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Australia: Ex-Cyclone Alfred Hits with Severe Weather and Flash Flooding

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall north of Brisbane on Saturday night, March 7, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and causing flash flooding across Queensland. One man died in the floodwaters, and significant damage, including downed power lines and ripped-off roofs, was reported. As of Monday, more than 230,000 households and businesses remain without power.

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Myanmar pardons over 7,000 prisoners with sentences for Aung San Suu Kyi reduced

STORY: Myanmar pardons over 7,000 prisoners with sentences for Aung San Suu Kyi reduced DATELINE: Aug. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:00 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people waiting for released prisoners outside the Insein Prison 2. various of buses carrying newly released prisoners outside the Insein Prison STORYLINE: Myanmar's State Administration Council on Tuesday granted pardons to over 7,000 prisoners and reduced sentences for former State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and former president U Win Myint, according to the council's orders. Six years of sentences for Suu Kyi and four years of sentences for U Win Myint were also reduced, the council said. The council also remitted sentences for 7,749 Myanmar prisoners and 125 foreign prisoners, while commuting death sentences for some prisoners to life imprisonment, according to the orders. In addition, the council remitted the sentences for 22 members of the ethnic armed groups and also dismissed the cases related t

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Myanmar ruling party chief admits election loss to NLD

YANGON, Nov. 9 Kyodo - Supporters for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy gather in front of the party's headquarters in Yangon on Nov. 9, 2015, following voting in the country's first democratic election in decades. In her address to her supporters, Suu Kyi voiced confidence that her party would win the election.

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Japan, Myanmar business groups to boost cooperation

YANGON, Myanmar - Japan Business Federation chief Hiromasa Yonekura (L) and Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry head Win Aung shake hands in Yangon on Feb. 7, 2013. The business groups agreed to promote cooperation with a view to expanding Japanese investment in the Southeast Asian country.

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Myanmar opposition party official Nyan Win

YANGON, Myanmar - Nyan Win, spokesman and election campaign manager of the National League for Democracy, Myanmar's main opposition party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Yangon on Feb. 20, 2012.

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Koizumi voices concern over Suu Kyi's extended detention

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) is in talks with Myanmar Prime Minister Lt. Gen. Soe Win on the sidelines of a series of meetings sponsored by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Nov. 29. During their chat on Nov. 30, Koizumi voiced concerns over the Myanmar junta's reported decision to extend the house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi for up to a year.

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Suu Kyi detained at Yangon gov't guesthouse: minister says

BANDUNG, Indonesia - Myanmar Foreign Minister Win Aung speaks in in Bandung, Indonesia on July 29. Win Aung said Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being detained at a government guesthouse in Yangon. ''She is very well...We are looking after her,'' he told Kyodo News in an interview on the sidelines of an Asia-Africa conference in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung.

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(2)Japan tells Myanmar of aid suspension over Suu Kyi

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) is in talks with Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win (R) at the Foreign Ministry on July 4. Kawaguchi told Win that Japan will suspend new aid unless the junta releases pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at an early date.

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(1)Japan tells Myanmar of aid suspension over Suu Kyi

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) and Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win greet each other before they hold talks at the Foreign Ministry on July 4. Japan told Myanmar it will suspend new aid unless the junta releases pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at an early date.

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Myanmar willing to release Suu Kyi: foreign minister

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Myanmar Foreign Minister Win Aung (L) speaks to reporters at Cambodia's Foreign Ministry in Phnom Penh on June 15 after emerging from bilateral talks with Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong (R).

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(1)Japan down Myanmar to move closer to Olympic berth

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar goalie Aung Aung Oo (R) fails to block a header by Japan forward Daisuke Matsui on 75 minutes of the second leg of a double header at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo on May 3. Japan advanced to the final round of qualifiers for the 2004 Athens Olympics after brushing aside nine-man Myanmar 5-0 following a 3-0 win on May 1.

