On April 21, the 60th anniversary of the 1961 attempted French military putsch in Algiers, 23 retired generals published an open letter to the government in the neofascist website Valeurs Actuelles . The letter is […]
Russia has signed a contract to supply an unspecified number of Orlan-10E surveillance drones to Myanmar as part of a deal that also includes Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile systems and radar equipment. The Russian defense systems, […]
Turkish authorities on Monday detained 10 former admirals after a group of more than 100 retired senior navy officers issued a statement that government officials tied to Turkey’s history of military coups. State-run Anadolu news […]
The Myanmar army has shaped the country’s politics and external affairs since it gained independence from the British in 1948. For more than half a century the army ruled with an iron fist. Since the early 1990s, it was […]
At least 19 Myanmar policemen have fled to India amidst the Myanmar military’s escalating crackdown on peaceful protests against the military coup that took place last month. An Indian police official who wished to remain […]
The most countries have a military, but Myanmar Army (aka Tatmadaw) has a country and Tatmadaw is shedding bloods for past five decades. Social media has given us valuable access to the actions of both […]
An envoy for Myanmar’s overthrown government has called on the United Nations to use “any means necessary” to stop a military coup, as police cracked down on anti-junta protesters on Friday with rubber bullets and […]
Facebook announced on Thursday that it’s removing all remaining Myanmar military and military-controlled pages from its site and from Instagram, which it also owns. It said it will also block advertising from military-linked businesses, learned […]
Bangkok, Thailand (GDC) — Riot police in Myanmar shot dead two anti-coup protesters and injured several others on Saturday, as security forces increased pressure on popular revolt against the military takeover. One of the victims […]
Canada and Britain have joined forces once again, this time to impose new sanctions on Myanmar after its military toppled its elected government in a coup. Canada has imposed sanctions on nine members of the […]
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