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Funeral for monk shot by soldiers highlights Myanmar army's delicate relationship to Buddhist clergy
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 weeks agoHundreds of people attended the funeral on Thursday of a senior monk who was fatally shot by...
Myanmar's Tin Oo, pro-democracy general who co-founded Suu Kyi's party, dies at 97
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoTin Oo had a pivotal role with Suu Kyi in the 1988 creation of the National League for Democracy...
Tin Oo, a close ally of Myanmar's Suu Kyi and co-founder of her pro-democracy party, dies at 97
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoTin Oo, one of the closest associates of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi as well as a...
‘I don’t want to kill’: Conscription law sparks fear in war-torn Myanmar
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoYoung people say they’re scrambling to avoid a new mandatory conscription law with some planning...
Myanmar's resistance forces suggest terms for the military's eventual handover of power
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoMyanmar’s leading resistance group and allied ethnic armed groups battling the military government...
More Myanmar troops fleeing rebel attacks enter India
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoEarlier this week, 43 Myanmar soldiers entered India's Mizoram state after their military bases were...
Myanmar guerrilla group claims it killed a businessman who helped supply arms to the military
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 9 months agoA guerrilla group claimed responsibility Wednesday for this week’s fatal shooting of a businessman accused of being an arms dealer for Myanmar’s military, in the latest assassination carried ...
She fled Myanmar to escape the violence. Now this pro-democracy activist has disappeared
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 12 months agoMalaysian authorities have opened an investigation into the alleged abduction of Myanmar...
Rights group says Myanmar's military rulers have cracked down on lawyers, abused legal system
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoLawyers representing critics of Myanmar’s military government face harassment and attacks ranging...
ASEAN relief convoy attacked in Myanmar; no casualties
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoA convoy including diplomats representing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on a mission to provide humanitarian assistance to displaced people in strife-torn Myanmar has been ambushed ...