Challenged by Uprising, Myanmar Junta Cracks Down Harder
Thousands of innocent people killed. Tens of thousands more pro-democracy protesters locked up. The return of military rule has wreaked havoc in Myanmar in recent years.
Zaw Min Tun in asian news
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest
Myanmar’s detained former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a spokesperson for the military government told media.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi reportedly moved from jail to house arrest
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's military government has moved pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former President Win Myint from prison to house arrest, according to local media reports.
Myanmar's ex-leader Suu Kyi moved to house arrest, says junta spokesperson
Myanmar's detained former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a spokesperson for the military government told media.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from a Myanmar prison to house arrest due to heat wave
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said.
Thai foreign minister urges Myanmar’s military to avoid violent attack on border town its army lost
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s foreign minister on Friday said he urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents, and that so far they seemed to be exercising restraint.
Myanmar Rebels Take Key Trading Town, but Counteroffensive Looms
Resistance forces seeking to oust Myanmar’s military regime captured a key trade town on the Thai border this week, one of their most significant gains since the junta seized power in a coup more than three years ago. But thousands of residents were fleeing on Friday as the regime’s troops prepared to mount a counteroffensive.
Exodus to Thailand continues after fall of key Myanmar border town
MAE SOT, Thailand — A stream of people, some fearing air strikes, queued at a border crossing to flee Myanmar early on Friday (April 12), a day after the strategically vital town of Myawaddy near Thailand fell to anti-junta resistance that is gaining strength.
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