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A protester holds up the three-finger salute as police block a street during a demonstration against the military coup

Myanmar coup: One year since military takeover

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Myanmar military overthrowing the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar amounted to 0.6% of TotalEnergies' total oil and gas production last year

TotalEnergies and Chevron withdraw from Myanmar

Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron, partners in a major gas project in Myanmar, have decided to withdraw from the country, citing the worsening humanitarian situation following last year's coup.

Business • 21 Jan 22

Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted of three criminal charges

Aung Suu Kyi sentenced to four years in prison

A Myanmar junta court has convicted Aung San Suu Kyi of three criminal charges, sentencing her to four years in prison in the latest in a number of cases against the ousted civilian leader.

World • 10 Jan 22

The judge adjourned the verdict until 10 January

Aung San Suu Kyi trial verdict is adjourned in Myanmar

A Myanmar junta court has again postponed giving its verdict in Aung San Suu Kyi's trial

World • 27 Dec 21

The UN's Martin Griffiths said he condemned 'this grievous incident and all attacks against civilians throughout the country'

UN 'horrified' by reports of massacre in Myanmar

A UN official has said he was "horrified" by credible reports that at least 35 civilians were killed and their bodies burned in Myanmar, and demanded the government launch an investigation.

World • 26 Dec 21

Authorities had initially said at least 70 more were feared missing after the landslide struck early yesterday

Myanmar rescuers recover third body after mine disaster

Rescuers in northern Myanmar have retrieved two more bodies after a landslide at an illegally run jade mine and warned that dozens of people feared missing are likely dead.

World • 23 Dec 21

The most dangerous countries were Mexico and Afghanistan, with seven and six journalist deaths respectively

Record 488 journalists imprisoned in 2021: RSF

There are currently 488 media professionals imprisoned around the world, the highest number since Reporters Without Borders began counting more than 25 years ago, the NGO announced today.

World • 16 Dec 21

Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained since 1 February and she is due to serve two years in detention at an undisclosed location (file pic)

Myanmar junta chief halves Aung San Suu Kyi jail term

Myanmar's junta chief gas reduced the jail sentence of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years, after initially doling out four years for incitement against the military and breaching Covid rules.

World • 06 Dec 21

Danny Fenster flew back to the US via Qatar

Journalist back in US after release from Myanmar jail

A US journalist jailed for six months by Myanmar's military rulers has arrived back in the United States, one day after he was pardoned and released from prison.

US • 16 Nov 21

37 year old Danny Fenster had been sentenced to 11 years in jail

Fenster 'pardoned' before deportation from Myanmar

US journalist Danny Fenster was "pardoned" before being deported from Myanmar where he had been sentenced to 11 years in jail and was to face further terror and sedition charges, the junta said today.

World • 15 Nov 21

Danny Fenster was arrested as he tried to leave Myanmar

US condemns sentence of US journalist in Myanmar

A US journalist, who has been detained in Myanmar since May, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on charges of unlawful association, incitement and breaching visa rules, his employer said.

World • 12 Nov 21

Protesters have continued to defy Myanmar's security forces since a military coup in February 2021

UN fears 'mass atrocity crimes' in northern Myanmar

The United Nations has said it fears an even greater human rights catastrophe in Myanmar amid reports of thousands of troops massing in the north of the country, which has been in chaos since a February coup.

World • 23 Oct 21

The country's military deposed Aung San Suu Kyi six months ago

Myanmar junta chief says new elections in two years

Myanmar's junta chief has said that elections would be held and a state of emergency lifted by August 2023, extending the military's initial timeline given when it deposed Aung San Suu Kyi six months ago.

World • 01 Aug 21

People wait for their relatives to be released from the Insein prison compound in Yangon

Myanmar junta to release 700 prisoners

Myanmar's authorities will free around 700 prisoners from jail today, in a move that is expected to include some of the thousands of people detained for opposing military rule.

World • 30 Jun 21

Aung San Suu Kyi faces more than a decade in jail if convicted

Trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi to hear testimony

The trial of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is under way, more than four months after a military coup, with junta witnesses testifying the Nobel laureate flouted coronavirus restrictions and illegally imported walkie-talkies.

World • 14 Jun 21

The Hunger Games' three-fingered salute has become one of the major symbols for the pro-democracy movement since the coup

Myanmar pro-democracy artists vow: 'We will win'

On 1 June, it will be four months since a military coup overthrew Myanmar's elected government.

World • 30 May 21

Nobel laureate Ms Suu Kyi is facing a number of criminal charges

Suu Kyi makes first comments since Myanmar coup arrest

Detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said her ousted party would "exist as long as the people exist" during her first in-person court appearance since a February coup, her lawyer said.

World • 24 May 21

Protesters make the three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup on Global Myanmar Spring Revolution Day in Taunggyi, Shan state

Myanmar protesters raise voices to 'shake the world'

Thousands of protesters were out early in Myanmar cities today, marching to oppose military rule more than three months after a coup that brought a halt to democratic reform and economic growth and ushered in turmoil.

World • 02 May 21

Demonstrators calling for democracy in Myanmar take part in a rally outside ASEAN building in Jakarta

Call for democracy to be restored in Myanmar

Myanmar's military must restore democracy and stop committing violence against citizens, Indonesian president Joko Widodo said after crisis talks with coup leader Min Aung Hlaing and Southeast Asian leaders.

World • 24 Apr 21

Demonstrators on motorcycles flash the three-finger salute during an anti-military coup protest in Mandalay

Prominent protest leader arrested in Myanmar

Myanmar security forces have arrested one of the main leaders of the campaign against military rule after ramming him with a car as he led a motorbike protest rally, friends and colleagues said.

World • 15 Apr 21

Monks demonstrating in the city of Mandalay

UN fears Myanmar heading towards 'full-blown conflict'

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet has warned of possible crimes against humanity in Myanmar and said the country appeared to be heading towards a big conflict like the one ravaging Syria.

World • 13 Apr 21

Aung San Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since being detained in the early hours of 1 February (file pic)

Myanmar's Suu Kyi faces new criminal charge

Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been hit with a fresh criminal charge as the military's tough crackdown on dissent continues.

World • 12 Apr 21

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military removed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on 1 February

Myanmar's post-coup civilian death toll climbs past 700

A security guard was wounded in a bomb blast outside a military-owned bank in Myanmar's second-biggest city this morning, as the civilian death toll from the junta's brutal crackdown on dissent topped more than 700 at the weekend.

World • 11 Apr 21

Weapons, the junta said were confiscated by security forces from protesters arrested while taking part in demonstrations

Myanmar junta says protests dwindling as visit refused

Myanmar's junta said a protest campaign against its rule was dwindling since people wanted peace, and that it would hold elections within two years, the first time frame it has given for a return to democracy since its 1 February coup.

World • 09 Apr 21

Kyaw Zwar Minn listens to a statement being read on his behalf as he stands outside the Myanmar Embassy in London

UK criticises Myanmar junta over embassy standoff

Britain has criticised "bullying" by the Myanmar junta after the country's ambassador to London was ousted in an extraordinary diplomatic coup after calling for the release of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

World • 08 Apr 21