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Myanmar's Win Aung skeptical about Suu Kyi's flexibility

Myanmar's Foreign Minister Win Aung expresses skepticism June 5 about an apparent turnaround in democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's attitude to the junta in Yangon. He expressed the view in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 5. Suu Kyi reportedly offered to hold ''lower level'' dialogue with junta officials.

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Myanmar traditional boxers return after COVID-19

STORY: Myanmar traditional boxers return after COVID-19 DATELINE: June 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:00 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of boxers competing in the game STORYLINE: Eighteen-year-old Kyar Thway said he was excited as he would return to the boxing ring after more than two years of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kyar Thway was waiting at Yangon's Theinbyu Stadium on Saturday afternoon for his 63.5-kg weight class match. "I feel slightly unmotivated as I was absent from the boxing fight for more than two years," he said, adding that he would compete his best to win the bout at the Shwe Aung Lan Myanmar Lethwei Championship. Myanmar Traditional Lethwei Federation (MTLF) affiliated with the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs has organized the competition, which runs from June 25 to July 10. "Since the COVID-19 outbreak, it is the first Myanmar Lethwei championship event that allows fans to enter the stadium in line with COVID-19 guidelines," MTLF pr

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MYANMAR-YANGON-CHINA-VACCINE-DONATION

(220529) -- YANGON, May 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai (R) and Myanmar's Union Minister for Health Thet Khaing Win attend the handover ceremony of China-donated medical supplies in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic at Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, May 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "China donates 10 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses to Myanmar" (Xinhua/U Aung)

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MYANMAR-YANGON-CHINA-VACCINE-DONATION

(220529) -- YANGON, May 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai (R) and Myanmar's Union Minister for Health Thet Khaing Win attend the handover ceremony of China-donated mobile laboratory vehicles at Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, May 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "China donates 10 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses to Myanmar" (Xinhua/U Aung)

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(1)Japan tells Myanmar of aid suspension over Suu Kyi

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) and Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win greet each other before they hold talks at the Foreign Ministry on July 4. Japan told Myanmar it will suspend new aid unless the junta releases pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at an early date. (Kyodo)

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Japanese FM holds talks with Myanmar's NLD spokesman

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Nyan Win (R), spokesman for Myanmar's National League for Democracy, hold talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2015. Kishida said he expects NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Japan at an early date. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese FM holds talks with Myanmar's NLD spokesman

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Nyan Win, spokesman for Myanmar's National League for Democracy, hold talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2015. Kishida said he expects NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Japan at an early date. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar ruling party chief admits election loss to NLD

Supporters for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy gather in front of the party's headquarters in Yangon on Nov. 9, 2015, following voting in the country's first democratic election in decades. In her address to her supporters, Suu Kyi voiced confidence that her party would win the election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar ruling party chief admits election loss to NLD

Supporters for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy gather in front of the party's headquarters in Yangon on Nov. 9, 2015, following voting in the country's first democratic election in decades. In her address to her supporters, Suu Kyi voiced confidence that her party would win the election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar ruling party chief admits election loss to NLD

People purchase commemorative goods at the headquarters of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy in Yangon on Nov. 9, 2015, following voting in the country's first democratic election in decades. In her address to her supporters, Suu Kyi voiced confidence that her party would win the election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar ruling party chief admits election loss to NLD

Supporters for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy gather in front of the party's headquarters in Yangon on Nov. 9, 2015, following voting in the country's first democratic election in decades. In her address to her supporters, Suu Kyi voiced confidence that her party would win the election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar ruling party chief admits election loss to rival NLD

Aung San Suu Kyi (far R), leader of Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy, gives a speech in Yangon on Nov. 9, 2015, following the voting of the country's first full-fledged democratic election in decades. Suu Kyi voiced confidence that her party would win the election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar ruling party chief admits election loss to NLD

Supporters for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy gather in front of the party's headquarters in Yangon on Nov. 9, 2015, following voting in the country's first democratic election in decades. In her address to her supporters, Suu Kyi voiced confidence that her party would win the election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar ruling party chief admits election loss to NLD

