Myanmar – Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said he would engage with other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) officials in the next two weeks to identify methods to ameliorate the suffering of the people of Myanmar. In a statement on Sunday, Locsin decried the four-year prison sentence imposed to Myanmar’s deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi by …

Myanmar – On Monday, a Myanmar military court found Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of three criminal offenses and sentenced her to four years in jail, the latest in a series of proceedings against the deposed democratic leader. The Nobel Laureate has been jailed since February 1, when her administration was deposed in a coup, putting an end to Myanmar’s brief …

Cambodia – On Friday, Cambodian PM Hun Sen was greeted with a red carpet and an honour guard in Myanmar, while coup opponents protested elsewhere in the nation, fearing his visit would legitimize the junta. Meeting with Myanmar’s military rulers was the first by a head of state since the army deposed Aung San Suu Kyi‘s civilian government on Feb. …

Myanmar – In response to convincing accusations that at least 35 people were murdered and their remains were burnt in Myanmar, a senior United Nations official said yesterday that he was horrified and called on the government to initiate an inquiry. In the event in eastern Kaya state, two members of the non-profit organization Save the Children went missing after …

Malaysia – Rescuers in northern Myanmar claimed that the verified death toll from a landslide at an illegal jade mine had grown to six, but that the search effort had been called off since dozens of others were still missing and assumed dead. Thousands of people die each year while working in the lucrative but poorly controlled jade trade, in …

Thailand – Hundreds of people, many of them children, have escaped a flare-up in violence between the Myanmar army and an ethnic minority rebel group, according to Thai officials and an aid worker. Around 700 people escaped to the Thai town of Mae Sot after clashes between the Karen National Union (KNU) and Myanmar’s army, officials in western Thailand’s border …

Singapore – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has urged for the release of Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as other political inmates, following her conviction by the country’s military junta for a two-year prison sentence. The ministry has also asked for the release of ousted President Win Myint and foreign detainees in a media statement …

Myanmar – Myanmar’s junta head met with a prominent leader of Aung San Suu Kyi’s defunct party, the first major meeting since the February coup. Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party were overthrown by the military, forcing many of her closest political friends into hiding and others detained. The junta has used allegations of electoral fraud in last …

Myanmar – Myanmar’s urban poverty is on track to quadruple next year, bringing almost half of the population below the poverty line, the United Nations warned today, as the epidemic and a military takeover threaten to reverse decades of progress. On Feb. 1, the army overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected civilian administration, causing political and economic chaos and jeopardizing …

ASEAN – Myanmar is ‘part of the ASEAN family’, Brunei has said, after a summit of the Southeast Asian regional group, which barred Myanmar general Min Aung Hlaing for his failure to implement a reconciliation plan agreed at a previous meeting in April. The military seized power of Myanmar in February, detaining civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and triggering …