MYANMAR CRISIS
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Conflicts & War
UN rights envoy to visit Japan to ratchet up pressure on Myanmar junta
Geneva, Apr 17 (EFE).- Human rights expert Tom Andrews will travel to Japan on April 19 to call for pressure…
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Conflicts & War
Disruption of Myanmar aviation fuel supply chain urged to save lives
Singapore, Apr 14 (EFE).- Several rights groups and the Myanmar opposition have sought a ban on the aviation fuel supply…
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Conflicts & War
Death toll crosses 165 in Myanmar military massacre
Bangkok, Apr 13 (EFE).- More than 165 people, including 19 children, have been killed and 30 wounded in airstrikes by…
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Conflicts & War
ASEAN condemns Myanmar military massacre that killed more than 100
Bangkok, Apr 13 (EFE).- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Thursday condemned the Myanmar military’s airstrikes on an…
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Conflicts & War
Intl. community pans bombing of more than 100 Myanmar civilians
Bangkok, Apr 12 (EFE).- The United States, the European Union and the United Nations condemned a Tuesday airstrike by the…
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Conflicts & War
Dozens killed in Tatmadaw bombing of Myanmar rebel govt event
(Update: add details, raises death toll) Bangkok, Apr 11 (EFE).- Dozens of people have been killed in bombings by the…
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Conflicts & War
Bombing of dissident Myanmar govt event kills at least 50
Bangkok, Apr 11 (EFE).- At least 50 people died Tuesday in Myanmar after a bombardment by the army against the…
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Conflicts & War
Thousands cross into Thailand fleeing Myanmar military strikes
Bangkok, Mar 7 (EFE).- At least 6,000 people in Myanmar have fled to neighboring Thailand in the past two days…
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Disasters & Accidents
Uniqlo owner to stop production in military-ruled Myanmar
Bangkok, Mar 30 (EFE).- Japan’s Fast Retailing, the owner of the Uniqlo fashion chain, will stop outsourced production in Myanmar,…
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Politics
Myanmar’s military junta dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi’s party
Bangkok, Mar 29 (EFE).- Myanmar’s election commission, controlled by the military junta, dissolved on Wednesday the party led by Nobel…
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