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COVID-19 cases increase to 315,118 in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], August 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 315,118 on Wednesday after 4,051 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.
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Journalist tortured by Myanmar military during detention recalls ordeal
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], August 3 (ANI): A journalist who was detained in Myanmar shared his horrific torture which he endured at the hands of the Myanmar military.
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Brunei's candidate emerges front-runner for ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], August 3 (ANI): Brunei's second foreign minister Erywan Yusof has emerged as the front-runner for the job of ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar to facilitate mediation among the stakeholders and to find a peaceful resolution of the political crisis in the country.
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Myanmar's military leader declares himself Prime Minister, says elections
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], August 2 (ANI): Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing declared himself prime minister of the country on Sunday saying he plans to be in charge for two years during an extended state of emergency before holding an election in 2023, reported The Hill.
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Myanmar announces interim govt with state council chief at helm
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], August 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The State Administrative Council in Myanmar, consisting of the military that took power in winter, has announced an interim government, the Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
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Six months after coup, Myanmar's political, rights and aid crisis is worse
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 31 (ANI): An estimated 170,200 people remain displaced in the south-eastern parts of Myanmar due to violence, armed clashes and insecurity since 1 February, a UN report said on Friday.
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Myanmar has the highest coronavirus mortality rate in Southeast Asia
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar] July 30 (ANI/FENA): With the increase in coronavirus deaths in Myanmar, accusations of residents and human rights activists that the military government, which took control in February, is using the pandemic to consolidate power and suppress the opposition, are becoming m
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Myanmar junta escalating media crackdown, alleges rights group
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 28 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta should stop prosecuting journalists and end its assault on independent media, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday.
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Myanmar junta officially nullifies November elections
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 27 (ANI): Myanmar's junta-appointed election commission has officially nullified November elections in which military-affiliated party fared dismally and Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) secured a resounding win.
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Myanmar doctors hiding, being hunted by junta amid COVID-19 crisis
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 22 (ANI): Myanmar doctors are in hiding and are being hunted by the junta as the COVID-19 crisis ravages the country. They blamed the military for using the pandemic as a weapon against the people.
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Top member of Myanmar's former ruling party dies of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 21 (ANI/Sputnik): A close aide of overthrown civilian leader and senior member of the former ruling National League for Democracy Party in Myanmar, Nyan Win, has died of COVID-19 in Yangon hospital on Tuesday, Myanmar Now reported.
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Myanmar's deposed leader Suu Kyi hit by new charges in Mandalay court
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 12 (ANI): Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with four new cases of corruption at a court in the central city of Mandalay.
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