Southeast Asian leaders have done little to ramp up pressure on Myanmar to comply with their plan for peace, agreeing to a course of action that largely kicks the matter down the road …
ASEAN Leaders Seek Measurable Indicators, Timeline for Myanmar Peace Plan
The bloc’s foreign ministers had been tasked with developing “concrete, practical and measurable indicators with specific timeline to support the five-point consensus,” ASEAN said in a statement, …
Cambodian leader cautions against post-COVID complacency
Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders struggled Friday to come to a consensus on how to pressure Myanmar to comply with a plan for peace, with violence in the member state spiraling out of …
UN Secretary-General: World has failed strife-torn Myanmar
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday that the world had failed Myanmar, and expressed hope the Association of Southeast Asian Nations would be able to pressure the member …
US, EU Extends Sanctions as Myanmar Violence Escalates
The European Union and United States imposed further sanctions on Myanmar’s military regime on Tuesday by designating arms dealers, companies and senior officials as violence continues to escalate …
Two Die as Myanmar Junta Troops Burn Mandalay Village
A father of four and a stroke victim are confirmed dead after regime soldiers responded to a clash with a resistance group by raiding a village.
Suspend Myanmar Junta Participation, Enact Emergency Measures to Protect Civilians
The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should reject a proposal, revealed Thursday (Nov 10) in a leaked document, to maintain the Myanmar junta’s full participation in all …
“We would like to see Myanmar move to democracy, cease violence”: Indian Foreign Ministry
Following the coup in February 2021, political unrest in Myanmar is affecting India. Chinese mafia groups, who are involved in a variety of illicit operations and pose a severe threat to India’s …
Asean inaction on Myanmar decried
A human rights group has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to reject a proposal that effectively allows the Myanmar military junta to continue participating in all but a handful of …
Dozens of Myanmar Junta Forces, PDF Member Killed in Two Days of Resistance Attacks
The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Sagaing, Bago and Tanintharyi regions and Chin, Rakhine and Karen states.