Women have been resisting the junta since the beginning of the coup, which took place more than two years ago, says human rights activist …
Myanmar: What’s next for Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD party?
What does the future hold for Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) now that the party has been dissolved by the country’s military junta?
Bangladesh: Halt ‘Pilot’ Plan to Return Rohingya
Bangladesh authorities should suspend plans to send Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar, where their lives and liberty would be at grave risk.
HRW urges Bangladesh to halt Rohingya repatriation plan
Human Rights Watch on Friday urged Bangladesh to suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, warning conditions there would not be safe for the persecuted and stateless minority. Human …
The UN can no longer play dumb to its manipulation by the Myanmar military
The United Nations has played into the military’s hands in Rakhine State, by acquiescing when the regime starved communities of aid and then restored humanitarian access to achieve its war aims.
Myanmar economy to remain “severely diminished” amid conflict -World Bank
A Myanmar national who said he was a fireman and recently fled to India shows a Myanmar kyat banknote as he poses at an undisclosed location in India’s northeastern state of Mizoram, near the …
Myanmar kills 8 of its own civilians in military airstrike, rebels claim
Eight civilians, including two children, were killed in an airstrike by the Myanmar military presumably targeting rebel forces and ethnic minorities.
Myanmar, India’s gateway to Asean, can solve its power issues by shifting to renewables
Myanmar is one of the least developed countries in Asia with the lowest electrification rate. In 2022, “80 per cent of the rural people have no access to grid electricity,” according to Myanmar Information Management Unit. Around 26 per cent of the …
Businesswoman Sanctioned for Supplying Junta Tied to at Least 10 More Firms in Myanmar
Daw Kyauk Kyar Shwe, who owns UK-sanctioned Shoon Energy, a supplier of fuel to the military, has many more firms, many with ‘Shoon’ or ‘Asia Sun’ in their names.
Bhutan yields to Chinese salami-slicing pressure in Doklam, causing immediate impact on India
President Xi Jinping-led China has made successful inroads into Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and to an extent Bangladesh, using financial inducements, project finance, infrastructure …