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Myanmar’s junta has established a “Nuclear Technology and Information Center” in cooperation with Russian vitality agency Rosatom State Corp. within the nation’s industrial capital Yangon, as a part of what observers say is the regime’s long-running dream of acquiring nuclear weapons. The opening of the knowledge heart follows an settlement …

Myanmar’s ousted opposition get together – as soon as led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who’s now jailed – refused to re-register below a brand new regulation imposed by the ruling navy junta forward of common elections prone to be held later this 12 months, two Nationwide League of Democracy …

Myanmar’s army junta has declared martial regulation in 37 townships throughout the nation and licensed army tribunals at hand down life sentences and the demise penalty for a variety of offenses, a transfer that political and army analysts say will result in extra bloodshed, displacement and terror. Thursday’s transfer got …

Feb. 1 marked the second anniversary of the coup d’etat that ousted the democratically elected Nationwide League for Democracy authorities in Myanmar. Since then the nation has descended right into a multi-front civil warfare and misplaced over a decade’s price of sustained financial development. Over half of the inhabitants resides …

By the point they heard the troopers enter their village, it was too late to flee.  The three ladies – Nyo Kyin, 50, Aye Aye Win, 40, and her 13-year-old daughter Moe Yi – hid within the outhouse behind their residence, hoping they wouldn’t be discovered, a resident of the …

Indonesia as soon as helped Myanmar transition to democracy, utilizing its personal transformation out of navy dictatorship for instance for change. However a brand new plan by the 2023 chair of the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to dispatch a senior common to Myanmar to nudge the Burmese junta …

The State Administration Council (SAC) is against the law and illegitimate, Particular Rapporteur Thomas Andrews stated on the launch, co-hosted by the democracy and electoral help physique, Worldwide IDEA. He known as on the worldwide group to face agency towards army rule, create a coalition of Member States to implement …

YANGON: Myanmar democracy activists referred to as for companies to shut nationwide on Wednesday to mark the second anniversary of the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi‘s authorities, with the junta hinting it might lengthen a state of emergency and delay new elections.The army justified its energy seize on …

Myanmar’s high army leaders dropped hints on Tuesday, the eve of the second anniversary of their overthrow of the civilian authorities, that they might lengthen emergency rule, declaring an “extraordinary situation” in mild of ongoing resistance to junta rule. The 11-member Nationwide Protection and Safety Council, which native media mentioned …

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The unbiased U.N. particular investigator on Myanmar warned Tuesday that the nation’s army rulers plan to hunt legitimacy by orchestrating a “sham” election this 12 months and urged all international locations to reject the unlawful and “farcical” vote.Tom Andrews also called for nations that support human …

Two years into Myanmar’s coup, members of the nation’s deposed Nationwide League for Democracy are being hunted down and killed or imprisoned in what observers say is a bid by the junta to retain energy. The social gathering of imprisoned chief Aung San Suu Kyi overwhelmingly gained Myanmar’s November 2020 …

Southeast Asian protection officers participate within the ASEAN Defence Ministers Assembly (ADMM) Retreat and Handover by video hyperlink, on November 11, 2021. Picture Credit score: ASEAN Secretariat / Kusuma Pandu Wijaya Credit score: ASEAN Secretariat/Kusuma Pandu Wijaya Commercial Yesterday, the media outlet Myanmar Now reported that Myanmar’s army junta has …