Some monks have this year defied religious edicts against political activity (Photo: AFP)
14 May 2021
Myanmar's Buddhist monkhood led an earlier struggle against military rule but is split on...
Canberra, Capital of Australia. Photo: jond30/Flickr
14 May 2021
Australian diplomats have begun talking to Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) but...
Mindat, western Chin State. Photo: jumbokedama/Flickr
14 May 2021
The State Administration Council on Thursday declared martial law in Mindat, in western...
Japanese freelance journalist Yuki Kitazumi. Photo: Yuki Kitazumi/Facebook
14 May 2021
A Japanese journalist held in a Myanmar prison over accusations of spreading fake news...
Photo: Htar Htet Htet/Facebook
13 May 2021
A former Myanmar beauty queen has joined ethnic rebels to take up arms against the...
Demonstrators march during anti-military coup protest in Mandalay, Myanmar, 12 May 2021. Photo: EPA
13 May 2021
Myanmar security forces fired shots and arrested about 30 people at an anti-coup rally in...
Protesters hold banners during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon's Insein township on May 1, 2021. Photo: AFP
13 May 2021
Myanmar’s security forces arrested 39 people for allegedly perpetrating attacks and...
Min Nyo, 51, a correspondent for Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB).
13 May 2021
Min Nyo, 51, a correspondent for Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) was sentenced Wednesday...
12 May 2021
Myanmar artists and their allies around the world are continuing to defy and document the...
(File) A medical worker wearing PPE (Personal protective equipment) attends to a patient at COVID-19 ICU (Intensive care unit) of Yangon General Hospital, in Yangon, Myanmar, 16 January 2021. Photo: EPA
12 May 2021
Myanmar reported 11 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the tally in the country to 142,...
A convoy of vehicles seen conveying parts of the Bhumi Phassa Mudra Sitting Buddha to Nay Pyi Taw on 13 March 2021. Photo: MNA
12 May 2021
Construction is underway on a massive Buddha statue in the capital, Naypyitaw, in an...
In this photo released by the San Sai District Administrative Office, journalists working for Democratic Voice of Burma, prepare to get into a van after being arrested at San Sai District in Chiang Mai province north of Thailand Sunday, May 9, 2021. Photo: San Sai District Administrative Office
12 May 2021
Thailand said Tuesday it was seeking a "humanitarian" solution for three Myanmar...

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