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The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more ...
Malaysia called yesterday for the extension and expansion of a post-earthquake ceasefire in Myanmar, as it ramped up calls ...
After fleeing conflict in their native Rakhine State, members of the Kaman Muslim minority group are facing work and housing ...
Communities in Yangon live surrounded by garbage – blocking doorsteps, piling up in front of windows and clogging water systems. While much of this waste is homegrown, some of it was shipped halfway ...
The suicide rate began rising during the COVID-19 pandemic and has continued to increase since the coup as financial hardship, political repression and the collapse of the healthcare system take a ...
Fresh testimony from a Facebook whistleblower suggests the company’s previous failure to protect Myanmar users could amount to gross negligence, particularly amid the Rohingya crisis. The newly ...
Local politicians in a border region known for its frequent outbreaks of violence hope to transform it into the “next Macau”, but will have to overcome instability, politics and corruption to achieve ...
As China steps up measures to protect its citizens, an industry dependent on human trafficking and forced labour is adapting by targeting new groups – with a focus on English speakers. This article ...
After suffering successive humiliating election defeats, the military is rewriting the rules in a bid to legitimise its illegal coup ­– but will anybody take the bait? It seemed clear from the ...
Some powerful ethnic armed groups are increasingly throwing their weight behind Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, seemingly defying China and other allies to take on the military. A pickup truck with ...
Sut Mai* started mining gold from the bank of Kachin State’s Mali River in 2013, when he was 18. He uses a shovel, generator-powered suction pipes, a sluice pan and a tray. “Local people have been ...
The Mon resistance has entered the post-coup conflict but still has a long way to go to replicate the success of other groups, starting with forging unity in a fractured landscape. Headlight beams ...