NAYPYIDAW, KOMPAS.com – Myanmar poet Khet Thi, whose work vocally voiced resistance against the ruling junta, died in custody on Sunday night (9/5/2021). His body was reportedly returned to the family. But his organs are incomplete according to his family Guardian on Monday (10/5/2021). Also read: Myanmar 100 Days of Coup: Summary of Current Events … Read more
YANGON, KOMPAS.com – The Myanmar military asked the family to pay 85 US dollars (Rp 1.2 million) to take the bodies of relatives killed by security forces, in a bloody crackdown on Friday (9/4/2021). “At least 82 people died Friday in Bago, 90 kilometers (56 miles) northeast of Yangon. The incident occurred after the city … Read more
NAYPYIDAW, KOMPAS.com – Myanmar’s youth are fighting against the junta’s cutting off the internet and curbing the spread of information, by printing newsletters secretly and then distributing them throughout the community. For 56 consecutive days there have been internet outages in coup-ridden Myanmar, according to the monitoring group NetBlocks. Also read: The number of civilian … Read more
CHIANG MAI, KOMPAS.com – Myanmar’s ethnic armed faction says it will not stand idly by if military junta forces continue to kill protesters. It was reported by the media and local witnesses that at least a dozen protesters were killed by security forces across Myanmar when the junta celebrated the annual celebration of Armed Forces … Read more
JENEWA, KOMPAS.com – The people of Myanmar have high hopes from the United Nations and the international community after the February 1 coup. Many of them have called for sanctions and some have urged the United Nations to send UN peacekeeping forces to stop the massacre by the Myanmar military. This was conveyed in a … Read more
ONTARIO, KOMPAS.com – A professor at York University in Ontario, Canada, was removed from his class earlier this week. The policy was taken by the university after a snippet of its email conversation went viral. Its contents show him scolding and threatening to thwart a student from Myanmar. The Professor’s actions were known to be … Read more
NAYPYIDAW, KOMPAS.com – Still wearing his army uniform, Shing Ling is seen posing for a three-finger salute in his social media posts. Ling rebelled after leaving the Myanmar military to join the democracy movement. The 30-year-old soldier posted his image on Facebook last week, as the crackdown of Myanmar security forces turned deadlier for protesters. … Read more
NAYPYIDAW, KOMPAS.com – Political unrest in Myanmar that has been going on for more than a month has started to increase the price of food and fuel. The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) warns that it risks pushing the country’s most vulnerable people deeper into poverty. Palm oil prices are up 20 percent in areas … Read more
NAYPYIDAW, KOMPAS.com – An official of Myanmar’s de facto leadership party ousted by Aung San Suu Kyi, has died in military custody according to a watchdog group on Wednesday (10/3/2021). The case is the second death while in junta troop detention this week. The junta allegedly started committing acts of violence against pro-democracy officials in … Read more
WASHINGTON DC, KOMPAS.com – Myanmar generals are said to want to leave politics after the coup and seek to improve relations with the United States (US) instead of China. This was conveyed by Ari Ben-Menashe in a telephone interview with Reuters on Saturday (6/3/2021). Ari Ben-Menashe is an Israeli-Canadian lobbyist employed by the Myanmar junta. … Read more