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The Angu Maw port in the Mayu region of Rakhine state (Myanmar Now)
Military announces live-fire artillery drill off coast of Rakhine
Planned show of defensive force comes almost three weeks after military drew global censure by...
Published on Feb 19, 2021
Military spokesperson Brig-Gen Zaw Min Tun addresses reporters in Naypyidaw on Tuesday (Nyan Hlaing Lin/Myanmar Now) 
Military refuses to rule out a coup after claiming possible ‘vote rigging’ during election
‘I am neither saying the military will seize state power, nor that it won’t’, Brig-Gen Zaw Min Tun said
Jan 26, 2021
A parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s capital, in March. Under the Constitution’s system of divided government, the military is autonomous and is largely able to avoid civilian scrutiny. Photo: Thet Aung/ Agence France-Presse
Bruised and bloodied - parents of tortured detainees describe meeting their sons
Videos of Tatmadaw soldiers brutally beating the five men went viral on Sunday
May 14, 2020
Lawmakers vote on proposals to amend the military-drafted constitution in parliament on March 10, 2020. (Photo- Nyan Hlaing Lin/ Myanmar Now)
Bills seeking to reduce military's political power fail in parliament
Twelve of 14 proposed constitutional amendments did not cross 75% threshold needed to pass; voting on 121 others resumes Wednesday
Mar 11, 2020