Myanmar

People who fled Myanmar carry their belongings across a bridge to the border village of Zokhawthar, in India's northeastern state of Mizoram, on Nov. 15.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's spiraling violence spawns strategic risks for India

Northeastern border instability, possible Chinese inroads worry analysts

27 November 2023
Kyi Pyar Win, 48, the wife of a Myanmar military defector, is photographed in an undisclosed location near the Thailand-Myanmar border. (Photo by Valeria Mongelli)
Myanmar Crisis

Inside Myanmar's military bases: Wives stand guard as war escalates

Rare interviews reveal growing alarm in the face of intensifying armed opposition

24 November 2023
Ming Xuechang, Ming Guoping, Ming Julan and Ming Zhenzhen. (Photo courtesy of Wenzhou Public Security Bureau)
Caixin

Wanted in China: Four leaders of Myanmar telecom scam ring

Syndicate is also suspected of homicide, intentional injury and illegal detention

17 November 2023
Officers of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army ethnic armed organizations speak to soldiers of an army battalion and family members who surrendered in the Kokang Self-Administered Zone in Myanmar's northern Shan state on Nov. 14. (Kokang online media via AP)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar orders civil servants to prepare for emergencies amid rebel gains

Regime faces 'heavy assaults' in several parts of crisis-torn country

16 November 2023
When construction on Yoma Central began in 2017, completion was targeted for mid-2021. (Photo by Nikkei)
Companies

Myanmar's Yoma to restart Yangon project by year-end

High-rise apartments to be built first as group bets on housing market

16 November 2023
Myint Swe, center, acting president of Myanmar's military regime, speaks at a meeting with members the National Defense and Security Council on Nov. 8. (The Military True News Information Team via AP)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar military regime rattled by ethnic militia offensive

Martial law declared in northeastern towns as president warns of risk of split

14 November 2023
Chevron said in in February 2023 said it had agreed to sell its 41.1% stake in Myanmar's Yadana gas field to Canada's MTI Energy.
Energy

Chevron still owns Myanmar gas assets despite earlier vow to exit

Yadana offshore project tied to sanction-hit Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise

10 November 2023
Myanmar Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, in center of front row, attends a Nov. 6 ceremony held before a joint naval exercise with Russia. (Military True News Information Team via AP)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar and Russia stage first-ever joint naval drills

Countries step up cooperation as Western economic sanctions bite

9 November 2023
Myanmar protesters demonstrate outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Tokyo on Feb. 1, the second anniversary of the 2021 military coup.
Myanmar Crisis

Approval to visit imprisoned Suu Kyi remains difficult to obtain

Myanmar military shows no response to her second son's application, media report

6 November 2023
Thailand's PTTEP holds a substantial stake in Myanmar's Yadana gas field. (Photo courtesy of PTTEP)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar state energy company MOGE snared in U.S. sanctions net

Washington targets regime's funds, risks deepening tilt toward China and Russia

2 November 2023
"Tiger Stripes" (2023), a coming-of-age horror film, in May became the first Malaysian film to take home the coveted Critics' Week Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. (Courtesy of Akanga Film Productions) 
Arts

Movie successes abroad prompt soul-searching in Malaysia

Awards bring domestic struggles with censorship and finance to the fore

28 October 2023
Kao Kim Hourn, secretary-general of ASEAN, speaks during an interview with Nikkei Asia in Tokyo on Oct. 27. (Photo by Yuki Kohara) 
Myanmar Crisis

ASEAN's Myanmar stance won't change with Laos in charge: official

Secretary-General stresses bloc's unity in engagement with generals

27 October 2023
Myanmar's military is accused of conducting an airstrike on a refugee camp in Kachin state that killed 29 people, including children. 
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar clashes engulf refugee camp, air base and bridges

Insurgent groups skip cease-fire anniversary ceremony in protest of violence

19 October 2023
Rohingya children stand on the floor of their burned shelter after a fire at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, in March 2021.
Myanmar Crisis

Don't forget Rohingya, U.N. refugee chief says, as crises spread

Funding gap threatens host Bangladesh and efforts inside Myanmar

17 October 2023
An independent Myanmar media outlet reports from a studio in Thailand. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's exiled media outlets keep reporting from next door

Journalists stand up to military regime, but financial sustainability a concern

15 October 2023
Anti-corruption efforts led by Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing may be aimed at appeasing a general public hurting under sharp inflation.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar steps up corruption crackdown amid economic pressure

Key economic policy leaders sentenced to 20 years

13 October 2023
Computers that have been confiscated from fraud operations in northern Myanmar. Cybercrime scams have exploded in the region in the last few years.
Caixin

Chinese in crosshairs of 'mushrooming' transnational cybercrime

U.N. says many forced into online scam operations in Myanmar and Cambodia

11 October 2023
Garment workers at a factory in Yangon in 2019 before the military torpedoed the Burmese economy.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar regime ups minimum wage by 20% amid inflation

First increase since 2021 forced by currency depreciation, soaring prices

10 October 2023
Authorities transfer 109 people suspected of telecom fraud across the border from Myanmar to Southwestern China’s Yunnan province in mid-September, according to the Ministry of Public Security
Caixin

China to limit Myanmar border crossings to counter telecom fraudsters

'Strict border control zone' will be set up temporarily in Yunnan province

1 October 2023
Archbishop Charles Bo at an interfaith prayer ceremony in Yangon in 2017: Sometimes his messages are subtle. 
Opinion

Cardinal Bo is an ally, not foe, of Myanmar's freedom cause

Catholic leader has called out atrocities, not 'cavorted' with junta leaders

20 September 2023
People line up to buy oil in Yangon in August. Food oil at one point was selling for more than double the reference price set by the government.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's fight to tame inflation sows turmoil over cooking oil

Shortages, tainted products spring up under military's price controls

16 September 2023
Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is said to be in deteriorating health, and her whereabouts are unclear.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's ex-ruling NLD party warns on Suu Kyi's health condition

Ex-leader said to not be receiving adequate medical care, food or accommodations

15 September 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden raises a toast with his Vietnamese counterpart, Vo Van Thuong, right, on Sept. 11 in Hanoi.
Opinion

If Biden can befriend Vietnam, he can work with Myanmar

Pragmatic approach will better serve U.S. strategic interests than sanctions

15 September 2023
Air force commanders from six ASEAN countries at an annual conference on Sept. 13 in Naypyitaw. (Handout photo from Myanmar Military Information Team)
Myanmar Crisis

6 ASEAN air force chiefs attend conference hosted by Myanmar

Indonesia, Malaysia and others skip meeting amid criticism of airstrikes

15 September 2023
The Karen Environmental and Social Action Network, or KESAN, works with local communities to protect wildlife and biodiversity in an area of eastern Myanmar. However, its task has been overshadowed by the conflict engulfing parts of the country. (All photos courtesy of KESAN)
Life

Myanmar's forests fall victim to conflict

Environmental groups curb activity even as illegal logging increases

14 September 2023