ASEAN Chair Philippines Hopes to Widen Talks With Anti-Junta Forces in Myanmar

MANILA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - ASEAN chair the Philippines ‌has ​welcomed various political and ethnic ‌groups from army-ruled ...

ASEAN chair Philippines hosts Myanmar ‘stakeholder meeting’ to push stalled peace bid

Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Theresa Lazaro is the ASEAN special envoy for the crisis in war-torn Myanmar. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WTOP News

Earthquake compounds Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis as the death toll passes 2,000

BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said Monday, as accounts of some people’s last moments emerged: Two hundred Buddhist monks ...

Myanmar votes in second phase of military-run election

Jan 11 (Reuters) - Voters in war-torn Myanmar queued up on Sunday to cast their ballots in the second stage of a military-run ...
Asia Society

Myanmar More Than Three Years into the Coup, and Prospects for the Future

NEW YORK, June 6, 2024 — Two human rights experts and members of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar, Yanghee Lee and Chris Sidoti, join Asia Society Executive Vice President and Asia Society ...
Los Angeles Times

Deaths in Myanmar push Southeast Asia’s toll from Typhoon Yagi past 500

BANGKOK — Floods and landslides in Myanmar triggered by last week’s Typhoon Yagi and seasonal monsoon rains have claimed at least 226 lives, with 77 people missing, state-run media reported Tuesday.
The Diplomat

Low Turnout in Second Phase of Myanmar’s ‘Sham’ Election

Observers said the second phase was marked by low voter turnout, resistance attacks, and reports of voters being intimidated ...
France 24

Myanmar’s junta holds second phase of widely slammed elections

Myanmar on Sunday held the second phase of a vote organised by a junta-appointed election commission, with the ballot missing ...
Cfr.org

Organized Crime Is Thriving in Myanmar’s Civil War—and It’s a Global Threat

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks during a press conference about policies to curb scam centers in Cambodia, in Bangkok Reuters Myanmar has become, by some estimates, the current ...
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Myanmar-Thailand earthquake live updates: Worst damage in Asia in 100 years, NGO says

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled much of Southeast Asia on Friday, resulting in mounting casualties and flattened skyscrapers from Myanmar to Thailand. The epicenter was in Mandalay, ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Myanmar violence, South China Sea tensions are top issues as Southeast Asian diplomats meet in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers and top diplomats from key partners including the United States and China were gathering in the Laotian capital on Thursday for the start of ...
Reuters

Asian firms urged to do their 'duty', break with Myanmar military

BANGKOK, Feb 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Asian businesses are coming under intense pressure to cut ties with the Myanmar military after this month's coup, with activists questioning whether such ...