July 22 - Myanmar junta chief turned president Min Aung Hlaing will make an official visit to Thailand on August 6-7, the ...

ASEAN foreign ministers agreed to develop benchmarks and discuss a permanent special envoy to strengthen the stalled ...

At the remote, mountainous frontier where the mighty Mekong carves the border between Myanmar and Laos, planners have ...

The visit comes amid a campaign by Naypyidaw to normalize its relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ...

More than 500 people fleeing violence in Myanmar are feared dead after two boats disappeared in rough conditions off the country’s coast, according to two UN migration bodies.

Analysts say any premature re-engagement with Myanmar would weaken Asean's ability to implement its peace plan and influence ...

NEW YORK, June 6, 2024 — Two human rights experts and members of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar, Yanghee Lee and Chris Sidoti, join Asia Society Executive Vice President and Asia Society ...

In the 2010s, Myanmar (Burma) experienced a brief tenure of democracy that culminated with nationwide democratic elections in 2015. However, a military coup in 2021 ended democratic reforms and led to ...

Authorities want to almost double foreign visitor arrivals to 1.8 million this year by easing visa rules and targeting ...

Joshua Kurlantzick’s research includes the militarization of politics in Asia and around the world, China’s relations with Southeast Asia and other developing regions, the rise of global populism and ...

Myanmar’s March 28, 2025 earthquake did not just shake the ground around Mandalay, it ripped across the country on a scale ...

BANGKOK — Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an exercise that critics say will neither restore the country’s fragile democracy undone ...