President Donald Trump says in a speech at the Department of Justice that US media outlets which cover him critically are "illegal."
Read moreDetailsGiven the US president’s closeness to regime ally Russia, and the EU’s priority in Ukraine, Myanmar’s pro-democracy forces are in for a rough time in the Trump era.
Caught between ethnic offensives in the east and west, the regime now faces a growing threat at its industrial-military core.
The recent ‘A Sound for Myanmar’ event in Brussels organized by the EU’s Myanmar office was tone deaf and squandered funds that would have been better spent elsewhere.
Myanmar’s Private Security Service Law mirrors a pattern suffered by other partners in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, where economic partnership is followed by military entrenchment.
Deporting Uyghurs to China puts Thailand in a tough spot—diplomatic backlash, security risks, and global criticism mount as tensions between superpowers grow.
The young protesters’ determination to defeat the regime is summed up in their motto:...
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