ASEAN

Fresh Chinese support may not be enough to save Myanmar junta

Myanmar’s military dictator, Min Aung Hlaing, returned from a five-day trip to China, his first since the February 2021 coup,…

15 hours ago

Myanmar junta can order migrant workers home to fight, agency says

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese.Myanmar’s Ministry of Labor has issued a ruling allowing it to call back…

2 days ago

Thousands flee fighting in Myanmar’s heartland

Read RFA’s coverage of this topic in BurmeseFierce fighting between junta troops and rebels in central Myanmar’s Sagaing region over…

3 days ago

Myanmar’s Kachin rebels stop rare earth exports to China

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese.An ethnic minority insurgent group in Myanmar has closed crossings it controls on…

3 days ago

Jakarta seeks to contain fallout from South China Sea agreement with Beijing

JAKARTA – Indonesia is seeking to contain the fallout from a maritime cooperation agreement with China that analysts say appears…

4 days ago

Myanmar junta bombs insurgent-held gem-mining hub killing 9

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese.Junta forces bombed a famous ruby-mining town under insurgent control in central Myanmar…

5 days ago

Minister in Myanmar’s ousted government dies days after release

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. A former minister in Aung San Suu Kyi’s ousted government has died…

6 days ago

Perhaps it would be better if Myanmar’s civil war became a ‘forgotten conflict’

It’s become fashionable in some quarters to suggest the three-year-old Myanmar civil war might be solvable if only more people…

1 week ago

Exclusive: How Chinese nationalism is sending jitters through the Arctic

This story was reported with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Read their story hereOn an early morning in late July, a…

1 week ago

Myanmar junta chief seeks China’s help on border stability

Read RFA coverage of these topics in Burmese.Myanmar’s junta leader called on China to help bring stability to their common…

2 weeks ago

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