Sources: NPR
Five people are killed and 25 injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in Shan State, Myanmar. 2025-03-2
Myanmar's Tatmadaw enacts a cybersecurity law imposing strict controls on digital communications, requiring service providers to store user data for three years, penalizing VPN use without government approval, and allowing authorities to block or shut down platforms deemed to spread disinformation or disrupt stability. 2025-01-1
The ASEAN Summit takes place virtually without the participation of Myanmar, following the bloc's decision to disinvite the country's military junta chief Min Aung Hlaing for refusing to cooperate on a peace process. 2021-10-26
A general strike begins in Myanmar despite warnings by the Tatmadaw that further confrontations could cost lives. 2021-02-22
Bangladesh's Foreign Minister A. H. Mahmood Ali and Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi agree to return Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar in a two-month period. 2017-11-23
The Obama administration through the U.S. Defense Department says it will take appropriate action against those responsible for October 9 unsuccessful cruise missile attack, apparently fired from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen, upon the USS Mason. 2016-10-11
The Obama administration lifts U.S. sanctions on Myanmar by terminating an emergency order that deemed the policies of the former military government a threat to U.S. national security. 2016-10-7
U Gambira, a former Burmese monk and one of the most visible leaders during Myanmar's 2007 Saffron Revolution, is released from prison after having the charges against him dropped. 2016-07-1
The Obama Administration weighs the option of using military force to protect the U.S.-backed rebels fighting the Assad regime. 2015-10-3
The Obama administration gives provisional approval for Royal Dutch Shell to drill in the Arctic Ocean during the summer. 2015-05-11