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Military-run Myanmar to hold a census next month to prepare for election slated for 2025

Sep. 02, 2024 12:49 PM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar will hold a national census next month to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends, the head of the military government said. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing’s announcement on Sunday comes as Myanmar is...

China's foreign minister meets with Myanmar's military boss as civil war strains their relations

Aug. 14, 2024 12:24 PM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — China’s top diplomat on Wednesday visited Myanmar and met with the leader of its military government as growing instability from the neighboring country’s civil war causes concern in Beijing. Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit came after Myanmar's army has...

Strategically important Myanmar military HQ appears to fall to the resistance, in a blow to regime

Aug. 06, 2024 00:17 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's military regime acknowledged Monday it had lost communications with the commanders of a strategically important army headquarters in the northeast, adding credence to a militia group's claims it had captured the base. The fall of the army's Northeast...

Myanmar's military regime extends state of emergency by 6 months as civil war rages

Aug. 01, 2024 00:44 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — The military regime that seized power in Myanmar 3 1/2 years ago extended a state of emergency in the civil war-wracked country for another six months, saying Wednesday it needs time to prepare for long-promised elections. The state of emergency was initially...

The leader of Myanmar's army government is named acting president so he can renew state of emergency

Jul. 22, 2024 13:54 PM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmar’s military-government, on Monday also took the position of acting president to replace the holder of that post who was unable to perform his duties due to health problems, state media reported. The announcement of...

Strife-torn Myanmar marks 77th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San

Jul. 19, 2024 08:54 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government held a wreath-laying ceremony in the country’s largest city Friday to mark the anniversary of the assassination of the country’s fallen independence heroes, including Gen. Aung San, the father of the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. ...

Funeral for monk shot by soldiers highlights Myanmar army's delicate relationship to Buddhist clergy

Jun. 27, 2024 22:25 PM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of people attended the funeral on Thursday of a senior monk who was fatally shot by soldiers in an incident that could undermine the cozy relationship that Myanmar’s military government has tried to maintain with the country’s Buddhist clergy. The body...