Myanmar

Myanmar Diaries review – gut-punching guerrilla testament to military coup violence

This powerful Berlin prize winner mixes smartphone footage and allegorical segments to expose the trauma of the 2021 coup

Phuong Le

06, Feb, 2023 @11:00 AM

Myanmar junta hit by western sanctions as ‘silent strikes’ mark coup anniversary

The UK, US, Canada and Australia have announced a range of measures aimed at punishing Myanmar’s military

Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent

01, Feb, 2023 @12:50 PM

Revealed: how world’s biggest fossil fuel firms ‘profited in Myanmar after coup’

Leaked tax records suggest subsidiaries of international gas field contractors continued to make millions after the coup

Dominic Rushe in New York and Nick Mathiason and Diarmid O'Sullivan in London

01, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM

Australia imposes sanctions on Iranian officials and Myanmar’s military ruler

Tehran targeted for crackdown on protests and supply of drones to Russia, while measures against Min Aung Hlaing come two years after he led coup

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

31, Jan, 2023 @12:58 PM

‘Monster from the sky’: two years on from coup, Myanmar junta increases airstrikes on civilians

People across the country now live under constant threat of attacks from the skies

Rebecca Ratcliffe South east Asia correspondent and Min Ye Kyaw

31, Jan, 2023 @9:00 AM

Rohingya and Myanmar coup survivors launch legal complaint in Germany against junta

Survivors of alleged abuses at hands of military unite in universal jurisdiction case over atrocities they say amount to genocide

Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent

24, Jan, 2023 @6:42 AM

Sea ‘a graveyard’ as number of Rohingya fleeing Bangladesh by boat soars

UN figures show number of those attempting to escape horrendous conditions in refugee camps increased from 700 in 2021 to over 3,500 in 2022

Kaamil Ahmed

18, Jan, 2023 @2:43 PM

Western firms facilitating production of Myanmar junta’s weapons, says report

Independent experts find western-supplied materials are still finding their way into military’s hands

Rebecca Root in Bangkok

16, Jan, 2023 @9:48 AM

Myanmar junta hit Indian territory during strike on rebel camp, say witnesses

Locals in Farkawan village said that two bombs were dropped on the Indian side of the border but no one was hurt

Aakash Hassan and Hannah Ellis-Petersen

11, Jan, 2023 @6:46 AM

More than 100 Rohingya refugees jailed for trying to flee Myanmar camps

Children among those arrested last month as they waited for transport to take them to Malaysia

Rebecca Root in Bangkok

11, Jan, 2023 @5:53 AM

On the frontline with the rebel army fighting Myanmar’s brutal junta

Villagers-turned-pro-democracy fighters rely on ‘brothers and sisters’ in India for guns and food

Aakash Hassan in Haimual, Myanmar and Hannah Ellis-Petersen

08, Jan, 2023 @12:00 PM

Global action is needed to topple Myanmar’s criminal junta boss | Simon Tisdall

From brutal murders and military parades to jailed opponents, Min Aung Hlaing is true to the tyrant’s playbook. The worldwide fight for democracy has to be fought here

Simon Tisdall

08, Jan, 2023 @10:00 AM

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