Rohingya refugees try to balance on a capsized boat in the waters off West Aceh, Indonesia, on March 21.
Editor-in-Chief’s Picks

Letter from Nikkei Asia's editor: Nowhere to go

Shin Nakayama shares his weekly reflections and recommendations

31 May 2024
Myanmar troops retreat amid fighting around the border town of Myawaddy on April 11: Resistance groups are building state structures and delivering public services in "liberated areas."  
Opinion

West must come to terms with Myanmar's fragmentation

Resistance forces need international help with providing governance for millions

30 May 2024
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The Big Story

Myanmar's Rohingya refugees signal despair and hope in overcrowded camp

Almost a million trapped by civil war amid xenophobia, donor fatigue in Bangladesh

29 May 2024
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis transits the South China Sea at sunset, on February 25, 2019. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Southeast Asian leaders would be better served largely ignoring China's competing claims to most of the South China Sea, rather than taking a confrontational approach.
Asia Insight

Leading Asia in an age of tension: Premiers urged to skirt U.S.-China duel

Anwar, Srettha, Mahathir weigh in on Myanmar, Taiwan and more at Future of Asia forum

28 May 2024
A British fighter helping train resistance forces in Chin State, Myanmar. (Photo by PDF Zoland)
Myanmar Crisis

Foreign fighters training anti-regime forces in Myanmar

Numbers too small so far to be game changing in overall battle situation

23 May 2024
Karen National Liberation Army troops in Myawaddy on April 15: Ethnic armies will not be so willing to give up hard-won battlefield achievements.
Opinion

A new Myanmar is emerging from conflict and climate change

Ethnic armies will not accept reimposition of centralized state

20 May 2024
Members of the Arakan Rebel Group are seen from a former Myanmar Border Guard Police post after a fierce battle in February.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's Rakhine state engulfed by conflict as rebels claim victory

Razing of homes and exodus of Rohingya raises fears of mass displacement

20 May 2024
Leaders of Myanmar's parallel National Unity Government and three ethnic armed organizations held an unprecedented joint news conference on May 15 in Tokyo. (Photo by Yuichi Nitta)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar resistance leaders present united front in Tokyo

NUG and ethnic groups demand that military withdraw entirely from politics

15 May 2024
Two Thai telecom towers face west across the Moei River near Myawaddy toward one of some 16 Chinese-funded scam centers that have sprung up just inside Myanmar in recent years.
Myanmar Crisis

Thailand, Japan signal policy shifts on engaging Myanmar's resistance

Bangkok orders telcos to cut internet to casino scam centers along border

13 May 2024
A woman sells food at a market in Yangon, Myanmar. Food prices have soared by more than 50% over the past year. (Photo by Nikkei)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's public struggles with inflation as currency tumbles

Local demand for dollars drives kyat lower as draft-age youths flee country

9 May 2024
Young people line up at the Japanese Embassy in Yangon in March. 
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar reopens foreign work applications amid draft turmoil

Halt lifted after less than a week following confusion over impact

7 May 2024
Myanmar's military leader, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, attends an international conference in Moscow in June 2021. 
Comment

Myanmar ruler Min Aung Hlaing yearns for public acceptance

Beleaguered military chief seems torn between ambition and self-preservation

5 May 2024
People line up to cross into Mae Sot, Thailand from Myanmar on April 12: Immigrants should be seen as human capital. 
Opinion

Thai policy toward Myanmar must move forward

Bilateral relationship too enmeshed now in protocol and bureaucracy

3 May 2024
ASEAN leaders meet in Jakarta in 2021 to discuss a peace plan for Myanmar following the military takeover. (Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar strife risks derailing stalled ASEAN peace agreement

Momentum builds for dialogue, but ongoing conflict complicates resolution

1 May 2024
Former foreign minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara, left, walks along Friendship Bridge No. 1, linking Myawaddy, Myanmar, with the Thai border town of Mae Sot on April 12. (Photo by Gwen Robinson)
Politics

Thailand taps former diplomat as foreign minister after Parnpree quits

Myanmar task force loses chair as Pheu Thai factions reshuffle cabinet

29 April 2024
Karen National Liberation Army troops near Myawaddy on April 15: Myanmar's civil war has strengthened ethnic armed groups.
Opinion

U.S. 'nonlethal' aid for Myanmar's ethnic armies likely to backfire

Increased violence would be costly for all parties

29 April 2024
A sickly woman rides in an aid truck to return to Myanmar after refugees were told by Thai soldiers to return home on April 24. (Photo by Mauk Kham Wah)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar refugees sent back from Thailand as military, rebels regroup

Thousands take shelter at border as rebels hold off military convoy

25 April 2024
People fleeing violence in Myawaddy, Myanmar, arrive in Mae Sot on Thailand's side of the border on April 20.
Myanmar Crisis

Thailand downplays risk as Myanmar sends troops to key border town

Number of refugees in Thai temporary shelters falls to 600, foreign minister says

24 April 2024
A soldier from the Karen National Liberation Army, a prominent resistance group in Myanmar, patrols on April 15 in Myawaddy, in an area hit by an airstrike by Myanmar's military regime.
Myanmar Crisis

ASEAN calls for halt to violence on Thai-Myanmar border

Malaysian, Thai lawmakers seek inclusive talks, preparations for refugees

19 April 2024
One of Myanmar's four Russian-made Su-30 jet fighters was on display at Myanmar's 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw on March 27, 2023. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar regime sends Russian aircraft to bomb lost territory

MiG-29 jets and Mi-35 helicopter gunships operating along Thai border

19 April 2024
Former Myanmar President Win Myint, left, and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi attend an event in Naypyitaw on Jan. 17, 2020. 
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi reportedly moved from jail to house arrest

Relocation seen as sign of appeasement amid increasing rebel attacks

17 April 2024
Thein Soe, 56, is pictured with his new 3D-printed prosthetic arm at his house in Mae Sot, Thailand, on Jan. 25. (All photos by Valeria Mongelli)
Life

Innovative prostheses offer hope on Thai-Myanmar border

3D-printed replacement arms change lives amid raging conflict

14 April 2024
A Thai soldier looks on as people line up at a border crossing to flee Myanmar early on April 12, in Mae Sot, Thailand.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar resistance seizes border town; Thailand braces for refugees

KNU to take on administration of trading hub as Thai foreign minister visits

13 April 2024
Soldiers test a drone in Kayah state in 2023. Resistance forces are increasingly using unmanned flying vehicles to attack the regime's generals. (Photo by Berry)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar anti-regime drones chase and attack military generals

Two officers ranked among the regime's top 5 are targeted in country's south

11 April 2024
MPT's store in a shopping center in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo by Yuichi Nitta)
Myanmar Crisis

KDDI, Sumitomo Corp. announce loss in Myanmar telecom business

Joint venture records $690m in doubtful receivables due to forex restriction

10 April 2024