India has signed memoranda of understanding with Myanmar and Malawi to import tur dal and urad dal for the next five years, a move seen as bid to check prices of these pulses and avert any shortage. The government on Thursday signed an MoU with Myanmar to import 250,000 tonnes of urad and 100,000 tonnes … Read more
Myanmar state television showed deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi in court on Monday in the first pictures of her to emerge since she was overthrown in a Feb. 1 coup. Suu Kyi, 75, was shown in the dock, sitting upright with her hands in her lap and wearing a surgical mask. She sits next … Read more
Unidentified attackers launched assaults on two Myanmar air bases on Thursday, with blasts reported at one base and rocket fire seen at another, media and a witness said. The attacks come after three months of turmoil in Myanmar triggered by a Feb. 1 military coup. There was no claim of responsibility or any confirmation of … Read more
Myanmar’s medical workers are finding themselves torn between their patients and a military government. Source link
Southeast Asian leaders demanded an immediate end to killings and the release of political detainees in Myanmar in an emergency summit with its top general and coup leader Saturday in the Indonesian capital, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said. The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations also told Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing during … Read more
Myanmar’s neighbours have to negotiate with a newly formed government of national unity if they want to help resolve the turmoil triggered a by a Feb. 1 military coup and they should not recognise the junta, a unity government official said. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been trying to find a … Read more
The European Union will on Monday impose sanctions on 11 individuals linked to the Feb. 1 coup in Myanmar, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said as he arrived for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. While the bloc has an arms embargo on Myanmar, and has targeted some senior military officials … Read more
In Mizoram’s Aizawl there will be mobile music concert to raise money for the Myanmarese who have taken refuge in Mizoram fleeing the military regime in their country. Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Ministry of Home Affairs has issued advisories to the Chief Secretaries of the North-eastern States bordering Myanmar … Read more
Attacks on Chinese-run factories in Myanmar’s biggest city drew demands Monday from Beijing for protection for their property and employees, while many in Myanmar expressed outrage over China’s apparent lack of concern for those killed in protests against last month’s military coup. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the Chinese Embassy had contacted authorities in … Read more
People barricaded in a Yangon neighbourhood overnight said on Tuesday that Myanmar security forces searched their homes room by room for anti-coup protesters, targeting apartments flying the flag of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted and detained Suu Kyi last month. The police and army have responded … Read more