Customers visit a Leapmotor electric vehicle showroom in Yangon. (Photo by Nikkei)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's military regime promotes EVs with a heavy hand

Tariff exemption, ban on gasoline-powered cars lead to influx of Chinese-made vehicles

17 February 2024
Resistance force members train at a base in eastern Myanmar. Some analysts say the military's draft order could end up benefitting resistance forces. (Photo by Maung Moe)
Myanmar Crisis

'I'd rather cut off a few fingers': Myanmar's draft fuels popular backlash

Critics say order will send new waves of recruits to resistance forces

14 February 2024
Workers in Bangkok protest a Myanmar military decree that they remit at least 25% of their pay to the Myanmar banking system in September 2023.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's shadow government pressures overseas job agencies

NUG threatens to prosecute companies that tax 'remittances to benefit the junta'

13 February 2024
Bangladeshi border guards stand watch at Ghumdhum Point overlooking Myanmar in Cox’s Bazar in 2017. Munitions are falling in Bangladesh as Myanmar's civil war rages.
Myanmar Crisis

Bangladesh rebukes Myanmar over stray gunfire as border crisis brews

Dhaka fears refugee influx, demands Naypyitaw repatriate forces who crossed over

7 February 2024
People who have fled Myanmar are pictured at a relief camp in a border village in northeastern India. 
The Nikkei View

Myanmar's deepening humanitarian crisis demands action

International community should support ASEAN's efforts to foster dialogue

7 February 2024
Thailand's Sihasak Phuangketkeow, now the country's vice foreign minister, attends a meeting in Naypyitaw in this 2014 file photo.
Myanmar Crisis

Thailand to intensify efforts to resolve Myanmar crisis

Vice foreign minister Sihasak sees cross-border aid initiative in place this month

6 February 2024
Myanmar military leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing addresses the National Defense and Security Council in Naypyitaw on Jan 31.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar regime's options narrow as U.S. bolsters jet fuel sanctions

Armed ethnic groups step up attacks, while rulers look to mend ties with ASEAN

3 February 2024
The United States designated two entities and four individuals in Myanmar for sanction.
Myanmar Crisis

U.S. sanctions Myanmar military cronies on takeover anniversary

Petroleum trading company, owner and family targeted for supporting regime

1 February 2024
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's first civilian leader in over 50 years, was often simply called "The Lady" after the military confined her to home for 15 years. (Photo by Wataru Ito) 
Myanmar Crisis

Suu Kyi isolated in rat-infested prison 3 years after Myanmar takeover

Fallen icon's absence undermines efforts to unite fractured nation

1 February 2024
Female Naypyidaw People's Defense Force members take part training in Karenni state in May 2023. (Sipa via AP Images)
Opinion

Myanmar shows how empowered youth can push back on autocracy

Military takeover failed to factor in expectations of a new generation

30 January 2024
Yangon bustles as the regime attempts to make city life feel relatively "normal," while conflict between resistance and army forces has engulfed many other areas of Myanmar. (Source photos by Ken Kobayashi and Mauk Kham Wah)
Asia Insight

Myanmar, 3 years on: Resistance gains raise specter of splintered nation

Ahead of Feb. 1 army takeover anniversary, Yangon calm contrasts with intensifying war

30 January 2024
Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith speaks during a news conference after foreign ministers from ASEAN members met in Luang Prabang on Jan. 29. (Photo by Kenya Akama)
International relations

ASEAN to start sending humanitarian aid to Myanmar in February

Chair country Laos sees 'a light at the end of tunnel' after three-year crisis

29 January 2024
People fleeing the violence in West Darfur, Sudan, cross the border into Chad in August 2023.
The Nikkei View

World's 'forgotten conflicts' must not be left to grow unchecked

Prolonged crises can lead to international terrorism and humanitarian issues

24 January 2024
Members of the Arakan Army stand next to weapons believed to have been seized from Myanmar's military. (Photo from Arakan Army's social media feed)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar border clashes cast shadow over ties with India

Disruptions to transport project, fleeing soldiers raise concerns in New Delhi

24 January 2024
Laborers cross a India-Myanmar border bridge in 2012: New Delhi plans to revoke the visa-free regime that covers the frontier area.
Opinion

Closing of India-Myanmar border will not restore peace in Manipur

Technology can provide tools to address security and crime concerns

16 January 2024
Myanmar Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing's government has faced resistance from armed ethnic groups, including near China.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar military losing grip near Chinese border

Fighting reportedly persists despite Beijing-brokered truce

16 January 2024
China's foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning, seen here in a file photo, announced the agreement.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar military, armed ethnic groups agree to truce, China says

Fighting has continued to rage despite ceasefire reached in December

13 January 2024
Myanmar has essentially been shut out from ASEAN summits since the country's military took control in February 2021. (Pool photo via Reuters)
Myanmar Crisis

Laos sends special envoy to Myanmar in new role as ASEAN chair

Veteran diplomat Alounkeo to meet with top general Min Aung Hlaing

10 January 2024
Protesters gather outside the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo in February 2023. Many Myanmar nationals work abroad, including in Japan and South Korea.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar imposes new income tax on workers abroad

Employers worry payments would help fund military regime

7 January 2024
Soe Win, deputy commander-in-chief of the Myanmar military, reaffirmed plans for a census in 2024. (Photo by Nikkei) 
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar regime vows to hold 2024 census despite spike in clashes

Population count seen as step toward general election

5 January 2024
Leaders of China and Myanmar meet in Beijing in April 2017. The two countries had moved closer during the period of civilian rule in Myanmar, before the February 2021 military takeover.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's shadow government courts China with policy paper

National Unity Government supports 'One China' principle, boosting investment

3 January 2024
Myanmar Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing and Chinese Premier Li Qiang co-chaired the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation leaders meeting on Dec. 25, in this image provided by Myanmar authorities.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's leader co-chairs China-backed Mekong summit

Min Aung Hlaing presides over conference in rare international role

27 December 2023
An ethnic Karenni soldier rides a truck with seized weapons from the national military in eastern Myanmar.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar fighting continues despite Beijing-mediated cease-fire

Military responds to quell fighting near gas pipeline connecting to China

23 December 2023
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Myanmar Crisis

In Pictures: How Myanmar's resistance fights with drones

Commercial devices, technical ingenuity and online forums key to asymmetric strategy

18 December 2023
Chinese online scam suspects are escorted by Chinese police officers before being deported from Cambodia in 2017.
Crime

Global law enforcement targets Southeast Asian cyberscam gangs

U.K. launches first sanctions against suspects involved in online fraud schemes

13 December 2023