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One person is killed and 60 others are injured in a prison riot in Pathein, Myanmar.
2023-01-7

Protests against the military government occur across Myanmar in honor of the anniversary of the 8888 Uprising.
2021-08-8

A Burmese military plane crashes near Mandalay, Myanmar, killing twelve people.
2021-06-10

The United States imposes sanctions against several military officials in Myanmar for its suppression of the protests in response to the coup.
2021-03-22

U.S. President Joe Biden threatens to re-impose sanctions on Myanmar's military leaders and calls for them to relinquish the power that they seized in the coup.
2021-02-1

Myanmar begins a vaccination programme using the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Healthcare workers are the first people to be vaccinated.
2021-01-27

Myanmar receives its first 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.
2021-01-22

Myanmar extends their restrictions for another 15 days until December 15, according to an announcement made by de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country. The current restrictions are due to end on November 30.
2020-11-28

A joint statement made by eight of the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council urges Myanmar and the separatist Arakan Army to halt hostilities in northern Rakhine State and southern Chin State due to the "heavy toll" the fighting is having on the civilian population.
2020-09-13

A few hundred pro-government protesters gather in Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon, condemning Rohingya militants as well as perceived foreign interference in the Rakhine conflict.
2017-09-18