Myanmar: State of emergency extended

The military government in Myanmar has extended the state of emergency imposed after it seized power in a coup two years ago by a further six months. The coup and the harsh repression which followed it have led to widespread armed resistance to miliary rule in Myanmar. Our South-East Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head has been covering Myanmar for 22 years and speaks to us from Messot - a town on the border of Thailand and Myanmar.

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(Photo: Myanmar protesters residing in Japan raise photos of Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally to mark the second anniversary of Myanmar's 2021 military coup, outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Tokyo, Japan February 1, 2023. Credit: Issei Kato/Reuters)