Myanmar crisis

File Photo: Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks during a press conference after a special cabinet meeting at the Government house in Bangkok, Thailand, September 7, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Asia

ASEAN must play key role in resolving Myanmar crisis: Thai PM

Myanmar has been in turmoil since February 2021, when its military ousted an elected civilian government, sparking protests that have turned into an armed rebellion against the ruling junta

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World+Biz

Myanmar troops retreat as rebels declare control over key border town

File Photo: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) inspecting the belongings of some of the individuals who fled Myanmar and entered Bangladesh. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

BGB files cases against 23 armed intruders from Myanmar

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi/Pool via REUTERS
Asia

3 years after coup, rights crisis now in freefall in Myanmar: UN Rights Chief

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi delivers her opening remarks during a retreat session of the 56th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Minister's Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Pool
World+Biz

ASEAN diplomats meet to review stalled Myanmar peace plan

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Bangladesh

UN Security Council adopts first-ever resolution on Myanmar; China, Russia and India abstain from voting

A video grab shows acting President of Myanmar's National Unity Government, Duwa Lashi La, speaking during an interview as part of the Reuters Next conference, from an undisclosed location in Myanmar November 14, 2022. REUTERS
World+Biz

Myanmar democracy leader says 2,000 dead fighting junta, urges military aid

FILE PHOTO: A worker adjusts an ASEAN flag at a meeting hall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo
World+Biz

ASEAN chair alarmed over escalating Myanmar violence

An alphabet book and a notebook lie on top of an elevated wooden floorboard of a middle school in Let Yet Kone village in Tabayin township in the Sagaing region of Myanmar on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, the day after an air strike hit the school. The attack killed a number of adults and children, according to a school administrator and volunteers assisting displaced people. Photo/AP
World+Biz

Myanmar air attack kills 13, including 7 children

FILE PHOTO: Malaysia's Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah speaks during a news conference after ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
World+Biz

As UN mulls Myanmar action, Malaysia pushes ASEAN to review peace plan

FILE PHOTO Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup, presides at an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. REUTERSStringerFile Photo
World+Biz

Myanmar conflict under control, junta chief says

A man holds a National League for Democracy (NLD) flag during a protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar 27 March 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Global Economy

Myanmar is sinking like Sri Lanka, violence up economy down

Data on the number of fighters and weapons also changes from analysis to analysis. It also depends on how "weapons" are defined. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

Who is winning the Myanmar’s Civil War