Myanmar junta accuses rebels over attack on Chinese convoy
The Myanmar junta on Saturday accused an armed ethnic group of attacking a vehicle convoy containing Chinese military personnel who were travelling to a meeting on border security, a claim the rebels denied.
Myanmar’s military stages coup, detains Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s military staged a coup on Monday, detaining democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and declaring it had taken control of the country for one year under a state of emergency. The intervention followed weeks of rising tensions between the military, which ruled the country for nearly five decades, and the civilian government over […]
FIFA probes Myanmar match-fixing allegations
FIFA is investigating allegations Myanmar deliberately threw a 2022 World Cup qualifier match last year, the country’s football body said Thursday. Myanmar lost the October match against Kyrgyzstan 7-0, the Southeast Asian side’s third defeat in a row in the qualifiers after losing to Mongolia and Japan. “FIFA has carried out an investigation, but we […]
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi rejects genocide claims at UN court
Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi has defended her country against allegations of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Nobel Peace Prize laureate responded to widespread claims that Myanmar (formerly Burma) committed atrocities against Muslim Rohingya. In her opening remarks, she called the case against Myanmar “incomplete and incorrect.” She said troubles […]
95 Rohingya in Myanmar face jail as Hague hears ‘genocide’ case
Nearly 100 Rohingya appeared in a Myanmar court Wednesday after being arrested for trying to flee persecution, their lawyer said, as leader Aung San Suu Kyi addressed the UN’s top court to deny allegations of a genocidal campaign against the ethnic minority. One-by-one, the weary detainees stepped down from a police van at the courthouse […]
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi rejects genocide claims in UN court
Former peace icon Aung San Suu Kyi told the UN’s top court Wednesday there was no “genocidal intent” in Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, despite admitting that the army may have used excessive force. The 1991 Nobel peace laureate rejected the “misleading and incomplete” allegations by The Gambia that Myanmar’s 2017 military operation amounted to […]
