YANGON, Myanmar: A Japanese journalist detained in Myanmar has been charged with breaching immigration law and encouraging dissent against the country's armed forces, the junta said on Thursday.
Myanmar's military has clamped down on press freedoms since ousting Aung Sang Suu Kyi's democratically elected government in its Feb. 1, 2021 coup, arresting reporters and photographers, as well as revoking broadcasting licenses as the Southeast Asian nation plunged into chaos.
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