The Arakan Army said Saturday (13 September) that a junta air strike killed at least 19 students, including children, in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state. The Myanmar ethnic minority armed group is engaged in a fierce fight with Myanmar’s ruling military for control of Rakhine, where it has seized swaths of territory in the past year. […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is suffering from worsening heart problems and needs urgent medical attention, her son said on Friday, in an appeal for her immediate release from “cruel and life-threatening” custody. Kim Aris told Reuters that his 80-year-old mother, in military custody since a 2021 coup that deposed her government, […]
Read MoreIndia will send teams to monitor a general election in war-torn Myanmar that is scheduled to start in December, Myanmar state media said on Monday, as New Delhi signals support for a vote that has already been derided by critics as a sham. Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra […]
Read MoreBANGKOK: Myanmar’s military government designated the Karen National Union a terrorist organization Thursday, making illegal virtually any activities connected with the major ethnic rebel group, including contact by third parties. The KNU has been fighting on and off for greater autonomy since Myanmar became independent from Britain in 1948. The group located in Myanmar’s southeast […]
Read MoreBy Aidan Jones Myanmar’s military regime wants to hold the first election since it seized power in 2021, but opponents have decried the idea as senseless amid the country’s civil war, as they warn of more bloodshed while the junta embarks on a doomed attempt at a reset. The country has announced that the first […]
Read MoreA United Nations-backed investigative team has uncovered significant evidence of systemic torture and sexual violence in Myanmar’s detention facilities over the past year, including electric shocks, strangulation, gang rape, and burning of sexual body parts. Nicholas Koumjian, head of the international independent investigative team, made the disclosure as his team released its latest annual report […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s military on Thursday nominally transferred power to a civilian-led interim government ahead of a planned December election, with the junta chief remaining in charge of the war-torn country in his other role as acting president. An announcement in state media said a decree that granted power to the military after its 2021 coup had […]
Read MoreBy Hadi Azmi and Joseph Sipalan Southeast Asian leaders have called on the Myanmar junta to refrain from holding elections until it satisfies a “wish list” for peace by the country’s stakeholders, as the Asean bloc wraps up a meeting of foreign ministers. In closing remarks on Friday, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations outlined […]
Read MoreMalaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday hailed “significant” steps to engage warring sides in Myanmar, as Southeast Asian leaders met for talks to address the protracted conflict and offset global trade uncertainty from US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats. Myanmar has been in turmoil since its military overthrew the elected civilian government of Nobel […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Asean Foreign Ministers have commended Malaysia’s proactive leadership in reviving efforts to implement the Five-Point Consensus (5PC) and facilitating constructive dialogue to address the ongoing crisis in Myanmar. Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo said both the informal and extended informal consultations on the implementation of the 5PC, held Saturday (May […]
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