Tag: Myanmar
Thousands throng Myanmar’s Shwedagon to mark Buddhist festival of lights
The three-day festival marks Buddha's descent from heaven and is normally marked by riotous fireworks displays
Myanmar junta leader not invited to ASEAN summit
There is growing dissatisfaction within ASEAN — sometimes criticized as a toothless talking shop — at the Myanmar generals' stonewalling
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, Australian economist sentenced to 3 years
Both have been detained since a coup in February last year when the military ousted Suu Kyi's government
Eleven schoolchildren killed in Myanmar air strike: UNICEF
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned the strike that killed at least 13 people, including the 11 students
Myanmar Xaverian nuns in PH mark congregation’s 125 years of ministry
SFX nuns in Dumaguete are taking care of elderly priests, while the community in Fairview shelters the sisters who are studying
Cardinal Bo expresses gratitude to papal nuncio for shepherding Myanmar’s faithful
Cardinal Bo described Archbishop Paul Tschang In-Nam as “a great shepherd” who led the Church in Myanmar “to greener pastures”
Cardinal Bo of Yangon warns of escalating crackdown by Myanmar’s military...
Cardinal Bo said the current situation “is very complex and at the same time very confusing and very unpredictable”
Myanmar junta court jails Suu Kyi for six years for corruption
Suu Kyi, 77, has been detained since the generals toppled her government in a coup on February 1 last year
Global coalition of religions assures solidarity with people of Myanmar in...
The group lauded the people of Myanmar for their “endurance as a community of believers, devoted to one another”
Philippine women’s group calls for justice for four activists executed in...
The death sentences are the first known judicial executions in Myanmar since 1988, according to Amnesty International
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