Myanmar Crisis

The number of daily reported COVID-19 cases has risen sharply in Myanmar. 
Coronavirus

Pandemic pounds a Myanmar reeling from coup

With doctors on strike, hospitals wrestle with jump in infections

5 July 2021
Mobile provider Telenor says it is "in the process of evaluating various options with regards to its presence" in Myanmar.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar coup latest: Telenor 'evaluating' presence in country

UN calls for release of all detainees, including Suu Kyi

4 July 2021
Black smoke billows from the industrial zone of Hlaing Thar Yar township in Yangon on Mar. 14: India could play a stronger mediation role.
Opinion

India's look east policy should start with Myanmar

Growing anti-China sentiment among protesters is a warning to New Delhi

2 July 2021
Protesters rally against Myanmar's coup outside Australia's Parliament House in February. While Western allies have imposed fresh sanctions on top junta officials, Canberra has held off. 
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar rights advocates blast Australian inertia on sanctions

'It's crazy,' top lawyer says as Canberra resists calls to punish Min Aung Hlaing

2 July 2021
The commander in chief of Myanmar's armed forces, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, attends the Moscow Conference on International Security on June 23.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar military warns foreign media to not call it a 'junta'

SAC says 'action will be taken,' appears to be trying to improve global image

30 June 2021
Volunteers prepare to cremate the body of a victim of COVID-19 in Cikha, Chin State, Myanmar, on May 31.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar faces COVID surge amid lack of medics and jabs

Military deploys own doctors but schedule murky even for soldiers' families

29 June 2021
The NUG gained a sliver of hope for a possible path back to power by taking a groundbreaking position toward the Rohingya. (Source photos by Getty Images and Kachinwaves/AFP/Jiji)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar parallel government woos Rohingya in bid for legitimacy

NUG embraces Muslim minority to win foreign support but may backfire at home

28 June 2021
Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing will attend an international security conference while in Moscow.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar junta chief woos Russia with Moscow trip

Min Aung Hlaing seeks stronger partnership to combat global rebuke

22 June 2021
A consumer buying vegetables at a local market on June 15. People are gradually coming back for shopping and working, but continue concerning about cash shortage.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's cash shortage casts shadow despite rise in activity

Central bank avoids printing more money, fearing kyat's fall and inflation

18 June 2021
Myanmar's military is assured of Russian support despite the much-maligned coup in February.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar general's visit to Russia keeps arms flowing to junta

Moscow defies West by rolling out welcome mat to leaders of coup

17 June 2021
Pyae Lyan Aung, a goalkeeper with Myanmar's national soccer team, gives the three-finger salute to the media at Japan's Kansai International Airport on May 17.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar soccer goalie seeks asylum after match in Japan

Tokyo will take 'appropriate' steps on the request, government spokesman says

17 June 2021
Zaw Win Aung, 19, was killed in Yangon on May 25 when a bomb disguised as a gift exploded at a wedding reception. 
Myanmar Crisis

Escalating Myanmar bombings cause civilian casualties

Junta accuses peaceful protesters of turning into urban guerrillas

16 June 2021
Foreign ministers from ASEAN member countries and China gather for talks in Chongqing on June 7: the meeting illustrated how far Beijing had supplanted ASEAN centrality.
Opinion

China's subjugation of ASEAN is a great leap backward for Myanmar

Quad nations should consider alternatives for regional security

16 June 2021
The late Myanmar artist Bagyi Aung Soe sought to transcend the Western influences that dominated artistic themes in the country and create illustrations with accessible materials, such as simple markers and pens. His work is being shown at the Centre Pompidou in Paris through Aug. 23. (Photo by Sonny Nyein, courtesy of the Centre Pompidou)
Arts

International exhibition puts spotlight on Myanmar artist

Centre Pompidou mounts retrospective of works by Bagyi Aung Soe

16 June 2021
Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to an undisclosed location since meeting with her legal team on June 7. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Myanmar Crisis

Suu Kyi trial heads to witness examination phase

Military sets stage to eliminate pro-democracy forces ahead of elections

14 June 2021
Yangon at night: The junta's solar power tender will be a litmus test on investor sentiment.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar junta's solar power bid tests post-coup investor sentiment

Western money uncommitted while China state companies said to be held back

10 June 2021
Protesters against Myanmar's junta burn the flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Mandalay on June 5.
Myanmar Crisis

'Painful' Myanmar engagement sows rage as ASEAN seeks envoy

Diplomatic mission to Naypyitaw risks becoming a poisoned chalice

8 June 2021
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (center) delivers a statement, flanked by his ministers following an ASEAN Leaders' Meeting in April in Jakarta where a five-point consensus over Myanmar was reached.
Myanmar Crisis

ASEAN meets with China as progress on Myanmar consensus stalls

Bloc wants commitment from junta that its envoys have access to 'all parties'

8 June 2021
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing met Friday with Brunei's Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof and compatriot Lim Jock Hoi, secretary-general of ASEAN, in Naypyitaw. (Source photos by Getty Images and Ken Kobayashi)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's junta chief meets with ASEAN representatives

Talks indicate Min Aung Hlaing's growing confidence four months after coup

4 June 2021
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has allowed Red Cross head Peter Maurer to visit and meet with him. (Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images)
Myanmar Crisis

International Red Cross head meets Myanmar junta chief in Naypyitaw

Maurer, first Western official to visit post-coup, calls for humanitarian access

4 June 2021
Demonstrators hold up signs during a protest against the military coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon in February 2021.
Comment

Suu Kyi's inconvenient truth and the origins of Myanmar's coup

Charismatic leader has played a complicated role in her country's history

1 June 2021
Indonesian President Joko Widodo speaks during a news conference after attending the ASEAN leaders' summit in Jakarta on Apr. 24: the carefully nuanced statement represented a rebuff to the U.S.-led approach to isolate Myanmar.
Opinion

China rubs its hands amid international divide over Myanmar

Punitive sanctions policies should be recalibrated

1 June 2021
Win Htet Oo says the International Olympic Committee is ignoring its own charter. (Source photos by Reuters)
Interview

Myanmar swimmer asks IOC to disqualify junta-led Olympic committee

From Australia, Win Htet Oo says athletes are being targeted amid crackdown

1 June 2021
Medical personnel tend to internally displaced people in Myanmar's Karen State following military air strikes in the area, in this handout image released on May 7.
Asia Insight

Myanmar violence, hunger and ruin risk deeper refugee crisis

Flaring conflicts between military and ethnic groups make bad situation worse

1 June 2021
Thai narcotics officials arrange bags of methamphetamine pills in Ayutthaya Province in June 2020.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar coup provides drug traffickers with ideal conditions

'Definitely a moment when cartels will look to entrench and expand operations'

28 May 2021