“Had the coup not occurred I have no doubt that Myanmar would have made real progress in catching up to its peers and neighbors.” When Myanmar’s military seized power on February 1, 2021, it forcibly ...

Chinese investment in Myanmar is being recalibrated from mega infrastructure and resource extraction to state-of-the-art technologies—from e-retail to fintech and healthcare.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers and other representatives attend the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, July 25, 2024. Credit: ASEAN Secretariat/Kusuma Pandu Wijaya As last ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Chris Milligan arrived in Myanmar in 2012 with a mandate: Help repair diplomatic ...

Myanmar on Friday began its defense before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the landmark genocide case brought by the Gambia, rejecting all allegations of genocide against the Muslim ...

We are writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch in the context of the upcoming summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the East Asia Summit, and associated ASEAN partner summits, ...

(Bangkok) – Myanmar junta forces and the opposition Arakan Army have committed extrajudicial killings and widespread arson against Rohingya, Rakhine, and other civilians in Myanmar’s western Rakhine ...

Khin Mar Cho worries for her 4-year-old son as she struggles to scrape together enough food to feed him in a makeshift displacement camp at a crowded monastery in western Myanmar. Soldiers had stormed ...

ASEAN remains divided on the Myanmar crisis, with internal rifts undermining efforts to implement its Five-Point Consensus. China’s influence has pressured ASEAN to act, but its reliance on external ...

The Indian Embassy in Thailand issued a statement on Friday, assuring that it is closely monitoring the situation after powerful earthquake tremors were recorded in Bangkok and other parts of Thailand ...