India says it will continue engaging with Myanmar after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with the leader of the ...

A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar has killed more than 45 people. Rescue workers and independent media report the building was storing explosives for mining.

Unlike past democratic alliances, the SCEF brings together ethnic armed organizations and Bamar-led resistance groups under a unified political and military structure.

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.

resident Prabowo Subianto has called on ASEAN countries to prioritize dialogue and peaceful resolutions in addressing regional conflicts, as Southeast Asian leaders addressed developments in Myanmar ...

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

Arakan Army and United League of Arakan chief Twan Mrat Naing gives an interview to Rajeev Bhattacharyya (left) at an undisclosed location somewhere in Myanmar’s Arakan region, on March 2, 2026.

ASEAN foreign ministers agree to virtual meeting with Myanmar's foreign minister, secretary-general says Myanmar seeking to normalise ties but ASEAN demanding progress on de-escalation and aid access ...

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.

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 ...