Yangon Region
Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Yangon Region, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 40 stories have been published about Yangon Region which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Yangon Region, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 40 stories have been published about Yangon Region which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Military · BangkokFierce fighting between the Myanmar military and armed ethnic rebels has forced about 5,000 people to flee across the country's border into Thailand this week, officials and media said on Thursday.See the Story
Thousands flee into Thailand after fighting between Myanmar military, rebels
37% Left coverage: 19 sources
Aung San Suu Kyi · YangonMyanmar's junta-stacked election commission on Tuesday announced Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party would be dissolved for failing to re-register under a tough new military-drafted electoral law, state media said.See the Story
Myanmar junta dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD party
44% Center coverage: 52 sources
Aung San Suu Kyi · YangonMyanmar's Supreme Court to hear appeal by deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The 77-year-old Nobel laureate is serving 33 years in prison. Convictions in more than a dozen cases that SuuKyi has called absurd. Appeal comes as military struggles to assert control over large parts of Myanmar.See the Story
Myanmar Supreme Court to hear appeal of jailed former leader Suu Kyi
38% Right coverage: 16 sources
Asia · BangkokThree men reportedly members of an anti-government resistance movement in military-ruled Myanmar. Human rights groups and opposition politicians in Thailand are criticizing the government for forcibly repatriating the men. The Bangkok-based People's Empowerment Foundation said the action violated universal human rights principles and Thailand's own policy.See the Story
Thailand criticized for returning Myanmar resistance members
42% Left coverage: 12 sources
Asia · YangonSoldiers from Myanmar’s military government raided a village in the country’s central region, killing 19 villagers including four children and burning their bodies, independent media and a resident said Friday.See the Story
Reports: Myanmar soldiers kill and burn bodies of 19 villagers, including 4 children
50% Center coverage: 10 sources
Joko Widodo · JakartaViolations of human rights in military-ruled Myanmar cannot be tolerated and violence should be immediately halted and people must be protected, Indonesia's president said on Thursday at the conclusion of a Southeast Asian leaders summit.See the Story
Indonesia president says Myanmar human rights abuses cannot be tolerated
62% Center coverage: 8 sources
Airstrike · YangonMyanmar’s military used an “enhanced blast” munition known as a fuel-air explosive in an airstrike that killed more than 160 people, including many children, at a ceremony held last month by opponents of army rule, a human rights monitoring group charged in a report Tuesday.See the Story
Rights group accuses Myanmar of using fuel-air explosive
37% Center coverage: 11 sources