People purchase commemorative goods at the headquarters of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy in Yangon on Nov. 9, 2015, following voting in the country's first democratic election in decades. In her address to her supporters, Suu Kyi voiced confidence that her party would win the election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar ruling party chief admits election loss to NLD

Aung San Suu Kyi (C), leader of Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy, smiles to supporters in Yangon on Nov. 9, 2015, following voting in the country's first democratic election in decades. In her address to them, Suu Kyi voiced confidence that her party would win the election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar ruling party chief admits election loss to rival NLD

Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy, gives a speech in Yangon on Nov. 9, 2015, following the voting of the country's first full-fledged democratic election in decades. Suu Kyi voiced confidence that her party would win the election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Business leaders of western Japan, Myanmar meet press

Shosuke Mori (R), chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation based in western Japan, and Win Aung, chairman of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, attend a joint press conference following their talks on economic cooperation and other issues in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon on Feb. 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Business leaders of western Japan, Myanmar update mutual accord

Shosuke Mori (R), chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation based in western Japan, and Win Aung, chairman of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, show an updated agreement calling for closer bilateral economic cooperation in Myanmar's commercial capital of Yangon on Feb. 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suu Kyi's "soft dictatorship," one year after Myanmar's election

Photo taken Oct. 27, 2016, in Yangon, Myanmar, shows the new headquarters of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party. The country marks one year on Nov. 8 since a historic general election in 2015 which saw the NLD win by a landslide, effectively ending decades of military or military-backed rule in the county. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Violence and voting: Myanmar's general election worries

Tourists and locals line up to buy T-shirts, calendars, stickers and hats bearing the logo of Myanmar's National League for Democracy and pictures of its leader Aung San Suu Kyi outside the party's temporary headquarters in Yangon on Nov. 6, 2015. The country will hold a general election on Nov. 8, which the NLD is widely expected to win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koizumi voices concern over Suu Kyi's extended detention

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) is in talks with Myanmar Prime Minister Lt. Gen. Soe Win on the sidelines of a series of meetings sponsored by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Nov. 29. During their chat on Nov. 30, Koizumi voiced concerns over the Myanmar junta's reported decision to extend the house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi for up to a year. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar opposition party official Nyan Win

YANGON, Myanmar - Nyan Win, spokesman and election campaign manager of the National League for Democracy, Myanmar's main opposition party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Yangon on Feb. 20, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar picks new president

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) talks with Win Myint (L) at parliament in Naypyitaw on March 28, 2018. Win Myint was elected president the same day in a vote precipitated by his predecessor Htin Kyaw's sudden resignation the previous week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suu Kyi detained at Yangon gov't guesthouse: minister says

BANDUNG, Indonesia - Myanmar Foreign Minister Win Aung speaks in in Bandung, Indonesia on July 29. Win Aung said Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being detained at a government guesthouse in Yangon. ''She is very well...We are looking after her,'' he told Kyodo News in an interview on the sidelines of an Asia-Africa conference in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan tells Myanmar of aid suspension over Suu Kyi

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) is in talks with Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win (R) at the Foreign Ministry on July 4. Kawaguchi told Win that Japan will suspend new aid unless the junta releases pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at an early date. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar willing to release Suu Kyi: foreign minister

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Myanmar Foreign Minister Win Aung (L) speaks to reporters at Cambodia's Foreign Ministry in Phnom Penh on June 15 after emerging from bilateral talks with Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong (R). (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan down Myanmar to move closer to Olympic berth

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar goalie Aung Aung Oo (R) fails to block a header by Japan forward Daisuke Matsui on 75 minutes of the second leg of a double header at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo on May 3. Japan advanced to the final round of qualifiers for the 2004 Athens Olympics after brushing aside nine-man Myanmar 5-0 following a 3-0 win on May 1. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar's Win Aung skeptical about Suu Kyi's flexibility

Myanmar's Foreign Minister Win Aung expresses skepticism June 5 about an apparent turnaround in democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's attitude to the junta in Yangon. He expressed the view in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 5. Suu Kyi reportedly offered to hold ''lower level'' dialogue with junta officials. ==Kyodo