Myanmar

Myanmar’s military-controlled government released an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker, an ex-British diplomat and an American as part of a broad prisoner amnesty that also freed many local citizens held for protesting the army takeover. Australia, the U.S. and rights groups welcomed the releases while calling for Myanmar to free others unjustly detained. State media said Australian Sean Turnell, Japan’s...

Corruption cases comprise the biggest share of the many charges the military has brought against the 1991 Nobel Peace laureate, who was detained on Feb. 1, 2021, when the military seized power from her elected government.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison, extending an already-existing sentence.

U_S_ officials say the Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar’s years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a “genocide.”

The U.N. says the situation in Myanmar has been worsening since the turn of the year, warning that people in the country are facing an unprecedented crisis.

Hun Sen visited Myanmar in early January for talks with its military rulers since the regime ousted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup last year.]

The attack has been blamed on the country’s military

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has postponed its verdicts on two charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in which she is accused of importing and possessing walkie-talkies without following official procedures.

Two members of the international humanitarian group Save the Children are missing after Myanmar government troops rounded up villagers, some believed to be women and children, fatally shot more than 30 and burned the bodies, according to a witness and other reports.

Myanmar’s military regime ousted its former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup in February, sparking fierce clashes between her supporters and the army.

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted on two charges and handed a four-year sentence that was quickly reduced

American journalist Danny Fenster, who spent nearly six months in jail in military-ruled Myanmar, has arrived in the United States.

American journalist Danny Fenster, who spent nearly six months in jail in military-ruled Myanmar and was sentenced last week to 11 years of hard labor, was freed Monday and began his journey home. Fenster was handed over to former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson, who helped negotiate the release, and the two landed in Doha, Qatar. “I’m feeling all right...

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced U.S. journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison with hard labor

Thai police say a resident of a high-rise condominium near Bangkok cut the support rope for two painters, apparently angry she wasn’t told they would be doing work, and left them hanging above the 26th floor until a couple rescued them

Fifteen to 20 villagers including several teenagers have been reported killed in some of Myanmar’s deadliest fighting since July between government troops and resistance forces

The brother of the American journalist detained in Myanmar explains why his family is concerned over his health and legal future.

The Biden administration is renewing genocide allegations against China for repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in its northwest Xinjiang region.

The trial against Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has begun

A U.S. State Department official is calling for the immediate release of two American journalists who were arrested by Myanmar’s military junta