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Myanmar's Suu Kyi charged with bribery as new trial opens

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has gone on trial in the latest corruption case filed against her.

Defecting online: How Myanmar’s soldiers are deserting the army

An underground network armed with Facebook and Telegram accounts is helping those who want to leave.

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Watch Live: President Biden, Bill and Hillary Clinton speak at Madeleine Albright's funeral

More than 1,400 dignitaries and government officials are expected to attend the funeral of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright​ at Washington National Cathedral.

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Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 5 years for corruption

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison.

Myanmar’s Path From Junta Rule to Democracy and Back

Having reclaimed power in Myanmar after a brief period of limited democracy, the military continued to clamp down on civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party.

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Over 500 Rohingya flee Malaysian detention, most rearrested

More than 500 Rohingya refugees escaped from detention in Malaysia following a protest but most have been rearrested

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US arrests Japanese Yakuza boss over missile sales to Myanmar rebels

Japanese Yakuza leader Takeshi Ebisawa was arrested by U.S. officials Thursday on charges of plotting to sell drugs and for purchasing U.S. surface-to-air missiles for Myanmar rebels. Ebisawa, 57, is described by federal prosecutors as a leader in a Japanese crime syndicate and is believed to have worked with co-conspirators. An unsealed criminal complaint Thursday revealed the missiles were meant to be used to protect drug shipments.

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Myanmar orders foreign money held by banks changed to kyats

An order by Myanmar’s central bank that all foreign currency in bank accounts must be converted into the local currency has many in the military-ruled country worried over potential losses. Businesses and individuals were told in a notice issued Sunday that as of Monday they must convert dollars and other foreign currency into kyats within one day or face legal consequences. Foreign currency can only be sent overseas with government approval, it said.

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WWF report says online wildlife trade on rise in Myanmar

A report by the World Wildlife Fund shows illegal trading in wildlife online is growing in Myanmar in a threat both to public health and to endangered species

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WWF report says online wildlife trade on rise in Myanmar

A report by the World Wildlife Fund shows illegal trading in wildlife online is growing in Myanmar in a threat both to public health and to endangered species.

Myanmar’s rebellion, divided, outgunned and outnumbered, fights on

Rebel groups, meanwhile, are pulling off surprising victories, even without central control and a lack of command structures. “This is the time, the right time, to make our revolution prevail,” said Bo Nagar, who leads a rebel group that claims to have killed some 180 government soldiers in ambushes since October. In retribution, Myanmar’s military raided a village in January looking for Bo Nagar, killing about 20 people, including his cousin, whose head was cut off and left on a toilet. The Myanmar military, meanwhile, continues to buy arms from willing nations, despite Western sanctions. The lack of weapons has frustrated fighters like 32-year-old Scott Aung, who joined a rebel group last March.

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Myanmar leader vows to 'annihilate' opponents of army rule

Myanmar’s leader has vowed to intensify action against homegrown militia groups fighting the military-run government, saying the armed forces would “annihilate” them.

Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies at 84

Madeleine Albright, the first woman US secretary of state, has passed away at the age of 84, according to her family.

Blinken declares Myanmar's repression of Muslim Rohingya a genocide

It is the eighth time since the Holocaust that the U.S. has made a genocide declaration.

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US expands travel bans on Chinese officials for persecution

The Biden administration is expanding travel bans on Chinese officials whom it accuses of repressing ethnic and religious minorities.

Rohingya refugees welcome US calling repression genocide

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s sprawling camps have welcomed an announcement by the U.S. calling the repression on the minority group in Myanmar a genocide

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Rohingya refugees welcome US calling repression genocide

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s sprawling camps have welcomed an announcement by the U.S. calling the repression on the minority group in Myanmar a genocide.

United States declares Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya

Long-delayed step highlights what U.S. officials say was a premeditated attempt to wipe out a vulnerable minority.

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The Consequences of the Unprecedented Rush of Companies Leaving Russia

Some four hundred corporations have scaled back business in the country, a powerful condemnation of Putin’s regime. The campaign could also have severe ramifications for the Russian people.

