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Myanmar's military chief says a major offensive by ethnic groups was funded by the drug trade
BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government has charged that a major offensive in the country’s northeast by an alliance of armed ethnic minority organizations was funded in part by profits earned by one of the groups from the region's lucrative drug trade, state-controlled media...
Military-ruled Myanmar hosts joint naval exercise with Russia, its close ally and top arms supplier
BANGKOK (AP) — The military-run Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar is holding its first joint naval exercise with Russia, state media reported Tuesday, with the countries carrying out maneuvers in the Andaman Sea. Reports in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said...
Myanmar's army chief vows counterattacks on armed groups that captured northeastern border towns
BANGKOK (AP) — The leader of Myanmar ’s army-installed government said the military will carry out counterattacks against a powerful alliance of ethnic armed groups that has seized towns near the Chinese border in the country’s northeastern and northern regions, state-run media reported...
Senior Chinese official meets Myanmar leader for security talks as fighting rages in frontier area
BANGKOK (AP) — A high-ranking official from China has made a visit to military-ruled Myanmar to discuss security along the countries' shared border, Myanmar state media reported Tuesday. The visit by Chinese State Council member and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong comes...
Relatives of victims of alleged war crimes in military-run Myanmar seek justice in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Relatives of victims of alleged war crimes committed by Myanmar’s military filed a criminal complaint in the Philippines against their nation’s ruling generals as they increasingly seek to hold them accountable in courts outside the violence-wracked country. ...
Myanmar's military seeks to keep ethnic minority allies on its side with anniversary of cease-fire
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government hosted representatives from ethnic rebel groups Sunday to mark the eighth anniversary of the signing of a multilateral cease-fire agreement. But the event was boycotted by three of the signatories that oppose the current army-installed regime. ...
2 senior generals purged from Myanmar's military government are sentenced to life for corruption
BANGKOK (AP) — A military tribunal in strife-torn Myanmar has sentenced two high-ranking generals to life imprisonment after they were found guilty of high treason, accepting bribes, illegal possession of foreign currency and violating military discipline, state-run media reported Wednesday. ...
Myanmar’s top court declines to hear Suu Kyi's special appeals in abuse of power and bribery cases
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear special appeals from the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions in six corruption cases where she was found guilty of abusing her authority and accepting bribes, a legal official said. ...
Myanmar's ruling military drops 2 generals suspected of corruption in a government reshuffle
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has reshuffled the country’s ruling council and Cabinet, state media reported Tuesday, with an apparent purge of two high-ranking generals who independent media have said are under investigation for alleged corruption. The military's top ruling...
