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Asia · YangonThe U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says an already critical situation is being exacerbated by ongoing fighting. The military has hindered or denied independent access to areas not under its control, hampering aid efforts. Myanmar's army in February last year seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.See the Story
UN: Number of Displaced in Myanmar Tops 1 Million
61% Center coverage: 23 sources
Corruption · YangonAung San Suu Kyi, 76, was sentenced last week after being found guilty of 11 counts of corruption. She faces many more charges, and if found guilty could be sentenced to more than 150 years in jail. She has been under house arrest since a military coup took over the country last year.See the Story
Myanmar Supreme Court 'summarily dismisses' Suu Kyi appeal -source
40% Left coverage: 15 sources
Military · BangkokMyanmar's military junta has apologized to Thailand after one of its fighter jets briefly crossed into airspace. The incident took place on the same day that a senior Thai military delegation was paying court to the country's generalissimo Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing. The Royal Thai Air Force said that it dispatched two F-16 fighters to patrol the border area.See the Story
Thailand says Myanmar apologized for airspace violation
38% Right coverage: 16 sources
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Corruption · YangonAung San Suu Kyi is accused of taking $550,000 in bribes from a construction magnate. She is charged with two counts under the country's the Anti-Corruption Act. Each count is punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a fine. She has already been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment.See the Story
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi charged with bribery as new trial opens
50% Left coverage: 14 sources
Europe · YangonMyo Min Htut was killed on Wednesday night while riding his motorbike home. The circumstances of the killing were not yet clear, the WHO said. Deadly clashes have ravaged swathes of Myanmar since the country's military staged a coup in February 2021. Two staff members of international aid group Save the Children were killed in a Christmas Eve massacre.See the Story
U.N. calls for justice after fatal shooting of Myanmar WHO worker
58% Left coverage: 12 sources
Asia · YangonGen. Mya Tun Oo wore his military uniform as he attended the ASEAN defense ministers meeting in Cambodia. More than 600 civic groups inside and outside Myanmar had issued an appeal to the ministers not to invite him. They accuse him of complicity in violence committed by Myanmar's military.See the Story
Myanmar minister attends ASEAN defence meeting despite calls to exclude junta
50% Left coverage: 10 sources
Asia · YangonAung San Suu Kyi, 77, has been kept virtually incommunicado by the military. She was recently transferred from house arrest to solitary confinement while she faces multiple trials. The Southeast Asian nation has been in chaos since the putsch. Diplomatic efforts led by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have so far failed to halt the bloodshed.See the Story
Dialogue with Suu Kyi 'not impossible' says Myanmar junta
71% Center coverage: 7 sources
Corruption · YangonOusted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to hear the first verdict in one of her corruption trials next week. The Nobel laureate has been detained since her government was forced out in a coup last year that triggered mass protests. She faces a raft of charges that could see her sentenced to more than 150 years in jail.See the Story
Myanmar's Suu Kyi Expects First Verdict In Corruption Case
57% Right coverage: 7 sources
Asia · YangonMyanmar's military government and its opponents trade accusations over a bomb that exploded Tuesday in the middle of the country's largest city, Yangon. A story in Wednesday's edition of The Global New Light of Myanmar, a state-run newspaper, linked the blast to the armed movement that opposes last year's military seizure of power.See the Story
Yangon bombing spurs accusations from Myanmar govt, foes
62% Center coverage: 8 sources
Military · YangonMyanmar's military government and its opponents traded accusations over a bomb that exploded Tuesday in the middle of the country's largest city, Yangon. A 30-year-old man died of wounds in his chest and abdomen, state media said. A spokesperson for the self-styled National Unity Government, the main opposition body that loosely commands the PDF, pinned the blame on the military government.See the Story
Myanmar military, coup opponents trade blame after deadly bus stop blast
42% Center coverage: 7 sources
Asia · YangonMyanmar's ruling junta has condemned what it called "reckless and interfering" foreign statements about a rare execution order against two prominent opposition figures, accusing them of aiding terrorism by demanding their release. The United Nations, the U.S. State Department and France last week denounced the rejection of the appeals of a veteran activist and a former lawmaker, aSee the Story
Myanmar calls foreign outrage over activists' death sentence 'reckless and interfering'
50% Center coverage: 6 sources
