Military Junta Creates Chaos in Myanmar
In February, Myanmar’s military staged a coup, ousting the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi which won in a landslide election. Resistance and demonstrations against the takeover have steadily increased as civilians face horror and inhumanity at the hands of the Junta. More than 800 have been [...]
Devastating Earthquake Rocks Java in Indonesia
Indonesia’s main island of Java was rocked by a 6.0 earthquake about 2 p.m. local time on Saturday. It was also felt on the resort island of Bali. It killed at least seven people. It was the second disaster to strike the nation in a week’s time. Indonesia’s earthquake [...]
More Deaths Occur in the Myanmar Military Coup
On one February, the military in Myanmar staged a coup, unhappy with the November election results which resulted in a landslide win for Aung San Suu Kyi and her party. The military claimed widespread voter fraud in the elections. Since the February coup, Security Forces have detained more than [...]
Peaceful Protests Continue in Myanmar in Defiance of Military Coup
The people of Myanmar (Burma) had only begun to taste freedom in the recent years after five decades of military rule, when the powerful military Generals claimed fraud in the recent electoral results. The democratic government is led by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. The military [...]
Military Coup in Myanmar Upends the Budding Democracy
Once again, Myanmar (formerly Burma) is being led and controlled by the military forces who seized power in Monday’s coup d’etat, following the country’s parliamentary election. The election overwhelmingly reelected and affirmed the democratic leadership. Aung San Suu Kyi, the face of democracy in the country was arrested along [...]
