Actor Zin Wyne, singer Po Po, protest leader Ko Wai Moe Naing among those arrested in sweep across four states and regions Thursday.
The man was fatally shot in the chest and four were wounded when police opened fire near Sule Mosque in a Muslim neighborhood in Maha Aung Myay Township.
Ko Wai Moe Naing, 26, who has been at the forefront of anti-regime protests in Monywa, was rammed while riding a scooter, beaten and dragged away, witnesses said.
Clashes between the military and the Kachin Independence Army have intensified in recent days.
More movement curbs planned for red-zone areas as the country sees a record number of new cases.
The Chinese premier visited Myanmar in 1960 to mark the Burmese new year and to bolster bilateral ties.
Nearly 100 of the regime’s soldiers killed in battle with Kachin Independence Army over base near the Chinese border.
The junta claims an army officer was beaten and his friend was stabbed to death by a mob in Yangon on March 27.
To those who counsel patience and incremental measures, Myanmar’s people have a simple question: How many massacres are needed before urgent action is warranted?
Myitnge had staged daily anti-regime protests but had been spared a military crackdown until this week; national death toll climbs to at least 718.
Healthcare workers targeted by regime for their support of the civil disobedience movement.
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser visited the Thingyan festival in 1955.
High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet says ‘states must not allow the deadly mistakes of the past in Syria and elsewhere to be repeated.’
Troops claim the fatal injuries were the result of a motorcycle accident, but watchman’s family believes he was murdered.
The regime claims activists have attacked police stations, government offices, bridges, telecoms towers and factories, although most attacks occur during curfew hours.
The pair were riding a motorbike and returning home after collecting cow’s milk to sell in their community.
The art and cultural event, including a concert, aims to raise awareness and money in aid of the anti-coup Civil Disobedience Movement and internally displaced people.
Clashes in the north and northeast of the country resulted in the death of a Tatmadaw battalion commander.
People forced to pay service fees to access cash they are unable to withdraw from ATMs or banks.
The Kachin Independence Army appears to be gaining ground against junta forces in the first major fighting in two years.
The girl’s condition is not yet known; Tamu residents said junta forces used grenades to destroy roadblocks and raided a local hospital, destroying equipment there.
The Arakan Army is working for greater autonomy and the anti-regime movement will undermine its progress, says the armed group’s chief, Major General Tun Myat Naing.
‘I just lost my leg. It is nothing. But I am sorry that our younger sisters and brothers sacrificed their lives in the protest.’
A single day of Bago raids took the lives of more than 80 civilians, pushing toll since the Feb. 1 coup to more than 700.
Celebrity couples and Buddhist leaders are among those being charged by the junta.
Grenades were thrown into a military truck in Tamu in Sagaing Region on the Indian border, according to residents.
Perhpas as many as 80 dead in day-long attack in Bago on Friday; people saw bodies thrown into a dump truck.
During visits to ‘discuss peace’, senior Tatmadaw officers reportedly sought to ensure that the military’s good relations with the UWSA and SSPP continue after the coup.
Christine Schraner Burgener will meet the Thai foreign minister ahead of trips to regional capitals; she is ‘ready to visit Myanmar any time,’ UN official says.
Local residents say the three-member Brotherhood Alliance staged the attack in Lashio Township; hundreds flee as Myanmar military responds by raiding two villages.
Even as its hardware is used to surveil and intimidate anti-regime protesters, Beijing says it is ‘willing to communicate with all parties’.
Meet two of the most prominent faces in the protests in Mandalay and Monywa.
Regime forces reportedly used mortars to drop explosive shells on three Bago residential wards in a dawn raid targeting roadblocks.
PSI satellite dishes that broadcast DVB TV and Mizzima targeted by the regime as junta struggles to control the media.
The envoy met the regime’s electricity minister to inform him that Malaysia’s Petronas had suspended its Andaman Sea gas project, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry said.
