SEOUL, Dec 15 — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment on Saturday, suspending him from his official duties, capped 11 days of political crisis that roiled his country, sparked by his surprise decision to impose martial law.

AMMAN/BEIRUT/CAIRO, Dec 8 — Syrian rebels have said that they ended Bashar al-Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule, in their first announcement on state television following a lightning offensive that took the world by surprise.

SEOUL, Dec 8 — South Korean prosecutors arrested ex-defence minister Kim Yong-hyun on Sunday over his alleged role in President Yoon Suk-yeol's declaration of martial law on Tuesday, Yonhap News Agency said.

SEOUL, Dec 7 — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol survived an impeachment vote in the opposition-led Parliament on Saturday that was prompted by his short-lived attempt to impose martial law this week, after members of his party boycotted the session.

SEOUL, Dec 7 — Members of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's party left Parliament ahead of a planned impeachment vote on Saturday over his attempt to impose martial law.

JAKARTA, Dec 5 — Asean members are planning to hold a ministerial meeting in Thailand later this month to discuss the crisis in Myanmar, Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Roy Soemirat told reporters today.

SINGAPORE, Aug 20 — The progress by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in Myanmar has not been as effective as hoped, Singapore's foreign minister said in an interview.

BANGKOK, Aug 7 — Three months after Asean agreed on the Five-Point Consensus, the block on Wednesday announced the appointment of a special envoy to facilitate the mediation of the dialogue process in Myanmar.

NEW YORK, June 19 — The United Nations General Assembly on Friday called for a stop to the flow of arms to Myanmar and urged the military to respect November election results and release political detainees, including leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

REUTERS, June 7 — Envoys from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) called on Myanmar's junta to free all political prisoners and discussed implementing a regional "consensus" to end turmoil since the February 1 coup, the regional bloc said.

NEW YORK/JAKARTA, May 29 — Nine Southeast Asian nations have proposed watering down a UN General Assembly draft resolution on Myanmar, including removing a call for an arms embargo on the country, in a bid to win the unanimous support of the 193-member body.

JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — Southeast Asian countries are considering a proposal to send a humanitarian aid mission to Myanmar as a potential first step in a long-term plan to broker a dialogue between the junta and its opponents, diplomats familiar with the discussions said.

YANGON, March 28 — Myanmar has seen the most violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters on Saturday when the ruling military regime put on a show of its strength on its annual Armed Forces Day.

PUTRAJAYA, March 23 — Singapore and Malaysia today expressed hope that all parties in Myanmar will exercise restraint and reconcile to resolve the tragic situation in the country since the February 1 military coup.

REUTERS, March 23 — The European Union and the United States on Monday imposed sanctions on individuals and groups linked to last month's military coup in Myanmar as the repression of pro-democracy protesters by security forces reached what Germany's foreign minister called "an unbearable" level.

REUTERS, March 18 — Myanmar faced growing isolation on Thursday with increasingly limited internet services and its last private newspaper ceasing publication as the military built its case against ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

REUTERS, March 3 — Protests against a military coup in Myanmar showed no sign of abating with more planned across the country on Wednesday, as Southeast Asian neighbours struggled for consensus in their efforts to end the month-long crisis.

REUTERS, March 3 — Some of Myanmar's neighbours pressed its ruling junta on Tuesday to release ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and cease using lethal force against opponents of their February 1 coup to work out a solution to the crisis.

YANGON, March 1 — Myanmar police fired on protesters around the country on Sunday in the bloodiest day of weeks of demonstrations against a military coup and at least 18 people were killed, the UN human rights office said.

YANGON, March 1 - Here is a timeline of events since Myanmar's military took power in a coup on Monday, February 1.