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Why America Just Said Myanmar Carried Out a Genocide

America finally used the word human rights activists had long argued applied to the campaign against Rohingya Muslims.

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US says Myanmar repression of Muslim Rohingya is genocide

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the violent repression of the largely Muslim Rohingya population in Myanmar amounts to genocide.

'Kill more': Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya

A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority in advertisements submitted to run on its platform.

US to declare Rohingya repression in Myanmar a 'genocide'

U_S_ officials say the Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar's years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a “genocide.”.

7 inmates shot dead, 12 hurt in failed jailbreak in Myanmar

An official with Myanmar’s Prison Department says seven prisoners were killed and 12 others hurt when they were shot as they tried to stage a jailbreak

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UN human rights council asked to act against Myanmar army

The main opposition organization in military-ruled Myanmar has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to act strongly to restore democracy in the Southeast Asian nation, saying that the international community should put sanctions and other pressures on the country’s generals

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U.N. says military violence in Myanmar may be 'crimes against humanity'

More than 12,500 people in Myanmar have been detained, at least 440,000 have been displaced and about 14 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, the report says.

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Witness: Army attacks in eastern Myanmar worst in decades

While Russia's war in Ukraine dominates global attention, Myanmar's military is targeting civilians in air and ground attacks on a scale unmatched in the country since World War II, according to a longtime relief worker who spent almost three months in a combat zone in the Southeast Asian nation. David Eubank, director of the Free Burma Rangers, a humanitarian relief organization, told The Associated Press that the military’s jets and helicopters stage frequent attacks in the areas of eastern Myanmar where he and his volunteers operate, bringing medical and food aid to civilians caught in conflict. Video shot by his group’s members includes rare images of repeated air strikes by Myanmar military aircraft in Kayah State – also known as Karenni State — causing a number of civilian deaths.

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Myanmar military revokes citizenship of opposition members

Myanmar’s ruling military council has announced the revocation of the citizenship of top members of the main group coordinating resistance to army rule. The announcement broadcast on state-run MRTV television on Friday said 11 leaders of the opposition to military rule have had their citizenship terminated because they had allegedly fled the country and harmed the national interest. It targeted eight members of the shadow National Unity Government, which views itself as the country’s legitimate ruling authority, and three prominent activists.

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Myanmar’s military has spent the year since the coup searching for international legitimacy. It has not found it.

With even the other nations of Southeast Asia turning away from it, Myanmar only has Russia left as an ally and source of weapons.

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Gambia Urges U.N. Court To Continue Rohingya Genocide Case

Myanmar forces are accused of raping, killing and torching thousands of homes, forcing more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee from Rakhine in 2017.

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Gambia urges UN court to continue Rohingya genocide case

Lawyers for Gambia are urging the United Nations’ top court to throw out Myanmar’s preliminary objections that seek to end a case accusing the Southeast Asian nation of genocide against the country’s Rohingya minority

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Gambia urges UN court to continue Rohingya genocide case

Lawyers for Gambia are urging the United Nations’ top court to throw out Myanmar’s preliminary objections that seek to end a case accusing the Southeast Asian nation of genocide against the country's Rohingya minority.

EU sanctions 22 Myanmar officials, gas company, over abuses

The European Union is imposing sanctions on several top officials in Myanmar and on a lucrative state-owned oil and gas company that has helped fund the military that overthrew the country’s elected government a year ago.

Myanmar seeks to have Rohingya case thrown out of UN court

Lawyers for Myanmar’s military rulers have sought to have a case at the United Nations’ top court that accuses the Southeast Asian nation of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority in 2017 dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

UN court hearings set to resume into Rohingya genocide case

An international case accusing Myanmar of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority is returning to the United Nations’ highest court amid questions over whether the country’s military rulers should even be allowed to represent the Southeast Asian nation.

Philippines, like New Zealand, rejects Myanmar in trade pact

The Philippines joins New Zealand in its decision to reject Myanmar under the world’s largest free trade pact that took effect this year.

