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Myanmar moves former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest and pardons 3,300 prisoners | BBC News

The military government in Myanmar has said it has pardoned 3,300 prisoners and has moved the country’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest. State media, quoting a spokesman for the junta, said extremely hot weather had caused Miss Suu Kyi and other elderly prisoners to be relocated as a precaution against heat stroke. The Nobel laureate, Suu Kyi, has been…

Myanmar faces its biggest challenge yet to its rule amid recent setbacks in war with rebel groups

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more about the story: https://sc.mp/hynu Myanmar rulers are facing the biggest challenge to their authority since the military junta seized power in a 2021 coup. Intense fighting between military forces and rebel groups in the country’s border regions with China, as well as mass desertions of Myanmar soldiers, have been reported since October 2023. After…

No regrets for exiled Myanmar footballer

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more about the topic: https://sc.mp/ilyk Myanmar footballer Pyae Lyan Aung says he has no regrets staging a public protest that led to his exile in Japan. Just months after the Myanmar military overthrew the country’s civilian government in 2021, the national football team travelled to Japan for a World Cup qualifier, where the former goalkeeper…

Unesco floating farms choke lake in Myanmar

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more on Myanmar: https://sc.mp/efrj Myanmar’s second-largest body of water, Inle Lake, is a Unesco biosphere reserve that was once a tourist attraction renowned for its stilt houses and fishermen who use their legs to row their boats. But now, floating farms have become ubiquitous and a major source of income for people living in the…

Myanmar hands over 2,300 telecoms scam suspects to China

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube For more about this story: https://sc.mp/yv3q More than 2,300 telecoms scam suspects have been handed over by Myanmar to China. The Chinese Public Security Ministry announced the transfer on October 16, 2023, saying it was part of an ongoing crackdown on online scams run by armed groups in northern Myanmar that target Chinese nationals. The cross-border…

Thousands of people displaced in Myanmar as record rainfall triggers flooding in Bago

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube For more on Myanmar: https://sc.mp/r3rx Over 14,000 residents in Myanmar have been displaced from major flooding in the city of Bago. Record rainfall triggered flooding in the city northeast of Yangon on October 10, 2023, according to state media. More than 5,000 people have sought shelter in makeshift centres. Flooding has affected nine of Myanmar’s states…

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