In areas controlled by ethnic armies, Local Education Boards are laying the groundwork for federalism amid Myanmar’s war.

Political turmoil and junta economic mismanagement have triggered soaring demand, pushing gold up 7.5-fold since the 2021 coup.

Citizens across Myanmar say fear, surveillance, and intimidation drove them to vote in the regime’s poll, helping secure a mandate for the military to entrench its rule.

The UEC said People’s Pioneer Party chief and ex-regime minister Daw Thet Thet Khine violated the constitution and political party registration law.

The junta’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party has added seats to military’s parliamentary quota to reach governing majority in ongoing election.

Regime claims to be cooperating with the court in good faith but refuses to name the Rohingya and calls the case “flawed and unfounded.” ...

More troubling still is the Wa networks’ systematic infiltration into Thailand’s political and administrative structures. This mirrors the tactics used by Chinese gray-capital networks, which rely on ...

Prominent regime figures secured seats as opposition candidates alleged irregularities and advance-vote manipulation.

Genocide trial over 2017 crackdown in Rakhine State gets underway in the Hague as over 1 million Rohingya Muslims shelter in Bangladesh refugee camps.

News outlet PAN reported that two vehicles carrying township-level administrator Zaw Min Naing and three bodyguards were attacked with explosives and firearms as they travelled between villages, with ...

Thailand’s Feb. 9 election will probably be free and fair—but the reactionary establishment will only tolerate the result if current prime minister Anutin wins, says Thitinan Pongsudhirak.

Voting in 100 townships saw sparse participation, heavy security, alleged advance-vote irregularities and resistance attacks as the junta pressed on with its staged poll.