Myanmar
Facebook Taking Steps To Protect Users, Block Military Usage in Myanmar
The tech giant is one of a number of companies facing increasing tensions with the military junta.
COVID Outbreak in Chinese City Spurs Crackdown on Crossings From Myanmar
At least nine people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Ruili, China, a city located along the nation's border with Myanmar.
Over 500 Protesters Dead, 2,600 Detained in Myanmar Since February 1 Coup
As protests continue, involvement of ethnic armed forces escalates pressure on military junta.
Burmese Karen Refugees Say They Are Being Refused by Thailand
Military airstrikes in Myanmar this week forced thousands to flee, seeking shelter across the border in Thailand.
U.S. Imposes Economic Sanctions Against Myanmar but Two-Way Trade Continues
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai issued a condemnation of the Myanmar security forces' "brutal violence against civilians" while announcing the decision on Monday.
Thailand Sends Back Ethnic Karen People Fleeing Myanmar, Despite Airstrikes
Soldiers in Thailand began to send people fleeing from Myanmar back after airstrikes shook the country over the weekend.
Shots Fired at American Center in Myanmar, U.S. Embassy Reports
A recent military coup in the country saw the detention of Nobel Prize-winning leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
China Demands Myanmar Protect Its Citizens As Chinese Factories Torched
Chinese state-owned media said 32 factories were vandalized and two nationals injured as the situation in Myanmar deteriorates.
QAnon Supporters Say They Want a Myanmar-Style Coup on U.S. Government
One widely held belief in the QAnon community is that former President Donald Trump will return to power on March 4.
Myanmar Protesters Surround U.S. Embassy In Yangon, Urge Joe Biden To Help
More than a dozen police trucks with four water cannons were deployed near Sule Pagoda in the capital, where many of pro-democracy protests have been taking place.
Facebook Limits Reach of 'Misinformation' Posts from Myanmar Coup Leaders
"Facebook is treating the situation in Myanmar as an emergency," Facebook's Director of Policy for APAC Emerging Countries Rafael Frankel wrote.
Biden's Myanmar Sanctions Include Redirecting Over $40 Million in U.S. Aid
"As part of today's actions, USAID [U.S. Agency for International Development] will redirect $42.4 million of assistance away from work that benefits the Government of Burma," the White House wrote in a statement on Thursday.
Biden Praises McConnell's 'Insights' on Myanmar Coup, Implements Sanctions
"The strong and unified message emerging from the United States has been essential…to encourage other countries to join us in pressing for immediate return to democracy," the president said.
Myanmar Military Coup Protesters Clash With Police in Videos, Photos
Footage from the streets in the capital of Naypyitaw showed police firing guns and using water cannons .
Myanmar Coup: First Foreign Policy Test for President Biden
How President JoeBiden responds will be watched closely, by friend and foe alike.
Myanmar Denies U.S. Contact With Deposed Leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Attempts by the U.S. State Department to contact deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is currently detained, were rejected.
U.S. Sanctions Against Myanmar Could Hurt More Than Help, U.N. Says
"The sad truth is that Western governments likely have very little leverage in Myanmar," prominent Burmese author and historian Thant Myint-U told Newsweek, "and will certainly not determine what comes next."
Facebook Blocked in Myanmar Following Military Coup
"We urge authorities to restore connectivity so that people in Myanmar can communicate with their families and friends and access important information," Facebook said Wednesday.
The World Waits for No Man—Not Even the President of the United States
Nobody in the world who values human rights and the rule of law likes what is going on in the streets of Myanmar's capital city right now.
McConnell Hopes U.S. Imposes 'Significant Costs' on Military in Myanmar
"The new administration deserves credit for approaching this situation in a way that's bipartisan and coordinated with Congress," the Republican leader said.
Video of Myanmar Woman Exercising During Coup Viewed Over 16 Million Times
The exercise instructor later said she did not know a coup would be taking place the morning she recorded her video.
Myanmar Woman Inadvertently Recorded Coup D'état in Now Viral Workout Video
The viral video juxtaposes a morning cardio workout with a country in crisis.
Joe Biden Threatens Sanctions Following Myanmar Coup
"In a democracy, force should never seek to overrule the will of the people or attempt to erase the outcome of a credible election," the president said in his first statement on the issue.
China Fails to Condemn Myanmar Military Coup Despite International Concern
China wields great influence in Myanmar and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with the country's commander in chief when he visited Myanmar earlier this month.
Antony Blinken, Congress Respond to Myanmar Coup, Aung San Suu Kyi Arrest
The military seized control early on Monday and announced a year-long state of emergency, accusing the civilian leadership of electoral fraud in the November election.
Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Detained Amid Coup Fears
Tensions have risen between the pro-military party and the country's civilian government. The army challenged November's election, saying there was widespread voter fraud.
China Building 1,200-Mile Southern Great Wall Along Myanmar Border: Reports
Chinese media says the barbed wire fence stops COVID-19 from entering the country, but the lengthy border wall could also prevent dissidents from leaving.
'What About US?' American Voters React to Pompeo Praising Foreign Elections
Pompeo and the Trump administration continue to claim voter fraud and reject the outcome of America's own much-vaunted democratic process.
Dinosaur-Era 'Hell Ant' Immortalized in Amber While Killing a Cockroach
The predation event took place 99 million years ago in what is now Myanmar.
Many Myanmar Jade Mine Victims Were Unregistered Migrants, Government Says
Maung Khaing, 38, a miner from the area who witnessed the accident, was about to take a picture of the massive mound of waste and mud, when people began running for their lives.