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The New York Times 3:47 am on June 25, 2021
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Confident in Its Impunity, the Myanmar Junta Ignores Diplomacy

The generals who seized power five months ago have shown no inclination to heed international pleas to reverse themselves, even as Myanmar slides into a failed state.

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The New York Times 10:15 pm on June 18, 2021
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U.N. General Assembly Demands Myanmar Junta End Coup and Stop the Killings

A resolution adopted Friday by the General Assembly is the most widespread condemnation yet of the Feb. 1 coup, a sharp diplomatic slap that contradicted the junta’s claim it has not been isolated.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 4, 2021
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The Real Kingmakers of Myanmar

Only the ethnic armed groups can break the stalemate between the military and the democratic opposition.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on May 29, 2021
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Where Myanmar Sends Its Political Prisoners

For 134 years, Insein Prison has stood as a monument to brutality. Since the Feb. 1 coup, journalists, elected leaders and pro-democracy protesters have been held in the aging facility.

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The New York Times 8:18 am on May 24, 2021
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Aung San Suu Kyi Makes First Court Appearance Since Coup

Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, 75, is facing a raft of charges after being detained by Myanmar’s military. If she is found guilty, she could be imprisoned for the rest of her life.

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The New York Times 6:32 pm on May 6, 2021
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Three Months After Coup, Myanmar Returns to the ‘Bad Old Days’

Police are now stopping random people on the streets. A group of secret informers has reappeared. The killings continue, but so does the resistance.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on April 30, 2021
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‘Now We Are United’: Myanmar’s Ethnic Divisions Soften After Coup

Amid the resistance to military rule, some are saying that democracy can’t flourish without respecting the minorities that have been persecuted for decades.

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The New York Times 11:00 pm on April 23, 2021
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How Generals Plot Together, in Myanmar and Thailand

An unholy alliance between the two military governments will delay a return to democracy in both countries.

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The New York Times 11:55 pm on April 7, 2021
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Myanmar Envoy Who Critiqued Coup Is Locked Out of London Embassy

After Myanmar’s military seized power, its ambassador to Britain had called for the release of political leaders who were detained in the coup.

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The New York Times 11:55 pm on April 7, 2021
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Myanmar’s Ambassador to the U.K. Was Locked Out of London Embassy

After Myanmar’s military seized power, its ambassador to Britain had called for the release of political leaders who were detained in the coup.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on April 5, 2021
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A Military That Murders Its Own People

Following a coup in Myanmar, security forces have cracked down brutally on civilians. We ask why soldiers have so readily turned against the population.

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The New York Times 2:09 pm on April 2, 2021
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Myanmar’s Bloodshed Reveals a World That Has Changed, and Hasn’t

How the country became primed for a sort of violence, and a sort of dictatorship, that had grown rare.

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The New York Times 6:14 pm on March 28, 2021
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Myanmar Coup and Protests Explained

Demonstrations and a deadly crackdown have roiled the nation since a Feb. 1 coup brought back full military rule following years of quasi-democracy.

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The New York Times 1:43 pm on March 26, 2021
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Beaten, Cuffed, Hauled Away: When Myanmar’s Military Comes Knocking

Security forces have responded to protests with increasing ruthlessness, shooting people in the streets, raiding homes and arbitrarily carrying out beatings and arrests.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on March 19, 2021
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Myanmar Protesters Answer Military’s Bullets With an Economic Shutdown

From hospitals, railways and dockyards to schools, shops and trading houses, the country is at a standstill. Strikers hope their actions will force the army to return power after its coup on Feb. 1.

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The New York Times 11:12 am on March 18, 2021
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Latest Claim in the Effort Against Aung San Suu Kyi: A Bag of Cash

The Myanmar military’s latest accusations against the ousted civilian leader suggest a monthslong campaign to neutralize the country’s most popular politician.

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The New York Times 1:20 pm on March 11, 2021
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A Small Town and a Spray of Bullets in Myanmar

Police officers shot into a cluster of unarmed civilians in a tiny town on Thursday, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 20.

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The New York Times 10:48 pm on March 3, 2021
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U.N. Says 38 Killed in Myanmar in ‘Bloodiest Day’ Since Coup Began

As the military’s crackdown against demonstrators grows more deadly, the U.N.’s special representative for the country said the junta had rejected her requests to visit.

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The New York Times 3:33 pm on March 1, 2021
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Myanmar Coup Protests: Resistance, a Crackdown and New Charges

As a civil disobedience movement entered its second month, the military rulers added charges against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

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The New York Times 4:32 pm on February 27, 2021
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Myanmar Military Fires U.N. Envoy Who Spoke Against Its Coup

The regime fired the ambassador, U Kyaw Moe Tun, who called for international help in restoring democracy and gave the three-finger salute of the protest movement.

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The New York Times 4:14 am on February 25, 2021
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Facebook Bans Myanmar Military Accounts in Aftermath of Coup

The move plunges the social network into the post-coup politics of the roiled nation, after years of criticism over how Myanmar’s military had used the site.

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The New York Times 6:07 pm on February 23, 2021
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How the Military Behind Myanmar’s Coup Took the Country Offline

As the military seized power again, the generals moved quickly to take the country offline, criminalize online dissent and block social media.

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The New York Times 8:00 pm on February 18, 2021
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Support the Resistance in Myanmar

The world must get behind Burmese protesters fighting against military rule.

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The New York Times 6:00 am on February 18, 2021
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Where Do the Rohingya Go After the Coup in Myanmar?

In the countrywide protests against the coup, nobody is talking about the future of the persecuted Rohingya minority.

