Myanmar unveils huge drugs bust
Large quantities of heroin and methamphetamine have been unveiled to the international media near Myanmar’s border with Thailand inside the so-called golden triangle.
The Burmese...
RCEP—world’s largest free-trade pact—’signed’
Fifteen countries spanning the Asia Pacific region have officially inked the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) which promises to create a vast free trade...
Suu Kyi visits Rakhine
Myanmar’s embattled state counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, has visited Rakhine State to inspect the sites of atrocities against the displaced Rohingya community.
The international...
Suu Kyi faces down military MPs
Myanmar’s Lower House with the military representatives visible in olive tan at the far end. Source: Wikimedia
Myanmar's military representatives in Parliament have clashed with...
Rebel armies plan federation
Nay Pyi Taw’s grip on ethnically distinct Kachin State is loose. Source: YouTube
Leaders from 17 rebel armies in Myanmar are meeting in Kachin State...
ASEAN leaders want end on Myanmar crisis, envoy to facilitate talks
Southeast Asian chiefs reached an agreement with Myanmar's junta leader on Saturday to immediately end the ongoing crisis in the country, though without "a...
Annan calls Suu Kyi to act
Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan has reported that Myanmar must end restrictions on movement and citizenship for its Rohingya minority if it wants...
Myanmar ‘buying’ N Korean arms
Myanmar is facing criticism over reports it has been receiving ballistic missile technology and weapons from North Korea.
A spokesperson for Australia’s Department of Foreign...
Amnesty condemns Myanmar rights record
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s most famous former political prisoner, is curiously absent from campaigns to end contemporary human rights abuses. Source: Wikimedia
Last year...
Suu Kyi denies ‘ethnic cleansing’
Aung San Suu Kyi is still largely revered inside Myanmar. Picture credit: Asean Economist
In a rare interview, Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi...
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