A Myanmar junta spokesperson did not respond to calls seeking comment. At a March 23 press conference, spokesperson Zaw Min Tun said the junta had no immediate plans to ease internet restrictions ...

Internet blackouts in Myanmar are getting worse, with a new report saying the war-torn country suffered more shutdowns in 2024 than any other place in the world. Most of them were imposed by the ...

Restrictions on phone and internet service, and increased surveillance, are leaving large parts of Myanmar cut off from outside information, a recent report finds. The report by nonprofit Athan ...

For many, “Starlink is now the only viable solution for instant internet,” an analyst for the Myanmar Internet Project, a local research and advocacy group, told VOA on condition that his name ...

As Myanmar remains shaken by last week’s devastating earthquake, which has claimed more than 3,000 lives, a lack of connectivity is proving to be an obstacle to relief and rescue work.

From June 2019 until this February, 1.4 million people in Myanmar's Rakhine state dealt with the longest government-mandated internet shutdown in history, targeted at the Rohingya ethnic minority ...

On June 21 2019, Myanmar imposed a total internet blackout on mobile internet in nine cities and townships in the states of Rakhine and Chin. The blackout remains in place for eight of those areas ...

Information from Myanmar has been harder to come by in part because of the country’s history of internet censorship. In recent years, the military has repeatedly shut off the internet and cut ...

You can get in touch with Lauren by emailing [email protected]. The military rulers in Myanmar are restricting internet access to only "whitelisted" sites in order to silence dissenting voices ...

Myanmar’s military executed a coup, overthrowing Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government and shutting out internet access temporarily. AFP via Getty Images Saturday had seen the size of street ...

(Bangkok) – The Myanmar government should immediately lift internet restrictions imposed on nine townships in Rakhine and Chin States, Human Rights Watch said today. The disruption to internet ...

Feb 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Myanmar has endured several internet blackouts since a military coup in February. Internet in the country has been shut off every night for the past week ...