The United Nations Secretary-General has urged Myanmar’s ruling military to allow humanitarian aid access and address the “desperate needs” of its people, highlighting a year since a coup ended a decade of democracy and plunged the country into turmoil.
The Feb 1 overthrow of an elected government triggered months of nationwide protests and a bloody crackdown by the military, whose use of heavy weapons and air strikes against armed resistance in the countryside has reignited old conflicts and displaced tens of…
