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 …

Malaysia – Malaysia completely supports Brunei’s decision on Myanmar’s participation at the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits and Related Summits, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. He said this on Twitter in response to Malaysia’s remarks at the three-day summits commencing Tuesday via virtual conference and chaired by Brunei. On Oct 15, at an online conference of ASEAN …

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 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, …

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob thinks the United Nations (UN) membership must speak with one voice on the necessity for an urgent halt of hostilities worldwide. This he stated during his opening video address to the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) held in New York. The Malaysian Foreign Ministry made his speech transcript accessible to …

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 …

The ASEAN’s progress in Myanmar has not been as successful as anticipated, according to Singapore‘s foreign minister. United Nations and many countries have urged the bloc, which includes Myanmar, to restore stability via diplomacy. Vivian Balakrishnan remarked that ASEAN is not as effective or fast as they expected. “But this is a difficult situation.” she added. ASEAN established a five-point …