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Funeral and more protests follow deadly shootings in Myanmar

Crowds in Myanmar's capital attended a funeral Sunday for the young woman who was the first person confirmed to have been killed in protests against the military's takeover

Myanmar coup: UK, Canada sanction Army generals for human rights violations

"The UK condemns the military coup and the arbitrary detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political figures," Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a statement

Myanmar coup: US 'disturbed' by additional charges filed against Suu Kyi

Suu Kyi's lawyer said police had filed a second charge of violating a Natural Disaster Management Law, after she was earlier charged with illegally importing walkie-talkies

Myanmar coup: Internet restored after being shut for second night

Earlier, the military authorities announced stiff penalties for those opposing the coup leaders. Protesters, however, were out again early on Tuesday, the BBC reported

Is democracy in Myanmar dead?

No. But the deposed government and its backers urgently need a concrete plan to foil the military's divide-and-conquer strategy

Aung San Suu Kyi detention extended as protests continue in Myanmar

Suu Kyi will now be remanded until February 17, according to Khin Maung Zaw, a lawyer asked by Suu Kyi''s party to represent her

Myanmar junta rolls in armoured vehicles to major cities, cuts internet

According to local media, on Sunday evening the armoured vehicles were seen in Yangon, Myitkyina and Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine state

Myanmar coup: US slaps sanctions on 10 current and former military officers

hree Burmese entities, Myanmar Ruby Enterprise, Myanmar Imperial Jade Co and Cancri (Gems and Jewellery), are being slapped with American sanctions

Myanmar military makes fresh arrests to verify voter fraud in Nov elections

The military government had arrested the chair and members of the Election Sub-Commission of Naypyitaw on Wednesday reported Myanmar Times

Myanmar faces wider business fallout from coup after Kirin Holding's move

Myanmar has been attracting more outside investment in recent years after posting double-digit economic growth in the early part of the last decade

Myanmar military coup protesters back on streets despite police violence

Crowds demonstrating against the military takeover in Myanmar again defied a ban on protests on Wednesday, even after security forces ratcheted up the use of force against them

Myanmar coup: Protesters march again, defy military ban on gatherings

Police were arresting protesters and using water cannons to try to disperse the crowd in Mandalay, and a crowd also gathered in Yangon despite a heightened security presence

Myanmar coup: Military abolishes NLD govt's peace process mechanism

The Tatmadaw (military) has informed the ethnic armed groups that future peace talks will be continued only with the military-formed peace committee

Myanmar: US concerned over military's restrictions on peaceful gatherings

Myanmar's military launched a coup on Monday morning and detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Win Myint and other National League for Democracy (NLD) members

Protests swell rapidly in Myanmar after coup against military govt

A protest against Myanmar's one-week-old military government swelled rapidly on Monday morning as opposition to the coup grew increasingly bold

Thousands throng Myanmar streets in biggest showdown since 2007 revolution

Internet restored a day after blockage

Thousands take to streets as Myanmar coup protests grow; Internet restored

As enthusiastic crowds of tens of thousands marched through the streets of Myanmar's biggest city on Sunday to protest last week's coup, their spirits were lifted by the return of internet services

'We want democracy': Thousands protest Myanmar coup for second day

Myanmar's military seized power in the early hours of Monday, bringing the Southeast Asian nation's troubled democratic transition to a sudden halt and drawing international outrage

Myanmar coup: UN envoy calls for immediate release of detained leaders

In a first contact between the UN and Myanmar Army since generals seized power, the Secretary General's special envoy on Myanmar spoke with the deputy military chief and expressed strong condemnation

At least 9 civilians, 3 policemen dead in armed attack on convoy in Myanmar

The convoy led by U Khin Maung Lwin, a former central exec committee member of Myanmar's Kokang Self-Administered Zone, was attacked by a group of 20 from the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army