By Aidan Jones The first day of voting in Myanmar’s three-stage election was held on Sunday, a process decried as a charade with the most popular pro-democracy party banned and up to half the war-torn country unable to vote. In the capital, Naypyidaw, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing cast his vote in an election he […]
Read MoreBy 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 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 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 […]
Read MoreBy Maria Siow India and the United States are exploring ways to tap Myanmar’s rare earth reserves, with New Delhi reportedly in talks with a powerful rebel group and Washington considering working with either opposing side of the country’s civil war, as they seek to diversify their sources for the crucial minerals. But analysts say […]
Read MoreYANGON: Myanmar’s junta acknowledged Monday its long-promised election would not be held in about one in seven national parliament constituencies, as it battles myriad rebel forces opposed to the poll. A civil war has consumed Myanmar since the military snatched power in a 2021 coup, jailing democratic figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi and deposing her […]
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