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New Zealand won't engage Myanmar in largest free trade bloc

New Zealand says it will not deal with Myanmar under a major 15-nation trade agreement, the world’s largest that took effect this year, citing the deadly violence and democratic setbacks in the Southeast Asian country after the military seized power.

Myanmar fighter jet crashes into lake, killing pilot

A Myanmar fighter jet on Wednesday crashed into a lake in the country’s northwest, state-run media reported, blaming the incident on a technical malfunction. The crash took place in a region where there is active combat between Myanmar's army and forces opposed to army rule. State-run MRTV said the plane crashed into a lake 16 kilometers (10 miles) north of the town of Sagaing.

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Is the Civilian Resistance Tipping the Balance in Myanmar?

With growing talk of a civil war, it’s time for regional bodies such as Asean and powerful neighbors like India and China to step in.

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Myanmar says it won't attend ASEAN foreign ministers meeting

Myanmar says it will not participate in this week’s meetings in Cambodia of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, spurning an invitation to send a non-political representative instead of its chief diplomat.

Japan's Kirin to withdraw from its Myanmar brewery venture

Japanese beverage giant Kirin says it has decided to withdraw from its joint venture in Myanmar.

Prominent Myanmar filmmaker arrested after a year on the run

An award-winning film director in Myanmar has been arrested almost a year after appearing on a wanted list for encouraging government employees to join in protests against military rule.

Data complaint filed against plan to sell Telenor Myanmar

A Telenor Myanmar customer has complained to Norway's data protection authority that a planned sale of the business risks a potentially dangerous breach of privacy.

Ithaca, NY, has become a hub for refugees from around the globe

A port in the stormRecently, Ithaca has become one of the major hubs in New York for refugee resettlement. They joined a growing community in Ithaca, which, In 2016, had begun accepting 50 refugees a year, according to the Ithaca Journal. So, while Ithaca may be cold, expensive and remote, it’s home for many refugees like Phyu and her family. When refugees first arrive in Ithaca, they’ve typically come through a refugee resettlement agency that offers assistance for 90 days. More recently, many other organizations have gone “dormant,” as have larger refugee resettlement agencies designated by the federal government, according to Verderosa.

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Myanmar villagers say army troops burned 400 houses

Residents of two villages in northwestern Myanmar say government soldiers burned down hundreds of houses this week, apparently while searching for members of an armed militia opposed to military rule.

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A year after the military's violent takeover in Myanmar, a quiet battle to reclaim democracy simmers on

The generals who arrested civilian leaders and quashed huge street protests with deadly force are undoubtedly in control and the fight for freedom is down, but it's not out.

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'Absolute hell': One year since Myanmar's military coup

"In Myanmar we still have many people being killed every single day by the military, and the world is not watching," says one resident of Yangon, Myanmar's largest city. It's been one year since the army siezed power in the southeast Asian country, hours before a new parliament was due to convene. Troops rounded up lawmakers in dawn raids, ending a brief democratic interlude and setting the stage for months of bloodshed. Almost 1,500 civilians have been killed and over 11,000 arrested in the ongoing crackdown, according to a local monitor, with rights groups accusing junta troops of torture and extrajudicial killings.

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First Anniversary of Myanmar military coup marked by strike and international concern

The anniversary of the February 1, 2021, coup prompted a nationwide "silent strike" by those inside the country who oppose the military's takeover.

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Violence, protests mark anniversary of Myanmar army rule

Protests and violence have marked the one-year anniversary of the army's seizure of power in Myanmar.

The deadly battles that tipped Myanmar into civil war

An upsurge in fighting between the military and armed civilians point to a change from an uprising to civil war.

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US sanctions Myanmar judiciary officials on coup anniversary

The Biden administration is slapping sanctions on top members of Myanmar's judiciary and one of its main revenue-producing ports over rights abuses since last year's coup.

Myanmar authorities arrest dozens ahead of planned protests

Security forces in Myanmar have arrested dozens of people in a preemptive move to suppress plans for a nationwide strike on Tuesday, which is the one-year anniversary of the army’s seizure of power.

