Myanmar

Han Lay, who was crowned Miss Grand International Myanmar in 2021, was placed on a wanted list after denouncing Myanmar's military government last year.
Myanmar Crisis

Former Miss Myanmar leaves Thailand to seek refuge in Canada

Han Lay, who denounced the Myanmar military government, was denied entry in Bangkok

29 September 2022
Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand demonstrate against the military regime in May. If blacklisted by the FATF, Myanmar citizens around the world would have more difficulty accessing financial services.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar citizens would bear brunt of potential FATF blacklisting

Move would squeeze foreign aid; experts warn of 'detrimental consequences'

25 September 2022
Khin Yi speaks at a USDP news conference in Yangon in November 2020. He claimed that there was significant fraud in the election held that year.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's army-backed party to replace chief with general's ally

Khin Yi to take reins at USDP after predecessor steps aside for health reasons

23 September 2022
Chainalysis said Thailand and Vietnam saw high web traffic to marketplaces for non-fungible tokens.
Cryptocurrencies

Thailand and Vietnam emerge as ASEAN crypto trading hot spots

Each country logs over $100bn transactions in a year, topping Singapore

21 September 2022
Kirin had hoped to continue selling beer in Myanmar after the dissolution of the joint venture but it was not able to do so.
Myanmar Crisis

Kirin pulls arbitration request in venture with Myanmar military

Japanese beverage maker moves forward with exit from country

21 September 2022
Rohingya refugees near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, in 2017: The South Asian country says it is clamping down on its border amid concerns that more people will try to flee Myanmar.
International relations

Bangladesh fears new Rohingya exodus from fighting in Myanmar

Dhaka stresses 'burden' of hosting refugees, says it cannot accept more

19 September 2022
Ooredoo is believed to rank lowest in terms of subscribers among the country's four wireless carriers.
Telecommunication

Qatari telecom Ooredoo to exit Myanmar, following Norway's Telenor

Business will be sold to Singapore-based company with local ties

9 September 2022
Automobiles queue up at a gas station in Yangon, Myanmar.
Myanmar Crisis

Foreign companies in Myanmar struggle with shortage of dollars

Military government blamed for fickle foreign currency control policy

8 September 2022
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong meets Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in the city-state on Sept. 7. (Photo courtesy of Singaporean government)
International relations

Philippines' Marcos, Singapore's Lee align on South China Sea

Leaders express 'deep disappointment' in Myanmar's military leadership

7 September 2022
Riot police guard a bank in Yangon. Myanmar's economy has been hit hard by Western sanctions over the military takeover.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar faces blacklisting risk by global financial crime watchdog

FATF's designation could further dent the regime's economic credentials

7 September 2022
Oil tanks at a petroleum depot in the port of Vladivostok, Russia. Myanmar starts importing Russian fuel oil as early as September.
Ukraine war

Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar deepen Russia ties to blunt economic woes

Southeast Asia nations seen giving Moscow breathing room on sanctions

6 September 2022
ATOM has been running an aggressive advertising campaign in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, since rebranding in June.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar mobile carriers weigh options as military tightens grip

Ex-Telenor unit rebrands as ATOM while Qatar's Ooredoo considers exit

3 September 2022
Vicky Bowman in 2014. (Radio Free Asia via AP)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's sentencing of former U.K. envoy shows 'nobody is safe'

Prison terms for Bowman and husband shatter confidence of Yangon business sector

3 September 2022
Vicky Bowman currently runs the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business. (Photo from MCRB website)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar jails Britain's former ambassador and spouse for a year

Vicky Bowman and her husband Htein Lin were arrested on Aug. 24

2 September 2022
The depreciation of the kyat against the dollar is believed to have been triggered by the central bank's forced currency conversion rule.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar plans $200m currency intervention to fight inflation

Local currency kyat slides nearly 40% in August as fuel prices climb

2 September 2022
Weaker logistics and more supply shortages, as well as soaring fertilizer and fuel prices, are contributing to Myanmar's economic woes.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar inflation crushing consumers since military takeover

Rice prices have surged more than 40% while exorbitant gas costs hit transport

26 August 2022
Rohingya refugees mark the second anniversary of their exodus at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Aug. 25, 2019. Another three years later, they still have nowhere else to go.
Politics

Rohingya refugees mark 5th 'Genocide Day' as repatriation hopes dim

Military control in Myanmar keeps millions in Bangladesh limbo

25 August 2022
Myanmar's military chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, presides over an army parade in Naypyitaw in March 2021.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar military drives itself into corner on violent crackdowns

Regime learns election gimmicks from Thailand but not how to avoid a bloodbath

18 August 2022
Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured here in 2019, has been detained since the military took control of Myanmar in February 2021.
Myanmar Crisis

Suu Kyi gets 6 more years in prison, bringing total to 17: source

Ousted Myanmar leader found guilty of misusing charity funds in closed-door trial

15 August 2022
A Wa soldier walks through a rice field where opium was once grown in Myanmar's Shan State. (Photo by Adam Oswell)
Life

From headhunting to weaponized drones: Myanmar's Wa carve own path

Minority emerges as power broker amid post-takeover chaos

12 August 2022
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing has run Myanmar's military-led government since February 2021.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar general meets with Japan lawmaker for 1st time since takeover

Min Aung Hlaing and ex-cabinet minister Hiromichi Watanabe discuss bilateral ties

12 August 2022
Myanmar is preparing to build routes and charging stations for electric buses.
11 August 2022
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting in Phnom Penh on Aug. 5. (Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters)
The Nikkei View

China and Russia enable Myanmar military's brazen behavior

The two countries undermine ASEAN's efforts to pressure the regime

10 August 2022
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attend the East Asia Summit foreign ministers meeting in Phnom Penh on Aug. 5.
Taiwan tensions

Taiwan tensions add to ASEAN security headaches

Cambodia meetings take up Myanmar, South China Sea, Ukraine conflicts

6 August 2022
Southeast Asian ministers met in Phnom Penh on Aug. 3. Among the attendees were, from left: Vietnam Foreign Minister But Thanh Son, Cambodia Foreign Minister Peak Sokhonn, Indonesia Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Brunei Second Minister of Foreign Affairs Erywan Yusof, and Laos Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith.
International relations

ASEAN ramps up pressure on Myanmar after execution of activists

Southeast Asian leaders to assess prolonged crisis, says joint statement

5 August 2022