A US editor working for a Myanmar news site was detained yesterday over an attempt to take a flight out of the country. His news company said that since the coup in February, he was the fourth foreign journalist to be taken captive by the junta. According to Twitter post of the news site, the 37-year old Danny Fenster who …

ASEAN’s heads of government met in an informal summit in Jakarta, which as time has passed by so quickly – it has been a month since then – to discuss their collective response to the February coup in Myanmar. What an achievement it has been that, despite the presence of the coup leader Min Aung Hlaing, the group was able …

Myanmar’s political prisoners have told the Japanese journalists who were arrested for a short time about how they were tortured with beatings and sleep deprivation. Last month, Yuki Kitazumi was detained in Myanmar with other political prisoners in Insein prison located in Yangon and got released last week. He said to the reporters in Tokyo that he have met with …

The election of Myanmar last year showed the people’s will and that the army’s reason for seizing power cannot be justified as they claimed these flaws to take advantage and oust the democratic leader, according to international monitoring group’s final report given on Monday. The arrest of the democratic elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party dominated the November …

Myanmar’s army is fighting against the local anti-coup rebels in the northwest town of Mindat today. According to the residents, the army battled the anti-coup fighters in an attempt to crack down the rebel groups that has been opposing the military power since the Feb 1 coup. This battle in Mindat which is a town in the Chin state has …

The former Myanmar beauty queen Htar posted a photo of herself carrying an assault rifle as she has joined the ethnic rebels to fight against the military junta. The country has been in a destabilized position as well as economically paralyzed since the Feb 1 coup. The beauty queen, Htar Htet Htet, who represented Myanmar in the first Miss Grand …

The media has reported that the junta have arrested 39 people who are suspected to be the ones behind the recent explosions and government facility arson attacks. The 39 people arrested were also suspected of attempting to get military training with an ethnic minority rebel group. Since the Feb 1 coup, there has been a series of small-scale explosions happening …

Three columnists and two activists from Myanmar have been captured in Chiang Mai for unlawful section and face conceivable removal. It was shared that there were captured recently and it spoke to Thai specialists not to expel them to Myanmar, where the news association has been restricted by the junta. They even highlighted that their life will be in genuine …

Thailand is seeking ‘humanitarian’ solution for the three Myanmar journalists that have been detained following the escape attempt from the military crackdown. The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) together with the Thai foreign correspondent’s club has urging the authorities to not deport them and has given them warning as there could be danger awaiting them if they return to Myanmar. …

State media said five people, including an ousted official had been killed in a bombing in Myanmar this week. Since the Feb 1 coup, there have been growing number of small-scale bomb explosions in cities and towns where government offices and military facilities are located. There is still no update as to what group is responsible for the said bombing …