Human rights activists are urging the U.N. Security Council to refer Myanmar’s military rulers to the International Criminal Court and for neighboring Southeast Asian countries to support the oppositi
UN Security Council must act to end the violence in Myanmar, says Special Advisory Council for Myanmar
Security Council must take action to ensure that the Myanmar military complies with Resolution 2669 which was enacted last year to end violence and restore democracy.
ICC Asked to Expand Investigations After Further Massacres in Myanmar
The National Unity Government of Myanmar (NUG) has released the grisly details of a massacre allegedly committed by the Myanmar military’s Light Infantry Division (LID) 99. Combined with other reports …
The clock is ticking for ASEAN on Myanmar
Should ASEAN fail to make concrete progress on Myanmar by the end of the year, it should refer the situation to the UN Security Council, which in December passed its first ever resolution on Myanmar.
Talks Underway to Resume Work on Trans-Myanmar Railway Linking China to Bay of Bengal
After pandemic-related delays, Myanmar’s government says field inspection and reports are complete for the railway that would give China a shipping route bypassing the possible chokepoint at the Strai …
Myanmar army kill more than 28 in monastery attack – insurgent group
Myanmar’s Shan State has experienced some of the fiercest fighting in an ongoing civil war At least 28 people were killed by the Myanmar army at a monastery in southern Shan State, an insurgent group …
Myanmar: Concrete UN Security Council Action Needed
The United Nations Security Council should build on its December 2022 resolution on Myanmar by adopting tangible measures to hold the junta accountable for ongoing abuses.
Myanmar’s Keppel sells Sedona Hotel in Yangon to Spring Blossom Ventures from Singapore for US$57.4mil
As Myanmar’s hotel industry struggles to recover from the double whammy of the coronavirus pandemic and the 2021 military takeover, Keppel Corporation will sell Sedona Hotel in Yangon for US$57.4 …
Could Myanmar Be Implicated in Russia’s War Against Ukraine?
Ukraine’s top intelligence official says Russia is attempting to get supplies for the war from anywhere it can …
Over 10 million stimulant tablets seized in eastern Myanmar; durgs street worth almost US$2mil
Myanmar authorities have seized 10.17 million stimulant tablets in the eastern Shan state, according to a statement from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control has announced.