Myanmar
Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.
An award-winning actress was sentenced to a year in prison with hard labour in a Yangon court on Thursday after being convicted of embezzling the equivalent of about US$85,500 from a construction contractor, according to local media.
An elephant thought to have killed three men, including its mahout, in northern Myanmar was captured yesterday, state media reports.
An official from Aung San Suu Kyi's political party has been killed in Rakhine state after planning a show of support for the leader's recent defence of Myanmar against genocide allegations at The Hague, according to a party spokesman.
Myanmar police revealed the personal details of a three-year-old rape victim and her mother yesterday after the public and media protected the privacy of the toddler for eight months.
Three bomb explosions near an airport in southern Rakhine state hours before Aung San Suu Kyi arrived this morning prompted a rebel group to deny involvement.
Aung San Suu Kyi will share her experiences of defending her state against genocide allegations in a broadcast on state-run television and radio channel MRTV tonight at 8pm.
Almost 200 Rohingya Muslims sailed more than 1,500 kilometres to escape Bangladesh refugee camps only to be arrested by Myanmar's navy, the country's military said Tuesday.
Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi urged UN judges on Thursday to throw out a genocide case against Myanmar, warning it risked reigniting the crisis that forced nearly three quarters of a million Rohingya Muslims from their homes.