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The New York Times 5:51 pm on February 17, 2021
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In Myanmar Coup, Paint, Poems and Protest Art Equals Defiance

The creative classes are providing a mass uprising in the country with an imaginative verve and rebellious spirit that has caught the military generals off guard.

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The New York Times 11:57 am on February 16, 2021
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Trial for Aung San Suu Kyi Begins in Secret

Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader appeared in court via video conference without her lawyer’s knowledge. She faces an additional charge that had not been previously made public.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 15, 2021
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Is Democracy in Myanmar Dead?

No. But the deposed government and its backers urgently need a concrete plan to foil the military’s divide-and-conquer strategy.

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The New York Times 6:18 pm on February 14, 2021
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Military Imposes Full Grip on Myanmar in Overnight Crackdown

Armored vehicles rolled in along with soldiers in camouflage in cities across the country as generals moved to crush the protest movement against the Feb. 1 military coup.

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The New York Times 1:53 pm on February 12, 2021
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Myanmar May Target Free Speech in Bid to Stop Anti-Coup Protests

Civil society groups say a proposed measure to limit online expression and privacy rights could lead to mass arrests of those who criticize the military government.

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The New York Times 8:34 am on February 11, 2021
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Biden Imposes Sanctions on Myanmar Generals Involved in Coup

It was the first concrete step the U.S. government has taken since President Biden demanded that the generals restore democracy and release Myanmar’s civilian leader.

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The New York Times 4:18 pm on February 8, 2021
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Illegal Walkie-Talkies and Other ‘Crimes’ in Authoritarian Societies

The most obscure or innocuous-sounding offenses can take on new meaning in justice systems used by autocrats for their own ends.

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The New York Times 3:35 pm on February 7, 2021
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Protesters Rally Across Myanmar, Defying Coup and Risking Crackdown

Hundreds of thousands of people marched in cities and towns nationwide nearly a week after the military took back power. It has met demonstrations with deadly force in the past.

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The New York Times 10:11 am on February 6, 2021
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To Fight or Hide: Fear Grips Myanmar With Military Back in Charge

Dozens of arrests, beatings by mysterious thugs and telecommunication cutoffs are the new reality across the country. But civil disobedience defiantly persists.

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The New York Times 3:24 pm on February 5, 2021
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In Geopolitical Struggle Over Myanmar, China Has an Edge

As the United States and other nations denounce the coup, China has a chance to build up its influence. But Myanmar’s generals are difficult partners.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 5, 2021
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Myanmar Needs a New Kind of Democracy

Conflict and economic inequality mean that tens of millions in Myanmar live the most precarious of lives.

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The New York Times 2:38 pm on February 4, 2021
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In Myanmar, a Cult of Personality Meets Its Downfall

The party of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi won an election landslide in November. But with its singular leader once again in detention, the future of the National League for Democracy is unclear.

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The New York Times 11:00 am on February 4, 2021
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The End of Democracy in Myanmar

The nation’s political experiment appears to be over, with military generals in control and the civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, under house arrest. We look at her rise and fall.

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The New York Times 11:19 am on February 3, 2021
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Myanmar Military Charges Aung San Suu Kyi With Obscure Infraction

The move against the deposed civilian leader was a curious coda to the army’s rapid dismantling of the country’s nascent democracy.

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The New York Times 10:37 pm on February 2, 2021
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What I Saw During Myanmar’s Coup

It felt like being transported back to the old, isolated country.

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The New York Times 8:11 pm on February 2, 2021
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Myanmar’s Army Is Back in Charge. It Never Truly Left.

With the coup, the generals are ripping apart their prized project: a democratic front for a political system that still heavily favored them.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 2, 2021
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How a Deadly Power Game Undid Myanmar’s Democratic Hopes

Myanmar seemed to be building a peaceful transition to civilian governance. Instead, a personal struggle between military and civilian leaders brought it all down.

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The New York Times 6:13 am on February 2, 2021
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The Story Behind the Myanmar Coup

Why take over if you’re already in charge?

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The New York Times 7:45 pm on February 1, 2021
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In Myanmar Coup, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Ends as Neither Democracy Hero nor Military Foil

The army’s detention of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi brought an abrupt end to the theory that she might strike a workable balance between civilian and military power.

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The New York Times 12:49 pm on February 1, 2021
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Myanmar’s Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup

Communications were suspended and flights disrupted as the military took power from an elected government and declared a one-year state of emergency.

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The New York Times 11:24 am on February 1, 2021
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Myanmar’s Coup in Pictures

Images from the day when the country’s democratic experiment collapsed.

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The New York Times 10:18 am on February 1, 2021
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Myanmar’s Coup, Explained

The coup returns the country to full military rule after a short experiment in quasi-democracy. Here is what we know.

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The New York Times 11:35 pm on January 31, 2021
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Detained in Myanmar Amid Coup Fears

The action came after mounting indications of an impending coup in the Southeast Asian nation.

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The New York Times 8:00 am on November 14, 2020
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How a Human Rights Angel Lost Her Halo

Ten years after she left house arrest and vowed to fight for justice, Myanmar’s civilian leader has instead become a jailer of critics and an apologist for the slaughter of minorities.

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The New York Times 11:35 pm on November 12, 2020
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Nobel Peace Prize: A Growing List of Questionable Choices

From Aung San Suu Kyi to Abiy Ahmed, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded at least six times in the past three decades to recipients whose recognition is being second-guessed.

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The New York Times 11:52 am on November 11, 2020
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Myanmar Election Delivers Another Decisive Win for Aung San Suu Kyi

The civilian leader’s reputation overseas has been stained by her defense of a military accused of genocide. But in voting on Sunday, her party easily secured a parliamentary majority.

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