Myanmar

ASEAN special envoy Prak Sokhonn traveled to Myanmar on Wednesday (June 29) for the second time in three months as part of the bloc's effort to tackle the country's political crisis. His visit comes just two days after he issued a…

Two Malaysian teenagers were forced to work for scam syndicate in Myanmar after being duped by job advertisements on Facebook and Instagram. The ads offered the 14- and 15-year old boys from eastern Pahang state salaries of RM5,000 and…

Myanmar has banned car imports in an effort to shore up dwindling foreign currency reserves that have been under pressure due to soaring energy and food costs and weakness in the kyat. Major General Zaw Min Tun, lead spokesman for the…

Malaysia's Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah on Saturday (June 11) said ASEAN needs a more detailed road map for tackling the Myanmar crisis, suggesting that it sets a time frame and lists the stakeholders in efforts to end the conflict.…

Myanmar is facing a rapidly growing food security crisis where 13.2 million people are already food insecure. Ongoing violence, economic crisis, recurrent climate-induced shocks, population displacement and COVID-19, among other factors,…

A resistance alliance seized two military trucks and multiple weapons from a junta convoy that they ambushed in Karenni (Kayah) State’s Hpruso Township over a period of three days last week, the groups reported. The Karenni Nationalities…

More than 30 local administrators in Magway Region’s Pauk Township have informed resistance forces in the area that they will no longer cooperate with the regime that appointed them. The administrators, from two villages located some…

The Myanmar military has continued its rampage across much of southern Sagaing Region in recent days, killing civilians and torching homes in Yinmabin and Khin-U townships. On Monday, the bodies of four villagers were discovered in Lel…

Caught between international pressure over how to engage with the Myanmar military junta regime and India’s own ties with its neighbour, the government is likely to not include the Myanmar Foreign Minister at the India-ASEAN Foreign…