Britain has called for the United Nations (UN) Security Council to meet Friday on Myanmar, diplomatic sources told the media, as security forces have steadily stepped up their use of violence against anti-coup demonstrators in the Southeast Asian nation.Authorities fired live rounds and tear gas at protesters again on Tuesday, leaving at least three people critically injured as international pressure has grown since the military's 1 February ouster of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.The

It has been three weeks now since Myanmar’s military seized power in the country via a military coup. Civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party have since been detained, including President U Win Myint.

Myanmar junta's foreign minister visited Thailand on Wednesday as regional powers tried to broker an end to three weeks of deadly unrest triggered by a military coup.The talks came as an anti-coup protester died in detention, a local rescue organisation said.

Staying in different lodgings each night to evade arrest, the lawyer representing Aung San Suu Kyi says her trial will help determine whether Myanmar's people again become "slaves" of the military.Soldiers raided the civilian leader's residence and detained her in pre-dawn raids three weeks ago, effectively ending Myanmar's 10-year experiment with democracy. The new military regime has pledged to hold elections in a year, but for now the junta wields power ov

Myanmar's military seized power on 1 February, arresting the country's democratically elected civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.As protests continue across the country, despite the military's threat to use deadly force against demonstrators, here is a recap of events:Back To The Old DaysThe generals stage a coup on 1 February, detaining Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi and her top political allies in pre-dawn raids.It ends Myanmar's decade-long experiment with democracy after c

A lethal attack on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar sparked fresh United Nations (UN) condemnation of the country's new military regime on Sunday, as mourners held a funeral for a young woman who has become a national symbol of resistance to the junta.Authorities have gradually ratcheted up their tactics against a massive and largely peaceful civil disobedience campaign demanding the return of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.In the early hours of Monday, Myanmar plunged into an ei

Myanmar's generals came under increased diplomatic pressure Thursday over the coup that deposed Aung San Suu Kyi, as India joined the United States (US) and other countries in calling for a restoration of democracy, and Britain and Canada announced sanctions against the junta.As the ruling generals pressed on with a drive to stymie nationwide opposition, Myanmar's giant neighbour India called in a joint statement along with the US, Japan and Australia - all members of the so-called

Since a military coup earlier this month, Myanmar has endured internet blackouts and blocks on some social media sites, while a draft cybersecurity bill has been floated.These lightning-quick moves by the new junta have tech experts, rights groups and citizens worried that internet-hungry Myanmar will soon be as cut off as during the previous military regime.What Has Happened Since The Coup?The military has so far ordered five temporary internet shutdowns, starting on 1 February - the day of

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. The junta has escalated efforts to quell a burgeoning civil disobedience campaign which is demanding a return of the country's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Monday's internet shutdown and a request from the United Nations (UN) for an observer t

Myanmar's military coup marks an early test case of President Joe Biden's determination to advocate democracy but, unlike a decade ago when the United States (US) nurtured a transition there, he has limited options.The rise of democracy in Myanmar had initially been hailed as a key achievement of former president Barack Obama, under whom Biden served as number two, representing an opening of a long-closed nation that had been in rival China's orbit.But Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar