By turning a beloved anti-dictatorship anthem into a military song, the junta exposes a familiar habit: when it cannot ...

Myanmar’s military-backed government says it has regained control of two towns near the country’s borders with India and ...

Myanmar has turned migrant remittances into its biggest source of foreign inflows, finance ministry data seen by Bloomberg News show, after the military imposed rules that pressure citizens abroad to ...

Miners in Myanmar have discovered a rare ruby of enormous size, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the conflict-battered Southeast Asian nation, state media reported Friday.

Asean secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn attends the Asean foreign ministers’ meeting ahead of the 48th Asean Summit and Related Meetings in Cebu. (EPA Images pic) Southeast Asian foreign ministers have ...

Despite adopting a civilian façade after widely criticized elections, the regime is continuing the crackdown on independent media that began after the 2021 coup.

CEBU-Even if the energy crisis looks set to dominate discussions at 2026’s ASEAN Summit, one question, sometimes discussed in hushed tones, looms: whether, or even when, the regional grouping should ...

In February 2026, ASEAN’s newest member, Timor-Leste, opened legal proceedings under universal jurisdiction against Myanmar’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Following the military coup on 1 February 2021, and the subsequent military and police repression against peaceful demonstrators, the EU has drastically increased sanctions against Myanmar. On this ...

Across Southeast Asia, a multibillion-dollar fraud industry has emerged, staffed in part by victims of trafficking. In lawless regions of the Myanmar-Thai border, compounds run by Chinese criminal ...

According to a MoneyRates survey, new or increased bank fees are the number-one reason people switch banks. In January 2026, monthly maintenance fees alone averaged a record $13.95. CNBC Select ...

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