Airstrikes on civilians ignored, Myanmar ethnic leader says China seen as sole power intervening, stabilising its projects Leader urges trust and dialogue by armed factions to end war LOI TAI LENG, ...

The country’s cities have been spared the violence of a hard-fought civil war. But as the economy has hollowed out, many urbanites have become desperate. The downtown of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city ...

Foreign Affairs Secretary Theresa Lazaro (right) with ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute Director and CEO Choi Shing Kwok on February 6, 2026. Secretary Lazaro was invited to deliver the 25th ASEAN Lecture ...

Associate Professor Emma Palmer is the recipient of an Australian Research Council Australian Discovery Early Career Award (project number DE250100597) funded by the Australian Government. The views ...

U.S. President Donald Trump this week extended the declaration of a “national emergency” in Myanmar for another year, a step that allows American sanctions against the military regime to continue.

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military-backed party emerged the winner of an election, final official figures showed Wednesday, as the country’s army chief signed a law authorizing a new consultative body that ...

The Myanmar military’s proxy party has been declared the overwhelming winner of the country’s recent election, ensuring that it will form the country’s next government and tighten the army’s hold on ...

Just weeks before a new parliament is due to convene, Myanmar’s regime has amended the Law Protecting the Privacy and Security of Citizens—a move that, at first ...

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