Myanmar

The brother of the American journalist detained in Myanmar explains why his family is concerned over his health and legal future.

The Biden administration is renewing genocide allegations against China for repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in its northwest Xinjiang region.

The trial against Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has begun

A U.S. State Department official is calling for the immediate release of two American journalists who were arrested by Myanmar’s military junta

U.S. journalist Danny Fenster was detained at Yangon International Airport before he could board a plane to Kuala Lumpur.

Myanmar’s ousted leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint have not been given their full “pre-trial rights,” according to a lawyer representing both of them.

Myanmar’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has made a court appearance in person for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on Feb. 1

One hundred days since their takeover, Myanmar’s ruling generals maintain just the pretense of control over the country

Scot Marciel, a former American diplomat, said the U.S. and China may have “shared interests” in ending the violence in Myanmar.

Ethnic guerrillas say they captured a Myanmar army base near the border with Thailand

More than 1 million Rohingya Muslims are taking shelter in Bangladesh and the South Asian hopes they can return to Myanmar, says Bangladesh’s foreign minister.  

Reports from Myanmar say at least 82 people were killed in one day in a crackdown by security forces on pro-democracy protesters

The Myanmar military’s lethal crackdown on protesters in large central cities has received much of the attention since the coup two months ago.

Compared with the strong condemnations and sanctions by the west, China’s response to the Feb. 1 Myanmar coup has been far more cautious.

Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar have taken to the streets holding painted eggs, in a nod to the Easter holiday

Myanmar’s wireless broadband internet services have been shut down by order of the military, as protesters continue to defy the junta

Sanctions appear to inhibit Myanmar junta little as violence increases

Opponents of Myanmar’s military government have declared the country’s 2008 constitution void and put forward an interim charter to replace it

Sanctions on Myanmar’s military need to be tougher as the regime escalates violence on the ground, said Dr. Sasa, a special envoy to the United Nations.

The United States on Monday has suspended a trade deal with Myanmar until a democratic government is restored in the Southeast Asian country after a Feb. 1 coup followed by a violent crackdown on mass protests