Myanmar

Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing roofs off buildings and killing at least three people. Cyclone Mocha made…

A special court set up in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to an additional seven years in prison on Friday over corruption charges, legal sources said, bringing the total time she faces behind bars to 33…

A Japanese filmmaker recently released from detainment in a Myanmar prison called on Monday for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government to use its economic influence to condemn the repression perpetrated by the military junta. Citing…

The Association of South-east Asian (ASEAN) defense chiefs held their annual retreat on Tuesday without a representative from Myanmar amid the prolonged political crisis in the country. With Covid-19 on the wane, ASEAN started physical…

A Japanese documentary filmmaker detained in Myanmar and sentenced to 10 years in prison for allegedly breaking immigration law, among other violations, has been given a pardon and will return home, the Japanese government said Thursday.…

Myanmar’s crisis could take decades to resolve but as long as it continues, it will pose a challenge to ASEAN’s ability to get on with its agenda confronting the future, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said at an ISEAS, Yusof Ishak…

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed Thursday to seek a consensus in making any decision to address violence in Myanmar, which has been under military rule since a February 2021 coup. "The meeting…

Global watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has added Myanmar to a group of high-risk countries, known as the blacklist, citing its failure to make enough progress in addressing illicit financial flows. The failures “were first…

A special court set up by Myanmar's military government on Wednesday sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in prison on charges of corruption, further increasing the time the democracy icon will be behind bars, local…

Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison for breaching Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act. This adds to the existing 20 years’ jail she is serving for a range of offences, including electoral…