Laos makes big meth bust as UN warns of security breakdown

Police in the Southeast Asian nation of Laos have made their second huge seizure in three months of methamphetamine.

Laos makes big meth bust as UN warns of security breakdown

Police in Laos have made their second huge seizure in three months of methamphetamine, a development that a U.N. expert on the illicit drug trade said Saturday reflects a breakdown of security in Southeast Asia. Jeremy Douglas, the regional representative for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, said the seizure of 36.5 million methamphetamine tablets in the northwestern province of Bokeo was the region’s second largest after 55.6 million meth pills were captured in October in the same province. Lao Security Radio, a state broadcaster, said on its website that four residents of the province were arrested Wednesday in Huay Xai district in a raid that also captured 590 kilograms (1,300 pounds) of crystal meth — also known as ice — a minor amount of heroin and a pistol.

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No peace in Myanmar 1 year after military takeover

The army takeover in Myanmar a year ago that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi unexpectedly aborted the ongoing restoration of representative democracy in the Southeast Asian country after decades of military rule.

Top Sundance prize to 'Midwives' — about a Buddhist midwife and her Muslim apprentice

The documentary follows a Buddhist and a Muslim — who don't always get along — as they provide health care to Muslim women and children despite growing political and religious tensions in Myanmar.

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UN labor group says 1.6M jobs lost in Myanmar in 2021

The International Labor Organization says about 1.6 million jobs were lost in Myanmar in 2021, with women suffering the biggest setbacks as work in factories, tourism and construction dwindled amid the pandemic and a military takeover.

Australia's Woodside Petroleum pulls out of Myanmar projects

Australia’s Woodside Petroleum says it is withdrawing from projects in strife-torn Myanmar, following a similar decision by Total and Chevron.

Ghostly monkey, twin slug snake and "stink bug" among 224 new species in Mekong region identified by World Wildlife Fund

There are also dozens of newly identified reptiles, frogs and newts, fish and 155 plant species, including the only known succulent bamboo species, found in Laos.

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Report: Ghostly monkey among 224 new Mekong region species

A monkey with ghostly white circles around its eyes is among 224 new species listed in the World Wildlife Fund’s latest update on the Mekong region

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Ghostly monkey, succulent bamboo among new species in Mekong

A monkey with ghostly white circles around its eyes is among 224 new species listed in the World Wildlife Fund's latest update on the Mekong region.

Report: Ghostly monkey among 224 new Mekong region species

A monkey with ghostly white circles around its eyes is among 224 new species listed in the World Wildlife Fund’s latest update on the greater Mekong region. The conservation group’s report, released Wednesday, highlights the need to protect the rich biodiversity and habitats in the region, which includes Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar. The monkey, a new species of Popa langur found on the extinct Mt. Popa volcano in Myanmar, was the only new mammal.

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2 big energy firms exit Myanmar over human rights abuses by the military government

Total Energies and Chevron say they are stopping all operations in Myanmar, citing rampant human rights abuses and deteriorating rule of law since the military overthrew the elected government.

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Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron withdraw from Myanmar citing worsening humanitarian crisis

The U.N. says the situation in Myanmar has been worsening since the turn of the year, warning that people in the country are facing an unprecedented crisis.

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Chevron, Total exit Myanmar over deteriorating human rights

Total Energies and Chevron, two of the world’s largest energy companies, are stopping all operations in Myanmar.

French energy giant Total joins push for Myanmar sanctions

French energy conglomerate TotalEnergies has asked the American and French governments to support targeted sanctions against Myanmar’s oil and gas funds.

UN: Worse now for women peace builders than before COVID

The U.N. human rights chief says women seeking to participate in shaping and building peace and defending human rights face a “vastly worse” situation now than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic

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Omicron variant is causing "hellacious" worker shortages nationwide

A "Great American Sickout," thanks to the spread of the Omicron variant is forcing businesses to cope with worker shortages as the U.S. struggles to combat the spread of the coronavirus. CBS News MoneyWatch reporter Amy Picchi joins CBSN with more.

