They’ve been barred from Thailand’s buses, hospitals and banks. Their crime? Being Burmese.
Discrimination has become a part of everyday life for migrant Myanmar workers in Thailand since they were blamed for igniting a second wave of COVID-19 infections there. In the weeks since the outbreak began, Myanmar nationals have been denied access to basic services, and the Thai authorities share some blame for ratcheting up the rhetoric ...
Military-backed party refuses to accept Myanmar election outcome, demands do-over
On the way to a resounding defeat in Sunday’s election, a military proxy party this afternoon rejected the results and challenged the poll’s legitimacy. The Union...
NLD coasting to victory and 2nd term for ASSK as votes counted
The National League for Democracy says it has already won enough seats to form the next government while the tally from yesterday’s election is still being counted. Though the...
COVID-19 now under control in Yangon: ASSK
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi says the explosive outbreak of coronavirus infections has been brought under control in the Yangon region. Addressing her party two weeks before...
New Toy: Myanmar’s military shows off Russian attack sub
When the Tatmadaw navy conducted its annual exercises, it had a new asset to brag about: the UMS Min Ye Thain Kha Thu, a Russian-made attack submarine. The 74-meter Kilo-class...
New passports and flags as Yangon splinters into COVID city-states
USA now stands for the United States of Ahlone. The UK is no longer the United Kingdom but United Kyimyindine, whose proud and sovereign people occupy both banks of the Hlaing...
Tour guide turned Arakan Army commander sees nationhood in victory
While the world’s attention is focused on COVID-19, war is brewing in the jungles of western Myanmar. The Arakan Army, or AA, was formed just a few years ago by students,...
Top officials who banned crowds from gathering blasted for gathering in crowd
Yangon’s regional government is under fire today after a top official and the chairman of its pandemic response team attended a Sunday religious festival in apparent defiance of...
Military silent after vowing action against soldiers who filmed boat beating
A week after the Burmese military said it would investigate five of its soldiers caught beating a group of Rakhine civilians on a boat, no progress has been cited in the case. The...
Angry Buddhist mob swarms Meiktila monastery after man ‘insults’ religion on Facebook (Video)
Scuffles broke out outside a monastery where hardline Buddhists yesterday gathered to seek mob justice against a man whose sharp-tongued criticism was deemed an insult to the...