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The Aung Sang Suu Kyi facing a coup today is not the Nobel prize winning peace icon she once was
In an interview a few years after Burma stepped out of a 40-year-old military rule, Aung Sang Suu K…
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Trump's baseless claims of election fraud gave 'fresh rhetorical ammunition' to despots like Myanmar's generals, who just staged a coup
Myanmar's generals predicated the coup on eerily similar grounds to Trump's effort to overturn the …
John Haltiwanger
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi detained in early-morning raid
Suu Kyi, once renowned as a pro-democracy campaigner, has more recently made headlines by denying g…
Charles Davis
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A week into its coup, Myanmar's military shut down the internet and used rubber bullets and water cannons against protesters
State-controlled television stations are running pop concerts rather than news coverage.
Julie Gerstein
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Myanmar's military says it's taking over as world leaders look on in shock
Earlier Monday, several top government officials, including Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myin…
Julie Gerstein
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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said jailed Reuters journalists can appeal their sentences
"I wonder whether very many people have actually read the summary of the judgment which had nothing…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper,Reuters
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14 World Leaders who have studied in Indian Universities
Even as the IITs, IIMs, NITs and universities like JNU, Bombay University are world acclaimed, more…
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In Myanmar, economic opportunity and a renewed commitment to democracy are on the horizon if leader Aung San Suu Kyi wants them
She could jump-start Myanmar's economy by implementing business-friendly reforms to encourage inves…
John Walsh
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Mike Pence grilled Myanmar leader Suu Kyi directly to her face over the Rohingya crisis
Pence said: "In America, we believe in our democratic institutions and ideals, including a free and…
Alexandra Ma
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Irom Chanu Sharmila – The Iron Lady Of Manipur: 13 Years On, Her Activism Continues To Be A Legend
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Preetam Kaushik
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13 members of the pro-Trump House Freedom Caucus refused to condemn Myanmar's generals who violently overthrew elected leaders
On Twitter, Caucus chair Rep. Andy Biggs said the violence resulting from the coup is "tragic," but…
Azmi Haroun
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Myanmar's ambassador to the UK - who didn't support the military coup - was locked out of his embassy and had to spend the night in his car
Reuters reported that a deputy of Kyaw Zwar Minn had locked him out of the building and took charge…
Sinéad Baker
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Myanmar's military has already replaced ministry officials as citizens feel the 'hard-fought battle for democracy' has been lost
The military has already announced replacements for 11 of the 24 ministers and deputies that have b…
Erin Snodgrass
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Myanmar's military leader claims role of prime minister, vows to stay in power at least another 2 years
Gen. Min Aung Hlaing vowed to hold multi-party elections before the state of emergency ends.
Vanessa Gu
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Over 1,000 people have been killed in Myanmar since the military took control more than 6 months ago, according to a human rights group
In the months since the coup, the military has launched an all-out campaign against its own citizen…
Erin Snodgrass
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The Myanmar military blocked Facebook for the sake of 'stability' after activists began mobilizing on the platform
Myanmar's state-owned telecom company blocked Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp on Thurs…
Bill Bostock
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Authorities in Myanmar cut the internet to vast swathes of the country during its coup
NetBlocks, an organization that monitors internet freedom, said Myanmar's telecommunications starte…
Sinéad Baker
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Biden announces sanctions targeting Myanmar military leaders to urge them to release detained elected leaders
Biden's executive order will also limit the military's access to the country's $1 billion in govern…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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ASEAN leaders are under fire for meeting with Myanmar's military as pro-democracy leaders call the junta a 'terrorist group'
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations invited the military representative to join a…
Julie Gerstein
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Myanmar's shadow government defies central bank by accepting Tether as official currency
Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) is reportedly looking to raise funds for its ‘revolution’…