Madrid, Feb 1 (EFE).- It has been two years since the military coup in Myanmar and while the opposition is no longer fighting junta’s forces with handmade weaponry, neither internal pressure nor that exerted by regional powers shows signs of restoring democracy in the crisis-struck nation, according to journalist Mratt Kyaw Thu. Mratt Kyaw Thu …
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Bangkok, May 24 (EFE).- US journalist Danny Fenster, editor of the Frontier Myanmar news website, was arrested on Monday at the airport in Yangon, Myanmar’s main city, as he attempted to travel to Kuala Lumpur.
“We understand he has been transferred to Insein Prison in Yangon,” Frontier Myanmar posted to its Twitter account.
“We do not know why Danny was detained and have not been able to contact him since this morning. We are concerned for his well being and call for his immediate release,” the news outlet added.
The website, known for covering the bloody protests and civil disobedience that have gripped the country since a military coup on Feb. 1.
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By Mratt Kyaw Thu
Kayin, Myanmar, Apr 23 (EFE).- Dozens of Myanmar youth who saw no results following peaceful protests against the military junta, have in recent months joined military training with ethnic rebel groups that have been fighting the state for decades.
“Actually I’m supposed to be chilling with my friends,” 22-year-old Ko Chin Paung told EFE, puffing on a local cigar in a forest close to the Thai border, where dozens of young people have been receiving arms training for weeks.
After Gen. Min Aung Hlaing led the Feb. 1 coup and arrested the main civilian leaders, including Aung San Suu Kyi, thousands of Myanmar citizens – most of them young men and women – came out on the streets to challenge the junta.
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