée birmane a repris le pouvoir le 1er f ...View More

Myanmar military coup: Opposition grows as junta blocks social media

Myanmar's new #military government blocked access to #Facebook as resistance to Monday's #coup surge ...View More

Myanmar blocks access to Facebook as international pressure on junta grows

Myanmar's #junta blocked #Facebook and other messaging services in the name of ensuring stability on ...View More

News Wrap: Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi charged after military coup

In our news wrap Wednesday, police in Myanmar charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with possessing ...View More

Myanmar coup: Police file charges against Suu Kyi, giving legal basis to detain her

Police leveled their first formal charge against #Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu #Kyi, members ...View More

"I don't have much hope": Myanmar resident reports on the situation after coup

Myanmar's military staged a coup Monday and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate Aun ...View More

Myanmar's Suu Kyi charged with possessing illegal radios

Police in #Myanmar have charged deposed national leader Aung San Suu #Kyi with having several illega ...View More

Myanmar army chief: Military ouster was inevitable | Washington blocks aid to Myanmar | WION

Myanmar's army chief General Min Aung Hlaing said that the military ouster of Aung San Suu Kyi's gov ...View More

China blocks UN condemnation of Myanmar military coup | UN holds emergency meet on military coup

China has now gone ahead to block the UN condemnation of coup in Myanmar, as a result, the United Na ...View More

China, Russia block UN Security Council condemnation of Myanmar coup

A top #UN official urged the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to "collectively send a clea ...View More

How can the international community restore democracy in Myanmar? | Inside Story

It's been criticised as 'unacceptable' and a 'serious blow to democracy' by the UN. World leaders ha ...View More

Cars horns, striking pans heard around Myanmar city to protest coup

The sound of vehicle horns and pans being struck were heard around #Myanmar's biggest city #Yangon o ...View More

Myanmar coup: Suu Kyi no longer West's priority?

Aung San Suu #Kyi's fall from grace as a rights icon has dampened Western enthusiasm for her as #Mya ...View More

Myanmar coup: How will the international community respond? | DW News

The UN security council is preparing to meet in emergency session to discuss the military coup in My ...View More

Confusion in Myanmar as coup sweeps away democratic hopes

There was panic-buying of food, #military roadblocks in the capital #Naypyidaw and a triumphant pro- ...View More

China says world should contribute to Myanmar stability, UN Security Council due to meet Tuesday

China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday ahead of a #UN Security Council meeting that all actions by ...View More

Biden threatens sanctions after Myanmar military coup

The Myanmar coup is a major international test for the new US Biden administration which has threate ...View More

US threatens to reimpose sanctions on Myanmar's generals over military coup

The United States threatened to reimpose sanctions on #Myanmar's generals after they seized power in ...View More

Biden demands Myanmar military cede power, orders sanctions review | World News

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday (February 1) that a statement by President Joe  ...View More

Why Myanmar's military overthrew the nation’s democratically elected government

The Biden administration has threatened to reimpose sanctions on Myanmar after the military there st ...View More

'This is not really a surprise': Myanmar military declares one-year state of emergency

Myanmar's #military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government o ...View More

Myanmar coup: 'The military saw that they were losing power'

Myanmar's #military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government o ...View More

Aung San Suu Kyi detained in military coup in Myanmar

Myanmar's military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of ...View More

Military coup in Myanmar as elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi is detained

Myanmar's military seized power on Monday in a #coup against the democratically elected government o ...View More

Myanmar military seizes power, detains elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi | World News

Myanmar's military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of ...View More

Myanmar military says it has taken control of the country

Myanmar #military television says the military has taken control of the country for one year. An ann ...View More

Suu Kyi's party wins absolute majority in Myanmar polls | World News | WION News

Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling party secured an absolute majority in Myanmar's election, official results ...View More

Myanmar Election: Suu Kyi's party expected to win 2nd term, supporters celebrate early results

State councillor Aung Suu Kyi's party takes the lead as counting get underway in Myanmar elections.  ...View More

Myanmar Election: Aung San Suu Kyi expected to win again

5 million young voters will be able to cast ballots for the first time in Myanmar elections. WION br ...View More

Gravitas: How China is arming Myanmar's terror group

The Arakan Army has been declared a terrorist organisation by Myanmar. A report has now claimed that ...View More

Myanmar envoy to Delhi: Myanmar won't allow insurgents to use its territory against India

Myanmar's Ambassador to India Moe Kyaw Aung has said that his country won't allow any insurgents to  ...View More