Myanmar’s government has denied cutting internet access in conflict-torn areas, putting responsibility of recent data outages on anti-coup protestors for damaging military-owned communications towers. The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s administration in February, sparking massive anti-government demonstrations that security forces have attempted to suppress via deadly crackdowns. To fight back, …

Myanmar’s junta will put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on trial for corruption, her lawyer said today, adding to a raft of ongoing cases that could see her jailed for decades. Suu Kyi has been under house arrest since she and her elected government were deposed by the military in a February coup that sparked a mass uprising and …

As Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to push Asean to designate an envoy, the US claimed that Myanmar’s military leader was just buying time with a two-year election deadline. Blinken is virtually participating in a week of discussions with foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), which is the latest attempt by President Joe Biden’s administration …

Myanmar activists who are against the military junta are calling for the people to halt payments of their electricity bills and agricultural loans as well as to stop sending their children to schools as an act of revolt towards the pledge of the top general during the regional summit to end the post-coup crisis. Protests have been scattered in the …

A month after the military seized power in Myanmar in a coup, the Philippines requested the immediate release of imprisoned civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and a complete return to the previous state of affairs. In a statement read aloud at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ informal virtual meeting on Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. acknowledged …

 SINGAPORE: On Monday (Feb 1), Brunei, the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), called for dialogue between parties, reconciliation, and a “return to normalcy” in the midst of the continuing developments in Myanmar. This comes after the military of Myanmar seized power in a coup and proclaimed a state of emergency for one year. #ASEAN encourages …