A Buddhist monk network are planning to make a religious protest against Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing and other certain junta targets on Myanmar Armed Forces Day, 27 March.
General Who Led Myanmar’s Coup Arrives for Regional Talks on the Crisis
Critics feared that Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing’s presence at the meeting in Indonesia would give his regime the appearance of legitimacy.
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the commander in chief of Myanmar’s military, arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport outside Jakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday.Credit.Rusman/Indonesian Presidential Palace, via Reuters
April 24, 2021, 2:43 a.m. ET
The army general who has ruled Myanmar since leading the overthrow of its civilian government arrived on Saturday in Indonesia for a meeting with leaders of other Southeast Asian nations, after some of them expressed concern about the army’s killing of hundreds of pro-democracy protesters.
General who led Myanmarâs coup arrives for regional talks on the crisis
By Richard C. Paddock New York Times,Updated April 24, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Protesters in Myanmar s capital of Yangon on April 3.New York Times/File
The army general who has ruled Myanmar since leading the overthrow of its civilian government met Saturday in Indonesia with leaders of other Southeast Asian nations who expressed concern about the armyâs killing of hundreds of pro-democracy protesters.
It was the first time since the Feb. 1 coup that the armyâs commander in chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, had ventured outside Myanmar. Critics feared that his presence with heads of state at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting would give him the appearance of legitimacy.
The ultimate outcome of Myanmar’s nine-week-old coup will affect a range of international actors but none more than China. As Asia’s greatest power, China has strategic and economic stakes in its neighbor to the south that leave little space for genuine neutrality behind a façade of non-interference. Since February 1, Beijing has profoundly shaped the trajectory of post-coup violence and blocked international efforts to restore stability. Although China has strong incentives to avert chaos or collapse, it more importantly views Myanmar as a battleground for preventing the encroachment of democratic values and Western interests on its periphery. Consequently, Beijing will continue to lend cautious support and legitimacy to a tyrannical and capricious military dictatorship.
This Is Not ‘Just Another Coup’: Ex-US Ambassador to Myanmar
Then US Ambassador to Myanmar Scot Marciel in Yangon in 2018. / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 8 April 2021
The Irrawaddy spoke to Scot Marciel, who served as US ambassador to Myanmar from 2016-20, about the unfolding crisis in the country and how the international community and regional powers can help stop the regime’s violence against the Myanmar people.
THE IRRAWADDY: It seems Myanmar is now sliding into chaos and civil war; the resistance to the military coup is very strong. The attempted coup has not succeeded yet. We have seen a lot of people die; young people, young children are dying, kids are being killed, shot through the head. You left Myanmar in 2020. How do you see the situation in the country now?