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 ...

Just four months ago, Timor-Leste formally became a member of ASEAN. Last week, the tiny country took an unprecedented step: its judicial authorities appointed a prosecutor to examine the Myanmar ...

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 ...

LOI TAI LENG, Myanmar — The head of one of Myanmar’s influential ethnic armies accused world leaders of ignoring the military government’s surge in deadly air strikes on civilians, adding that only ...

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, ...

ASEAN is sticking to its position on Myanmar and not recognising the outcome of its recent military-run election unless violence stops, Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro reiterated on Feb 6, ...

Myanmar’s multi-phase general elections were held between December 2025 and January 2026, the first since the 2021 military coup. While the military-led government framed the polls as a successful ...

YANGON -- A bridge over the Yangon River built with South Korean government financing opened on Friday, completing a project hoped to bring activity to the undeveloped area on the other side.

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 ...