Myanmar
Myanmar : Complicated Politics
What we see happening in the Myanmar of today and the Burma of the yesteryears is a prolongation of the trends that had set in while General Aung San was…
By Preet Malik
Frustration in Myanmar over ASEAN envoy’s peace mission
(Reuters) - Small protests took place in military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday against a visit by a Southeast Asian envoy, whose peace mission has been derided by critics as a failure…
Rohingya Genocide by Myanmar Army – The US Perspective
The Biden administration has formally determined that violence committed against the Rohingya minority by Myanmar's military amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, a move that advocates say should bolster…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
ASEAN envoy seeking favourable conditions for Myanmar peace process
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Southeast Asian special envoy will visit Myanmar next week, his office said on Friday, to lay the groundwork for a peace process that its ruling…
Exclusive-UK urges ex-Myanmar ambassador to leave London home citing junta ‘pressure’
By John Geddie and Poppy McPherson LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has urged Myanmar's former ambassador to leave the official London residence where he has continued to live since he was…
U.S. to invite ‘non-political’ Myanmar representative to summit with ASEAN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it would follow the lead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by inviting a non-political representative from military-ruled Myanmar…
Myanmar junta urges ASEAN envoy not to engage with ‘terrorist’ groups
(Reuters) - Myanmar's military government has criticised calls for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' special envoy to the conflict-torn country to meet bodies that oppose last year's coup, which…
Factbox-ASEAN’s five-point peace agreement on the crisis in Myanmar
(Reuters) - Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have urged Myanmar's military to follow a five-point "consensus" https://bit.ly/3sN12mn it agreed to last year at a crisis meeting…
Myanmar to skip ASEAN ministerial meeting, Cambodia says
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia said on Tuesday that Myanmar had confirmed its absence from this week's meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a day after its…
Myanmar junta holds parade on major holiday, announces prisoner amnesty
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta showed off its military strength with a parade in the capital Naypyitaw on Saturday, with its leader Min Aung Hlaing defending last year's coup as…
Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of Australia, India and Japan and the Secretary of State of the United States following the 4th Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
The 3th Foreign Ministers Meeting of Quad nations took place at Melbourne, Australia over two days on 10th and 11th February. Apart from joint sessions, bilateral meetings between ministers of…
Situation in Myanmar is “deeply troubling” – Blinken
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The junta in Myanmar has doubled down on repression and violence, and U.S. President Joe Biden will focus on the situation there when he meets with ASEAN…
