By Aidan Jones Taya says her life was looking up as Myanmar crept out from decades of isolation. She had a job in marketing, enough money to shop in Yangon’s new retail plazas and fuel her quiet dreams of opening a small bakery, as her generation enjoyed unprecedented economic and personal freedoms. But that was […]
Read MoreBy Ushar Daniele Rashid arrived on the Malaysian island of Langkawi as a young child after spending weeks at sea in a fishing boat crammed with Myanmar’s unwanted: Rohingya Muslims driven out by soldiers and ethnic Buddhist militias who had razed their villages. A decade on, the now 14-year-old has witnessed countless boats arrive on the […]
Read MoreMyanmar will hold a third phase of voting for its general election on 25 January, according to an announcement on state media today (26 December), outlining a poll plan that comes amid a raging civil war in the Southeast Asian nation. The first two phases of voting are set to take place on 28 December […]
Read MoreYANGON: Myanmar’s military junta denied on Saturday killing civilians in a hospital air strike that left more than 30 people dead. A military jet bombed late Wednesday the general hospital of Mrauk-U in western Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh, two aid workers said. “Those killed or injured were not civilians, but terrorists and their supporters,” said […]
Read MoreAt least 30 people were killed, including patients, after an airstrike by the country’s ruling junta hit a hospital in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, according to a rebel group, an aid worker and a witness. More than 70 people were injured, they said. The hospital in Rakhine’s Mrauk U township was struck late on Wednesday […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Myanmar’s military rulers must put an end to the “deplorable” violence inflicted on the population since 2021 and find a “credible path” back to civilian government, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday. Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, Guterres said the military […]
Read MoreBy Aidan Jones and Joseph Sipalan A crackdown on a notorious Myanmar scam base is cosmetic and timed to appease world leaders meeting in Kuala Lumpur this weekend, a senior security source has told This Week in Asia, as links between politicians and fraud empires threaten to embarrass Asean with US President Donald Trump flying […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s military junta has regained key territory in recent months, reversing major losses from last year’s insurgent offensive with the help of Chinese diplomatic backing, new military technology, and intensified airstrikes that have devastated towns across the country. The shift marks a turning point since Operation 1027, launched in October 2023 by the Brotherhood Alliance- […]
Read MoreMalaysia’s foreign minister will visit Myanmar on Thursday for talks with the ruling junta on its upcoming election and will push for progress on a stalled peace process, Malaysia’s government said. Mohamad Hasan will make a one-day visit to the capital Naypyitaw in Malaysia’s capacity as chair of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN and will […]
Read MoreBANGKOK: Myanmar’s military government on Thursday acknowledged attacking a religious festival held on the grounds of a school in central Myanmar, which witnesses said killed about two dozen people, including children, when improvised bombs were dropped by motorized paragliders. A statement issued by the military’s information office blamed resistance forces opposed to army rule for […]
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