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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

China denies sending equipment, experts to Myanmar to control internet

China on Wednesday refuted reports of sending IT experts and supplying equipment to help the Myanmar military to regulate the internet to control the mass protests against the coup.

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: Police cracks down on demonstrators defying protest ban

Water cannons were used in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-biggest city, where witnesses said at least two warning shots were fired to try to break up the crowd

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: UN chief reaches out to Asian leaders for collective action

Myanmar''s military last week toppled the government and seized power for one year, detaining top political figures, including de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi

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

Around 300 Myanmar lawmakers sign declaration rejecting military rule

The lawmakers promised to continue their fight for democracy

LIVE: JP Nadda flags off BJP's 'Parivartan Yatra' in poll-bound Bengal

Latest News LIVE updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a day's visit to poll-bound Assam and West Bengal on February 7 to lay the foundation stone for several infrastructure projects

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

Myanmar junta extends social media blockade as protests spread against coup

Demand for VPNs has soared, allowing some people to evade the ban, but users reported more general disruption to mobile data services that most people in the country of 53 million rely on for news

Will seek to unite world, reverse Myanmar coup: UN Chief Antonio Guterres

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged that the United Nations will do everything it can to unite the international community and create conditions for the military coup in Myanmar to be reversed

Japan's Kirin to terminate Myanmar beer alliance after military coup

Kirin has been under pressure to reassess the tie-up with Myanmar Economic Holdings Public Company (MEHL) due to the local partner's military connections

Myanmarese military should relinquish power seized in coup: Joe Biden

In a military coup, the Myanmarese armed forces have seized power and arrested its elected civilian leaders, including Aung San Suu Kyi. The whereabouts of her are still not clear