Myanmar

Army troops in tanks take part in a parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw on March 27.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar economists urge curbs on junta's hard currency access

Report says sanctions will reduce military's revenue by up to $2bn

29 April 2021
Myanmar's most popular sportsman, Aung La Nsang says the political strife in his native country has left him feeling helpless: "But what I can do is put on a great show for the fans," says the Florida-based MMA fighter. (Image courtesy ONE Championship)
Life

MMA star Aung La Nsang fights for Myanmar's future

Political turmoil has left nation's best known sportsman feeling helpless

29 April 2021
Southeast Asian leaders meet in Jakarta on Apr. 24: ASEAN's declining democratic standards bode ill for regional unity.
Opinion

Myanmar's junta takes ASEAN for a ride

Southeast Asian bloc in danger of whitewashing a heinous regime

28 April 2021
The junta has chosen a path that minimizes the impact of its internet restrictions while allowing it to maintain tight control on the flow of information. (Source photos by Reuters)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar junta builds 'walled garden' of internet services

Banking apps go back online but the regime maintains its authoritative grip

28 April 2021
Myanmar's junta chief, Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, left, is welcomed at Soekarno Hatta International Airport on the outskirts of Jakarta on April 24.
Myanmar Crisis

ASEAN risks enabling Myanmar junta to buy time

Bloc's 'soft intervention' raises both doubts and hopes for end to coup crisis

27 April 2021
Myanmar junta chief Gen. Min Aung Hlaing is noncommital toward a request from U.N. special envoy Christine Schraner Burgener to visit the country. (Source photos by Reuters and AP)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar junta chief meets UN special envoy in Jakarta

ASEAN chair considers former Indonesian foreign minister for Myanmar portfolio

26 April 2021
Activists protest to support the anti-coup movement and democracy in Myanmar, near the ASEAN secretariat building in Jakarta.
Interview

Myanmar anti-coup leader says ASEAN summit falls short of goals

Rejection of proposals leave bleak prospects for dialogue

25 April 2021
Southeast Asian leaders meet at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on April 24. Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is seated in the foreground at right.
Myanmar Crisis

ASEAN 'consensus' urges Myanmar junta to end violence

Five points include 'constructive dialogue' and acceptance of special envoy

24 April 2021
Indonesian President Joko Widodo attends a news conference after attending the ASEAN leaders' summit in Jakarta.
Myanmar Crisis

ASEAN chairman's statement on the leaders meeting

Members reach five points of consensus on Myanmar

24 April 2021
A nighttime protest in Yangon in March: More than 700 people have been reported killed since the Feb. 1 coup.  
Myanmar Crisis

What to expect at ASEAN's Myanmar crisis summit

Bloc's divisions prompt predictions of 'modest progress at best'

24 April 2021
Freelance journalist Yuki Kitazumi covered anti-coup protests in Myanmar before his arrest on Sunday.
Myanmar Crisis

Detained Japanese journalist in Myanmar 'not mistreated': embassy

Freelancer Yuki Kitazumi gives first update on condition after arrest over 'fake news'

23 April 2021
Protesters hold banners to show their support for the National Unity Government in Yangon on Apr. 17: the NUG and the people taking to the streets need international support more than ever.
Opinion

ASEAN must use weekend summit to save Myanmar

International community should engage with the National Unity Government

23 April 2021
Total's Yadana gas field, pictured in December 2016: the French major has resisted calls to cease operations. (Handout photo from Total)
Opinion

World's oil and gas majors cannot be expected to save Myanmar

Governments must step in with coordinated response to junta

22 April 2021
GAC showed off an upgraded “Plus” version of the Trumpchi GS4 compact crossover SUV, its best-selling own-brand model, at the Shanghai auto show this week. (Photo by CK Tan)
Interview

Chinese carmaker GAC presses ahead with Myanmar factory plan

'No effect from unrest,' says executive, despite attacks on apparel factories

22 April 2021
Vendors and shoppers carry on at a market on Feb. 2, a day after the army seized power, in Yangon, Myanmar.
Myanmar Crisis

UN warns of Myanmar's worsening food shortage as turmoil deepens

Post-coup crises spill over from human rights to joblessness and hunger

22 April 2021
Protesters in Yangon hold signs on April 20, criticizing the expected participation of junta leader Min Aung Hlaing in the ASEAN summit. The bloc faces heavy international pressure to resolve the crisis.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar junta chief to attend ASEAN summit on Saturday: spokesman

Death toll over 700 spurs calls for action despite bloc's noninterference policy

21 April 2021
The seas off the coasts of Southeast Asian nations have numerous oil and gas rigs, including this one in Singapore.
Myanmar Crisis

Gas majors halt Myanmar projects while Total stays put

Companies seek to choke off junta's funds, but power shortages could hurt locals

20 April 2021
People march in support of the National Unity Government in Dawei, Myanmar, on April 18. The NUG presents itself as a shadow government in opposition to the junta that staged the coup on Feb. 1.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar 'parallel government' pressures junta ahead of ASEAN meeting

Creation of National Unity Government highlights diplomatic dilemmas

19 April 2021
Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing takes part in an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw on March 27.
Myanmar Crisis

Posco cuts ties to Myanmar junta as multinationals face scrutiny

Investors press companies to stop working with military's web of 130 businesses

18 April 2021
Myanmar's detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi is named state counselor on her followers' list of new National Unity Government members.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar coup, from March 30 to April 17: Opponents of junta unveil Suu Kyi-led unity cabinet

Group seeks recognition as 'legitimate government'; ASEAN summit rumblings intensify

17 April 2021
Demonstrators from the Dawei Technological University march in Dawei on Apr. 9: the younger generation is fighting hard to protect freedom.
Opinion

Alarming downward spiral risks turning Myanmar into another Syria

Protracted civil conflict would inevitably draw in neighboring countries

16 April 2021
MiG-29 jet fighters: Myanmar has bought 30 MiG-29s as well as 10 Mi-24 and Mi-35P combat helicopters.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar junta taps Russian air power to bomb ethnic rebels

Military raids on Karen and Kachin states sow 'terror' in anti-coup strongholds

15 April 2021
Then-Japanese Ambassador to Myanmar Tateshi Higuchi, left, meets with Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing in October 2017, in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar.
Interview

Myanmar junta efforts to restore calm 'unworkable': ex-Japan envoy

More crackdowns and detentions on horizon as crisis goes from 'bad to worse'

15 April 2021
A Rohingya refugee, Dil Mohammed, arrives at an emergency response center after a massive fire on March 22 swept through parts of the Kutupalong-Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (WFP/Sayed Asif Mahmud)
Life

Technology gives hope amid embers of Rohingya camps

After fire devastates refugee settlement, digital initiatives help rebuild lives

15 April 2021
By one count, over 700 citizens have been killed in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 coup. But the international community remains paralyzed, even as the cycle of protests and bloody crackdowns continues.
The Big Story

Failed state: Myanmar collapses into chaos

A divided international response, a fractured country and a murderous regime

14 April 2021