‘Serious deadlock’: ASEAN seeks progress with 5PC This edition of Political Insider looks at ASEAN’s efforts to move forward with its Five-Point Consensus in the wake of Min Aung Hlaing’s appointment as regime president in April.
The twilight of Myanmar’s NUG part 2: A flawed foreign policy The National Unity Government’s foreign policy has been marred by a lack of vision, overdependence on advisors with limited knowledge of Myanmar's conflict dynamics, and a tendency to ignore criticism.
The twilight of Myanmar’s NUG part 1: Internal dynamics Five years after its founding, the National Unity Government has proved unable or unwilling to significantly reform itself, rendering it increasingly irrelevant.
Myanmar’s regime approves death sentence for cyber scam offences Myanmar's military-backed parliament approved a law on Tuesday that authorises capital punishment for those who detain or violently coerce victims into working in cyber scam centres, the speaker said.
ဘန်ကောက်မြို့လယ်က မောင့်မျက်ရည်ဝိုင်း 🎶 ရယူပြီး ပြန်ပေးလိုက်ရတာရယ် မရထိုက်လို့ ကိုယ်ယူဆပါ့မယ်...🎵ဒီစာသားလေးဟာ ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံ၊ ဘန်ကောက်မြို့လယ်က တိုက်ခန်းတစ်ခုရဲ့ ကက်ဆက်ကနေ လွင့်ပျံထွက်လာပါတယ်။
Myanmar’s future, Mideast fighting hang over ASEAN talks Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering in the Philippines on Tuesday under the cloud of renewed fighting in the Middle East and a deep divide over Myanmar's return to the diplomatic fold.
Founding father: statues of Myanmar’s Aung San disappear Statues of independence hero General Aung San are quietly disappearing across Myanmar in a contest over his legacy as father of both the nation and of detained democracy figurehead Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Over 500 feared dead in two suspected shipwrecks off Myanmar: UN The United Nations warned Thursday that more than 500 people were feared dead following reports of two large shipwrecks off Myanmar since late June.
‘They were all addicted’: Online slot games sink players into debt Online casino games, easily downloadable onto mobile phones, are growing in popularity in Myanmar, and many people who play them are borrowing huge sums of money in the false hope that they will someday hit the jackpot.
Once shunned, Myanmar regime’s leader to visit Thailand next month Myanmar regime's leader Min Aung Hlaing will make an official visit to Thailand next month as Bangkok seeks to bring the once pariah state back into the diplomatic fold, the Thai foreign minister told Agence France-Presse on Wednesday.
The order of death in Myanmar Coverage and commentary on the civil war in Myanmar have often been marred by deficient data and a tendency to ignore atrocities committed by resistance forces.
Crime and capital punishment: EAOs impose death sentences This edition of Political Insider looks at the recent public death sentences and executions by ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State and the broader question of capital punishment in Myanmar.