By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK, July 12 (Reuters) – The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN was told on Sunday by Myanmar’s foreign minister that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was “a sister” who was in …
Bloc eyes Myanmar impasse
Asean foreign ministers renewed pressure on Myanmar to advance the bloc’s Five-Point Consensus (5PC), with the detention of political prisoners, including former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, remaining a …
ASEAN calls for ‘concrete actions’ to reduce violence in Myanmar
Myanmar Foreign Minister U Tin Maung Swe briefs ASEAN counterparts in first such meeting since 2021 coup | Anadolu …
Asean ministers push stalled peace plan in Myanmar talks; bloc demands concrete peace plans
South-East Asian foreign ministers pressed their Myanmar counterpart for “concrete” progress on a stagnant Asean peace plan for the country during a meeting in Bangkok on Sunday, top Thai and Philippi …
Myanmar exports over 1 million tons of beans, pulses, maize, sesame seeds in first three months of FY 2026-27
YANGON: Myanmar exported over 1 million tons of beans and pulses, maize and sesame seeds in the first three months of the current fiscal year 2026-27, which began in April, earning over US$538 million …
China’s Strategic Interests in Myanmar Behind U.S. Citizen Arrest: Sources
The arrest of American Min Zin in China, apparently over his influential analysis of China’s interests in Myanmar, is a warning …
‘Nothing left except death’: Myanmar families grieve huge war toll
Ranks of bereaved Myanmar families bow in silent grief to pray for their dead, some of the latest victims in a years-long conflict now estimated to have claimed 100,000 lives.”Before the coup, our …
Myanmar’s Shwedagon Pagoda attracts over 3.87 million visitors in H1
YANGON: The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 3.87 million visitors during the first half of this year, Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of …
What Myanmar is signaling to Asean by rejecting access to Suu Kyi
BANGKOK – As Aung San Suu Kyi turned 81 recently, some have reiterated calls for her release or access to her. But these calls have been ignored or turned down, including the latest request from Asean …
The real winner in Myanmar’s civil war is China
W HEN MIN AUNG HLAING, then chief of Myanmar’s army, led a coup in February 2021, China called it “a major cabinet reshuffle”. On June 16th Xi Jinping, China’s leader, nee …