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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80 on June 19, marking her fifth consecutive birthday in detention since her arrest by junta boss Min Aung Hlaing following the February 2021 military coup. [1]
The Myanmar junta barred jailed popular leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from attending Wednesday’s commemoration of Martyrs’ Day, which honors of her father—assassinated independence hero General Aung San—and his slain colleagues, while continuing to den... [2]
Amid heavy military defeats in Rakhine State, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing reshuffled his regime on Wednesday, replacing General Tin Aung San with General Maung Maung Aye as the defense minister. [3]
Next Monday marks the first anniversary of the Myanmar junta’s enforcement of the Conscription Law, which sparked a mass exodus of young people and led to misery for countless others. [4]
YANGON—Hundreds of mourners turned out Wednesday to pay their respects to a former Myanmar general turned democracy activist and confidant of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, in a rare sanctioned public gathering in the junta-controlled commercial capital. [5]
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80 on June 19, marking her fifth consecutive birthday in detention since her arrest by junta boss Min Aung Hlaing following the February 2021 military coup.
The Myanmar junta barred jailed popular leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from attending Wednesday’s commemoration of Martyrs’ Day, which honors of her father—assassinated independence hero General Aung San—and his slain colleagues, while continuing to den
Amid heavy military defeats in Rakhine State, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing reshuffled his regime on Wednesday, replacing General Tin Aung San with General Maung Maung Aye as the defense minister.
Next Monday marks the first anniversary of the Myanmar junta’s enforcement of the Conscription Law, which sparked a mass exodus of young people and led to misery for countless others.
YANGON—Hundreds of mourners turned out Wednesday to pay their respects to a former Myanmar general turned democracy activist and confidant of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, in a rare sanctioned public gathering in the junta-controlled commercial capital.
From the tragic death of prominent lawyer U Ko Ni to the worst disaster in the country’s aviation history, an H1N1 outbreak, and the latest deadly attacks in Rakhine State, 2017 has been a troubled year for Myanmar.
Mizzima Ousted State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of the martyred General Aung San, was prohibited from attending the 77th Martyrs’ Day ceremony held at the Martyrs’ mausoleum in Bahan township, Yangon on 19 July.
RANGOON— Burma’s State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi broke her silence on the assassination of National League for Democracy (NLD) party legal advisor U Ko Ni, calling him a “comrade” of hers and said that losing him was a “deep loss” for the party.
The War Office in Napyidaw has issued a directive for state-controlled media not to describe the Burmese government as a “Tatmadaw government,” according to military sources.
It is Myanmar’s good fortune to have been the birthplace of such human treasures as UN Secretary General U Thant and national hero General Aung San, although their public successes have invited misfortunes upon their families.