Myanmar

Fighters from the Karenni National Defence Force, a network of civilian resistance fighters, Karenni organisations and armed groups in Kayah State. (KNDF / Kantarawaddy Times)

Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.

People in Myanmar have been queueing anxiously at banks after the coup as a strict new limit on daily withdrawals fuelled rumours of a money shortage. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Early bird customers of a military-owned bank queued anxiously as dawn light crept over Yangon, after a strict new limit on daily cash withdrawals fuelled rumours of a money shortage in post-coup Myanmar.

People push a truck trailer blocking the way to Yangon. (Supplied)

Crowds peacefully flexed their muscles yesterday and pushed large truck trailers blocking Yangon bridges – thwarting apparent attempts to hinder the mass rallies.

Pro-democracy protesters in downtown Yangon. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)

Hundreds of thousands of anti-coup protesters rallied across Myanmar again Monday after a clear threat from the junta that it was prepared to use lethal force to crush what it branded as "anarchy".

Protesters take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon. (AFP)

Myanmar's anti-coup protesters returned to the streets in force on Wednesday, staging the biggest demonstrations since troops fanned out around the country to quell opposition to the new military junta.

Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi wears a face shield and mask as she attends a flag-raising ceremony for the National League for Democracy (NLD) party to mark the first day of election campaigning in Naypyidaw on September 8. (Thet Aung / AFP)

Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is at a "safer place" and "in good health", according to military spokesman Zaw Min Tun.

Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing. (AFP)

Myanmar cut internet service and deployed troops around the country on Monday in signs of a feared crackdown on anti-coup protests, hours after security forces fired to disperse a demonstration in the country's north.

Protesters take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on Saturday. (AFP)

Huge crowds thronged cities around Myanmar to demand the return of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday for a seventh straight day of protests, after Washington announced sanctions on the generals behind last week's coup.

Myanmar's Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)

Mines, banks, petroleum, agriculture, tourism: Myanmar's ruling junta has vested interests in large swathes of the country's economy, providing it a colossal -- and closely guarded -- fortune that the United States has targeted with sanctions.

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