Myanmar

Fighters from the Karenni National Defence Force, a network of civilian resistance fighters, Karenni organisations and armed groups in Kayah State. (KNDF / Kantarawaddy Times)
Myanmar’s D-Day: what has happened so far?

Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.
Soldiers ride in military armoured vehicles in Myitkyina, Kachin state on February 3, 2021, as Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was formally charged on Wednesday two days after she was detained in a military coup. (STR / AFP)
UN Security Council expresses 'deep concern' after Myanmar coup

The UN Security Council on Thursday voiced "deep concern" over the military coup in Myanmar, and called in a statement for the "release of all detainees" including Aung San Suu Kyi.
Motorists pass military vehicles near a guesthouse, where members of parliament reside, in the country's capital Naypyidaw on February 3, 2021, as Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was formally charged on Wednesday two days after she was detained in a military coup. (STR / AFP)
Myanmar military orders telecom firms to block Facebook

Facebook on Thursday said some of its services were being restricted in Myanmar, days after the military seized power in a coup.
In this file photo taken on November 8, 2015, Myanmar opposition leader and head of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi (C) visits a polling station in Kawhmu township, Yangon. (AFP)
Aung San Suu Kyi hit with import law charge after coup

A Myanmar court has charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with breaching an import and export law, a spokesperson from her National League for Democracy (NLD) said Wednesday.
A woman clatters pans to make noise after calls for protest went out on social media in Yangon on February 3, 2021, as Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was formally charged on Wednesday two days after she was detained in a military coup. (STR / AFP)
Video: Families across Myanmar sing 1988 pro-democracy anthem

Choruses of a famous revolutionary song echoed from balconies across Myanmar tonight after another, longer clatter of pots and pans in protest of the military coup.
A soldier stands guard as troops arrive at a Hindu temple in Yangon on February 2, 2021, as Myanmar's generals appeared in firm control a day after a surgical coup that saw democracy heroine Suu Kyi detained. (STR / AFP)
Ethnic armed groups condemn Myanmar military's coup

Myanmar's ethnic armed groups condemned the military Tuesday for ousting Aung San Suu Kyi's government and signalled a halt to the country's long-running peace process, citing a lack of trust in the army.
People clatter pans and tins to make noise to protest the military coup in response to a social media campaign in Yangon on February 2, 2021, as the party of Myanmar's toppled leader Aung San Suu Kyi demanded her immediate release Tuesday. (STR / AFP)
Civil disobedience calls sprout after coup

Calls for a civil disobedience campaign in Myanmar were gathering pace on Wednesday as the United States formally declared the military's takeover a coup and vowed further penalties for the generals behind the putsch.
A screen grab of Khing Hnin Wai dancing in Naypyidaw as the coup takes place.
Myanmar aerobics instructor dances mid-coup in Naypyidaw

While it may be the bleakest of times in Myanmar, aerobics instructor Khing Hnin Wai has managed to bring joy with a slick mid-coup dance routine that captured the military arriving at parliament behind her.
This screengrab taken from AFPTV video footage shows soldiers at the entrance to a guesthouse, where members of parliament reside at, in the country's capital Naypyidaw on February 2, 2021, as Myanmar's generals appeared in firm control a day after a surgical coup that saw democracy heroine Aung San Suu Kyi detained. (STR / AFPTV / AFP)
NLD calls for release of Aung San Suu Kyi, other leaders

Myanmar's ousted National League for Democracy party called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other detained leaders on Tuesday, describing the coup a day earlier as a "stain" on the military's history.

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