Myanmar’s parliament is set to convene Monday for the first time since a military coup five years ago, packed with pro-junta lawmakers elected in a poll orchestrated by the top brass. The majority of MPs hail from the pro-military Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) while most of the remainder belong to the armed forces, … Read more
Myanmar’s junta has expelled Timor-Leste’s top diplomat after the Southeast Asian island accepted a legal case against the military regime for alleged war crimes. Timor-Leste’s investigation represents the first time a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has initiated such action against a fellow member state. It also marks a bold move … Read more
CEBU, Philippines (AP) — Southeast Asia’s top diplomats met Wednesday under growing pressure to push a peace plan that has so far failed to end Myanmar’s civil war, and to beat a deadline to conclude talks on a nonaggression pact with China this year. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a diverse 11-national bloc, has … Read more
BANGKOK (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the leader of Myanmar’s military government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, met in the Thai capital on Thursday for talks widely assumed to focus on efforts to restore peace in war-torn Myanmar. Authorities had said the talks would focus on humanitarian assistance following the massive earthquake … Read more
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar has risen to more than 1,700 as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble, the country’s military-led government said Monday. Indian and Myanmar rescuers carry a dead body at U Hla Thein Buddhist monastery that collapsed in Friday’s earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar, … Read more
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,000 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country’s second-largest city. Volunteers look for survivors near a damaged building Friday, March 28, … Read more
Fully four years have passed since the 2021 coup d’état in Myanmar, when a military junta wrested power from politicians elected in the 2020 election. Today conflict continues between the military and rebellious armed forces in the country. A Japanese observer living in the country writes about the living conditions faces by the people of … Read more
Myanmar has struggled with civil war, military rule and widespread poverty for much of the past seven decades. But the country’s youth have never faced threats to their survival and future as severe as today. The military coup of February 2021 shattered the hopes of many young people in Myanmar who had envisioned a better … Read more
Myanmar has struggled with civil war, military rule and widespread poverty for much of the past seven decades. But the country’s youth have never faced threats to their survival and future as severe as today. The military coup of February 2021 shattered the hopes of many young people in Myanmar who had envisioned a better … Read more
Archyde Myanmar’s Lost Generation: Conscription Crisis and the Fight for Freedom Table of Contents 1. Myanmar’s Lost Generation: Conscription Crisis and the Fight for Freedom 2. Forced Conscription and the Exodus of Youth 3. Evasion, Resistance, and a nation Divided 4. The social and Humanitarian Fallout 5. A Call for Deeper Understanding 6. What is … Read more