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Norway's Telenor to sell stake in Myanmar's Wave Money

Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor says it plans to sell its stake in the Myanmar fintech company Wave Money to its main partner in the venture, Yoma Strategic Holdings.

Judging Joe Biden's first year in office

The beginning of the Biden Presidency is being measured by opposing forces – both by legislative wins, and by the economic headwinds of the continuing pandemic. CBS News' John Dickerson talks with Harvard University historian Jill Lepore, New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie, and The Atlantic's James Fallows about the presidency's "return to normalcy"; the chaos surrounding the withdrawal from Afghanistan and COVID-19 testing; the contrasting news of low unemployment and rising inflation; and how Joe Biden's temperament may be the most powerful tool being wielded by the Oval Office.

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Myanmar restaurant, started by refugees, to sell grab and go meals at Meijer

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A Myanmar restaurant in Kentwood will begin this month selling grab and go meals at Bridge Street Market and two Grand Rapids-area Meijer stores. Amazing Myanmar Asian Cuisine, 3740 28th St. SE, will sell 10 of its most popular menu items at the stores, said owner Min Min Tun, a Burmese refugee who runs the restaurant alongside his wife, Aye Soo.

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HRW: Democracy must step up as autocrats face turning point

A top rights activist feels populist autocrats could be facing a turning point as people learn that stirring words don’t always translate into action, but he says democratic politicians will have to step up with “visionary leadership” to keep autocrats from getting a second chance

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In Ukraine's trenches, strays bring respite to Russia-wary troops

With Russian troops massing and the spectre of war looming over the trenches of eastern Ukraine, soldiers in the dugouts have found solace in the unlikely companionship of stray cats and dogs.

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Trade data: Myanmar teak exports helping fund military rule

A report based on U.S. trade data shows American companies are still importing teak from Myanmar despite sanctions imposed after the military seized power.

Myanmar teak shipments imported to U.S. despite sanctions, group says

The prized tropical hardwood used in building luxury yachts helps fund Myanmar's military dictatorship and has long ties to crime syndicates.

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi sentenced to 4 more years in prison

Suu Kyi was convicted last month on two other charges and given a four-year prison sentence, which was then halved by the head of the military-installed government.

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi sentenced to 4 more years in prison

A court in Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and violating coronavirus restrictions, a legal official said. Suu Kyi was convicted last month on two other charges and given a four-year prison sentence, which was then halved by the head of the military-installed government. Suu Kyi’s supporters and independent analysts say the charges against her are contrived to legitimize the military’s seizure of power and prevent her from returning to politics.

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Cambodia defends leader's trip to Myanmar as 'positive step'

Cambodia’s foreign minister has defended Prime Minister Hun Sen’s trip to Myanmar, the first by a foreign leader since the military takeover plunged the country into turmoil, though there was little evidence the mission yielded any immediate breakthrough.

Anger as Cambodia's Hun Sen meets Myanmar military leader

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to Myanmar to revive peace efforts after last year’s military takeover is provoking an angry backlash among critics, who say he is legitimizing the army’s seizure of power.

The Myanmar military is employing a familiar strategy of massacres and burnings

The massacres and scorched-earth tactics represent the latest escalation in the military's violence against both civilians and the growing opposition to the military's February coup.

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Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings

An AP investigation reveals signs Myanmar’s military is reverting to a strategy of massacres as a weapon of war.

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Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings

When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in a burned-out hut, some with their limbs tied. The Myanmar military had stormed Done Taw at 11 a.m. on Dec. 7, he told the AP, with about 50 soldiers hunting people on foot. The carnage at Done Taw is just one of the most recent signs that the Myanmar military is reverting to a strategy of massacres as a weapon of war, according to an AP investigation based on interviews with 40 witnesses, social media, satellite imagery and data on deaths.

