Asia Myanmar The Myanmar swimmer Win Htet Oo has abandoned his Olympic dream to join the street protests
Asia Myanmar The first group of refugees from Myanmar living in Thailand and eligible for a new resettlement programme left Bangkok for the US last week; some 90.000 refugees now live in nine closed camps inside Thailand
Asia Myanmar The Myanmar authorities should release journalist Htet Aung and allow members of the press to do their work without fear of legal reprisals or imprisonment, said the Committee to Protect Journalists
Asia Myanmar Ruling junta imposed new restrictions on the Internet, banning the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) that will affect the 20 million social media users due to the ongoing clashes
Asia Myanmar Tin Oo, one of Aung San Suu Kyi's closest collaborators and co-founder of her National League for Democracy party, has died