By any measure, it would be a stretch to say that the United States is currently engaged in a New Cold War proxy war with China and Russia in Myanmar. But
After seizing power from an elected civilian government on Feb 1 last year, Myanmar's military junta under the State Administration Council (SAC) has fallen short of the four categories that constitute the definition of a sovereign state.
Students and other short-term visa holders from Myanmar will be allowed to stay in Australia until it is safe to return home.
The federal government is writing to all Myanmar citizens temporarily in Australia with advice on how to stay.
Various options will be made available, including the granting of new visas. These arrangements will support Myanmar nationals in Australia who are affected by the ongoing unrest in Myanmar, consistent with Australia s international obligations, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said.
Protesters taking part in a demonstration against the military coup on Global Myanmar Spring Revolution Day in Kyaukme in Myanmar s Shan State
May 5, 2021
YANGON (CAN/AFP) – Blasts from at least one parcel bomb in Myanmar have killed five people, including an ousted lawmaker and three police officers who had joined a civil disobedience movement opposing military rule, local media reported yesterday.
Since the elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was overthrown in a coup on February 1, Myanmar has seen an increasing number of small blasts in residential areas, and sometimes targetting government offices or military facilities.
The latest blasts were in a village in the southern central part of Myanmar in western Bago and occurred at 5pm on Monday, the