Myanmar – An American journalist who has been held by Myanmar’s junta for months has been refused bail and is facing a third criminal accusation, his lawyer said to AFP on Thursday. Danny Fenster, the managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, was detained in May while attempting to flee the country. He is presently on trial on charges of promoting dissent against …

ASEAN – The UN said yesterday it feared an even greater human rights catastrophe in Myanmar amid reports of thousands of troops massing in the north of the Southeast Asian country, which has been in chaos since a February coup. “We should all be prepared, as the people in this part of Myanmar are prepared, for even more mass atrocity …

Myanmar – An ASEAN special envoy dedicated to promoting dialogue in Myanmar’s coup-torn nation is unlikely to be permitted to meet with deposed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as stated by the country’s military regime. According to a monitoring organization, more than 1,100 people have died in the post-coup violence in Myanmar, and the Association of South-East Asian Nations …

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 …

Indonesia’s foreign minister urges Myanmar to approve the appointment of special envoy from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), saying that only small progress had been made between Myanmar and rival sides. Six months after Myanmar’s junta seized power, the foreign ministers of ASEAN held a meeting to finalize the envoy with a task to end the violence and …

Foreign ministers from members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are under pressure to appoint a special envoy to Myanmar this week after months of negotiations failed to find a consensus candidate. Six months after the military toppled Myanmar’s democratically elected government, ASEAN foreign ministers meet on Monday when diplomats say they will aim to finalise a special …

Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu  told his counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that it would be good to “meet face to face” again after more than a year of diplomacy-via-Zoom. Instead, ASEAN has granted this privilege to China, twice: first in Fujian province and again in Chongqing, just weeks apart. It is no surprise that Southeast …

Myanmar protesters have burned mock coffins and pictures of the junta leader Min Aung Hlaing today in the latest demonstrations against the junta’s seizing power in February which led the Southeast Asian country into disorder. Messages on funeral wreaths such as “May you not rest in peace” and “may your birthday and death day be the same,” were spotted in …

The opponents of Myanmar’s military junta said on Friday that their faith in the Southeast Asian efforts to put an end in the country’s coup crisis was now lost after the two regional envoys met up with the military ruler Min Aung Hlaing in the capital Naypyitaw The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has headed the main international diplomatic …