Myanmar

Wildlife for sale last year at a market in Khammouane Province, Laos. (Courtesy of WWF-Greater Mekong)
16 March 2022
A still from "Myanmar Diaries." To make the documentary, an anonymous group of filmmakers called the Myanmar Film Collective collected raw footage that had been filmed by citizens on the streets and combined it with reconstructions of events experienced by members of the collective or their family and friends. (All photos courtesy of the Myanmar Film Collective)
Arts

Myanmar documentary brings country's angst and courage to big screens

Award-winning film highlights risks in life under military regime

4 March 2022
Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn plans to arrive in Myanmar on March 20 for a four-day visit.
Myanmar Crisis

ASEAN envoy plans maiden visit to Myanmar this month

Cambodian minister's trip comes as military rulers refuse access to Suu Kyi

4 March 2022
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, delivers his press statement following ASEAN leaders' meeting in Jakarta in April 2021: strong regional organizations can only be forged through a crisis. (Handout photo from Indonesian Presidential Palace)
Opinion

Myanmar question is forcing ASEAN to remake itself

Many fear that overt displays of disharmony will do long-term damage

28 February 2022
ASEAN is caught between Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Opinions within the block vary, but the conflict's effects will be felt by all. (Source photos by AP)
Ukraine war

ASEAN faces fallout from Russian invasion of Ukraine

Conflict to increase food prices, experts warn; responses from bloc members vary

25 February 2022
Taliban forces ride in a car in Kabul in November 2021: the extremist government will struggle to stop the local Islamic State affiliate from drawing in militants to settle in ungoverned expanses of the country.
Opinion

Expect the world's ungoverned places to export instability

Outside actors prove increasingly reluctant to intervene

22 February 2022
Rohingya refugees are sent to Bhasan Char island in December 2020. Bangladesh has limited educational opportunities for refugees on the island.
Myanmar Crisis

Rohingya refugees face growing violence at Bangladesh camps

As ICJ hears genocide case, questions loom over who represents Myanmar

22 February 2022
Leading Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. plans to shed its stake in a Myanmar gas project.
Myanmar Crisis

Mitsubishi Corp. to offload interest in Myanmar gas field

Move comes amid Japanese exodus from military-controlled country

18 February 2022
Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Laotian Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith and ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi pose for a group photo at the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Phnom Penh on Feb. 17.
International relations

ASEAN fails to achieve Myanmar breakthrough again

Min Aung Hlaing's regime boycotts foreign ministers' meeting

17 February 2022
Kirin has made a concerted push into craft beer, evidenced by its recent purchase of Bell's Brewery, a U.S. brewing company.
Food & Beverage

Away from Myanmar, Kirin pivots to craft beer in U.S. and Australia

Japanese brewer's exit from emerging Asian markets part of strategy shift

17 February 2022
China backs Myanmar's military regime while also keeping in touch with pro-democracy groups. (Nikkei montage/AP)
Myanmar Crisis

China rolls dice with Myanmar's military, sidelines democratic NUG

Beijing pursues infrastructure projects with regime despite escalating conflict

16 February 2022
Kirin had hoped to continue its beer business in Myanmar after the dissolution of the joint venture but it was not able to do so. (Source photo by Yoichi Iwata)
Myanmar Crisis

Kirin makes painful decision to exit Myanmar over human rights

Japanese Brewer posts 16.9% profit drop as it faces losing lucrative beer market

14 February 2022
Refugees fleeing new fighting between Myanmar's army and insurgent groups receive aid from Thailand on the border Jan. 6.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's generals look to court ethnic militias on Union Day

Mobile internet curbs expected as military watches for attacks and protests

12 February 2022
Left: A group of women protest against the military government in Yangon, Myanmar, on July 14, 2021. Right: Members of the Taliban sit on a military vehicle during parade in Kabul on Nov. 14, 2021.  (Source photo by Reuters)
Politics

Afghanistan and Myanmar drag down Asia's democracy ranking

EIU report highlights challenge China poses to democracy

10 February 2022
Myanmar citizens are resisting the takeover and continuing their campaign for democracy. Young people have chosen social media as their main battlefield.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar citizens oppose military takeover on social media

Nikkei reporters sample 250 million tweets protesting crackdown

4 February 2022
A Chinland Defense Force fighter poses for a photograph at an undisclosed location near the India-Myanmar border on Nov. 23, 2021. 
Life

Myanmar's Chin battle military with muskets

Ethnic minority has played key role in country's history of conflicts

2 February 2022
Almost nobody could be seen out and about on Feb. 1 in Yangon's Hledan district, an area normally teeming with shoppers and street stalls.
Myanmar Crisis

Defiant Myanmar cities stage 'silent strike' on takeover anniversary

Empty streets underscore military's failure to win public over

2 February 2022
Houses in Thantlang, a town in Chin State, were razed by artillery attacks by the military. (Photo courtesy of Chin Human Rights Organization, AP)
1 February 2022
A protester uses a face mask with an image of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a peace march in Tokyo in December. 
International relations

U.S., U.K. and Canada slap new sanctions on Myanmar, 1 year on

Biden says those responsible for power grab will be held accountable

1 February 2022
Myanmar's Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who leads the country, is facing resistance from a fractured -- and increasingly armed -- populace.
Asia Insight

Yangon calm masks Myanmar's pain 1 year after military takeover

Disparate forces meet along Thai border as strange 'new normal' sets in

1 February 2022
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, left, and Myanmar's Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, right, pose for photographs before holding a meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Jan. 7. (An Khoun SamAun/National Television of Cambodia via AP)
Myanmar Crisis

Cambodian PM's embrace of Myanmar military rulers splits ASEAN

Hun Sen's sympathy with Min Aung Hlaing undercuts group's world standing

31 January 2022
Young demonstrators flash three-fingered symbol of resistance as they march in Yangon in April 2021: Myanmar's youths will never submit to the dark past their elders endured.
Opinion

A year since it seized power, Myanmar's military is losing

Opposition movement needs concerted outside support

31 January 2022
The Spring Revolution Restaurant in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district draws crowds of Myanmar people and Japanese alike. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Myanmar Crisis

Japan's Myanmar expats remit restaurant profits to defy military

Students, systems engineers, garment inspectors aid struggle by waiting tables

30 January 2022
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, left, greets Myanmar's Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing during a visit to Naypyitaw on Jan. 7, 2022. (An Khoun Sam Aun/National Television of Cambodia via AP)
International relations

ASEAN foreign ministers to meet Feb. 16-17 in Cambodia

Key event postponed in January over objections to Hun Sen's Myanmar outreach

29 January 2022
Myanmar military officials attend a commissioning ceremony of a submarine gifted by China in December. (Photo courtesy of Myanmar's Ministry of Information)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's isolation from West opens door for China and Russia

Beijing brokers peace talks and gifts a submarine while Moscow supplies arms

28 January 2022