A goalkeeper for Myanmar’s national soccer team is refusing to return home and seeking asylum with the help of Japanese supporters after he protested the military coup during a 2022 World Cup ...
Players call out to each other in Burmese as they race up and down a small field in the heart of Shinjuku. Pyae Lyan Aung, a former goalkeeper for Myanmar’s national soccer team, blocks a shot and ...
After defying Myanmar’s military rulers at a soccer match, Ko Pyae Lyan Aung decided to seek asylum. But he was being watched. By Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno OSAKA, Japan — The soccer player’s plane ...
Tokyo (AFP) – Refugee goalkeeper Pyae Lyan Aung fears for his safety if he returns home to Myanmar but he says he has no regrets about raising an anti-junta salute before a game two years ago. The ...
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