Myanmar

The United Kingdom's former ambassador to Myanmar has reportedly been detained by the country's military junta. Vicky Bowman was taken into custody along with her husband, Myanmar national Htein Lin, on Wednesday night, according to…

An international rights group has urged Japan to immediately halt its training for Myanmar military officers and cut ties with the junta, citing their alleged involvement in abuses in conflict areas of the coup-hit Southeast Asian country.…

Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to six more years in prison on Monday (Aug 15) in a judgment that could further anger supporters of the 77-year-old Nobel peace prize laureate. A special court inside a prison…

There is a real danger that the political crisis in Myanmar could turn into a civil war, given how there has been no progress on peace plans that the country had agreed to with ASEAN, said Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Friday (Aug…

ASEAN foreign ministers have registered their disappointment that plans to resolve the political crisis in Myanmar have hardly made progress, amid a lack of commitment by the country's authorities to implement a peace plan. The…

Myanmar police on Saturday detained a Japanese man who was taking part in an anti-coup protest in Yangon, local media reported. The Japanese Embassy in Myanmar said it has requested the release of the man in his 20s, reported to be…

Myanmar has sufficient foreign reserves to avoid an economic crisis similar to Sri Lanka's, the military government said, pushing back on suggestions by some analysts that the South-east Asian nation faces a growing possibility of default.…

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has condemned the execution by Myanmar's military junta of four people, including an ally of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The issue, related to the 2021 coup that plunged the nation…

Japan on Monday renewed its condemnation of Myanmar as it aired serious concerns about the execution of two pro-democracy activists in the Southeast Asian nation, which remains under junta rule following the February 2021 coup. The…

Myanmar's military government and Rosatom State Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding on nuclear energy cooperation during junta chief Min Aung Hlaing's private visit to Russia. The military chief met with Alexey Likhachev,…