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Myanmar model-actor Paing Takhon named world's 'Most Handsome Face,' sentenced to jail in same week

Model and actor Paing Takhon was sentenced to three years in jail for speaking out during protests in Myanmar, in the same week he was named the “Most Handsome Face” of 2021 by entertainment site TC Candler. Takhon was named the world’s “Most Handsome Face” of 2021, coinciding with the model and actor’s sentencing this week for his support of the anti-coup protests in Myanmar earlier this year. Takhon rose to global prominence at the beginning of 2021 when he became known as the “hot monk” through viral social media posts.

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Ruth Pollard’s View to 2022: Populists, Protests and Democracy

Asian democracies will be forced to forge new partnerships as U.S.-China tensions simmer. Plus a selection of the columnist’s best work from 2021.

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"Absolutely horrifying": Two aid workers confirmed dead in Myanmar massacre

Save the Children confirmed two of its staff were among at least 35 people killed​ in a Christmas Eve attack​ in eastern Myanmar.

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Save the Children staff confirmed dead in Myanmar massacre

The humanitarian group Save the Children says it has confirmed that two of its staff were among at least 35 people who were killed in eastern Myanmar on Christmas Eve in an attack it blamed on the country’s military

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Save the Children staff confirmed dead in Myanmar massacre

The humanitarian group Save the Children says it has confirmed that two of its staff were among at least 35 people who were killed in eastern Myanmar on Christmas Eve in an attack it blamed on the country’s military.

Photos of aftermath of massacre in Myanmar fuel outrage

Photos of the aftermath of the Christmas Eve killings in Mo So village in Kayah state spread on social media and fueled outrage against the military that took power in February after ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Save the Children says staff missing after Myanmar massacre

The international aid group Save the Children says two of its staffers are missing in a massacre in eastern Myanmar that left more than 30 people, including women and children, dead and burned in their vehicles after they were reportedly shot by government troops as they were fleeing combat.

Landslide in Myanmar mining area leaves dozens missing

Rescue officials say a landslide at a remote jade mine in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state has left at least one person dead and 70 missing and a search and rescue operation is underway.

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Blinken says US weighing new sanctions on Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration is weighing tough new sanctions on Myanmar to pressure the country's military leaders to restore a democratic path interrupted by a February coup.

US issues sanctions, visa bans to mark Human Rights Day

The U.S. issued financial sanctions and visa bans on former and current government officials and entities in nine countries Friday — including China, Myanmar and Russia — as part of coordinated actions with Canada and the U.K. to coincide with International Human Rights Day.

Nationwide 'silent strike' in Myanmar protests military rule

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar have held one of their biggest nationally coordinated protests in months, successfully calling on people across the country to shut their businesses and stay at home on International Human Rights Day.

Witness, official: Myanmar troops massacre 11 in retaliation

According to a witness and other reports, Myanmar government troops rounded up villagers, some believed to be children, tied them up and slaughtered them.

Blinken faces global challenges in round-the-world trip

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will confront a number of daunting global challenges as he embarks this week on an around-the-world diplomatic tour that will test the Biden administration's resolve on various fronts.

Alleged massacre in Myanmar village highlights bitter fight

Outrage is spreading on social media in Myanmar over images and accounts of the alleged killing and burning of 11 villagers captured by government troops in the country’s northwest.

Rohingya sue Facebook for $150B, alleging role in violence

Rohingya refugees are suing Facebook parent Meta Platforms for more than $150 billion over what they say was the company’s failure to stop hateful posts that incited violence against the Muslim ethnic group by Myanmar’s military rulers and their supporters.

Journalist freed by Myanmar helps light menorah in Detroit

An American journalist who was recently freed after spending nearly six months in jail in military-ruled Myanmar helped light one of eight Hanukkah candles during a holiday celebration in downtown Detroit.

Danny Fenster lighting Detroit menorah after being freed from Myanmar prison

With tonight being the first night of Hanukkah, organizers wanted to honor someone who never let go of their faith in an unpredictable situation. What better person than journalist Danny Fenster?

Paul Whelan in message to family from Russian prison: ‘Corruption here knows no bounds’

Paul Whelan’s parents recorded a Thanksgiving message from their son, who remains inside a Russian prison.

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