Myanmar soccer player's asylum bid highlights Japan's 'strict' refugee system
Refugee applications have numbered more than 10,000 nearly every year since 2016, but Japan granted the status for only 0.4% of all applications processed in 2020.
Japan’s refusal to sanction Myanmar undermines Biden’s strategy
Tokyo's reluctance to put financial pressure on the junta shows the difficulties Washington faces in convincing Asian allies to put real teeth behind calls to defend democracy.
Myanmar goalkeeper who gave protest salute chooses to stay in Japan
Pyae Lyan Aung, 27, said he refused to return home of his own accord and that he will apply for refugee status.
The junta has brought an eclectic raft of charges against the Nobel laureate, including claims she accepted illegal payments of gold and violated a colonial-era secrecy law.
Myanmar's U.N. envoy calls for 'effective' anti-junta measures
"Strong, decisive and unified measures are imperative and needed immediately," wrote Kyaw Moe Tun, who has refused to leave his post despite being fired after the February coup.
Myanmar's anti-junta protesters support Rohingya in social media campaign
The military has long claimed its bloody campaign against the group in 2017 was justified, and Aung San Suu Kyi defended the army's conduct at the U.N.'s top court.
Myanmar junta to start Aung San Suu Kyi’s first trial since February coup
Suu Kyi and former President Win Myint, who have been in detention since the Feb. 1 coup and face multiple charges, are expected to testify in person at a special court.
Military hospitals are not normally open to the public but the junta has expanded their operations after many doctors walked off the job after the coup.
China boosts support for Myanmar army, countering U.S. sanctions
As of Tuesday, Myanmar’s security forces had killed more than 850 people and arrested nearly 6,000 others since they overthrew the democratically elected government on Feb. 1.
Japan's Lower House slams Myanmar coup, calling for return to democracy
The move reflects Japan's intention to show its opposition to the Myanmar junta ahead of a three-day summit meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized nations.
Her lawyers have been allowed to meet with her just twice since she was placed under house arrest, with weeks of delays to her legal case.
Myanmar poets square off against junta's war on words
Poetry played a prominent role in the nation's struggle for independence against colonial power Britain and the decades of military rule that followed.
