At first glance, one can see similar motives for the 2006 and 2014 coups in Thailand as well as the 2021 Myanmar coup.In all three cases, coup-plotters faced popular civilian governments seeking more control over the military.In 2006, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin confronted Thailand’s populist Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

The Karen National Union (KNU) is one of the ethnic armed organisations that has attacked Myanmar’s military since its February coup.KNU Brigade 5 seized two military outposts in Papun District in Karen State and blocked food deliveries to military troops based in Papun, prompting the military to carry out airstrikes, which killed several people and forced thousands to flee their homes.Besides military action, the KNU is negotiating with the Committee Representing the Pyidaungsu Hlut

Myanmar activists daubed roadways with red paint Tuesday to protest against the junta's bloody crackdown on protests, as an online fundraising drive to support the movement neared the US$10 million mark.The country has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on 1 February, rocked by daily clashes between protestors and authorities that have left at least 570 people dead.10 of Myanmar's ethnic rebel armies voiced support for the protest movement at

Her friends called her Ah Khu. Born in Falam, close to the north-western border with India, she spoke many of the ethnic languages of Myanmar. As a child, Ah Khu moved from place to place following her father’s postings as a civil servant.

An Australian couple was released from house arrest in Myanmar and allowed to leave the country, as protests against the military junta continued Monday.Myanmar has been in turmoil since a 1 February coup ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and derailed the country's experiment with democracy.Business consultants Matthew O'Kane and Christa Avery, a dual Canadian-Australian citizen, tried to leave the country on a relief flight in late March but were barred from departing and pla

Speeches by beauty pageant contestants rarely make headlines.But when Han Lay, Miss Grand Myanmar, spoke out last week against alleged atrocities committed by her country's military, her speech turned heads."Today in my country Myanmar ... there are so many people dying," she said at the Miss Grand International 2020 event in Thailand. "Please help Myanmar.

Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar decorated boiled eggs on Sunday, as Pope Francis in his Easter message expressed solidarity with the country's youth.Myanmar has been gripped by turmoil since a 1 February coup ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and derailed the country's tentative transition to democracy. Security forces have sought to quell a mass uprising with lethal force and the death toll reached 564 as of late Sunday, according to local monitoring group Assista

10 of Myanmar's major rebel groups threw their support behind the country's anti-coup movement Saturday, fanning fears that a broader conflict could erupt in a country long plagued by fighting between the military and the ethnic armies.Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power on 1 February, triggering an uprising that the junta has sought to quell with deadly crackdowns.According to a local monitoring group, more than 550 peop

A sleepy village in remote northern Thailand became a hub of activity this week when it received refugees fleeing Myanmar – a sight that brought back vivid memories for its ethnic Karen residents.Hkara, 70, said she had spent roughly 30 years crisscrossing the Salween river, which marks the frontier, to flee military attacks on ethnic rebel armies in Myanmar's eastern Karen state.She decided to settle in the Thai village of Mae Sam Laep village two decades ago – a safer bet than Myanmar,

ASEAN, and Thailand in particular, have a responsibility to convince Myanmar's generals to change course, or risk the grouping losing all credibility, says former Thai foreign minister Kasit Piromya.Kasit, who was foreign minister between 2008 and 2011 – during Myanmar's transition to a hybrid form of democracy – told an Asian media. "10 years ago, we were midwives to democracy (in Myanmar) and now it has been snatched away so we all have the obligation, Thailand in pa