Online hate speech, silent protests, and violent attacks highlight Myanmar’s growing anger at Beijing’s role in the country’s political and economic crisis.
Anwar, ASEAN and Myanmar’s neighbors are getting it wrong.
How the junta and dictator Min Aung Hlaing are leveraging the earthquake recovery period to legitimize brutal military rule.
Despite a news blackout about damage to military facilities in the junta’s heartland, simple arithmetic suggests that the cost of rebuilding will be staggering.
Aid efforts following Myanmar’s earthquake reveal new fault lines in global power as Russia and the US edge closer—leaving China watching and wary of shifting dynamics.vvvv
Last week’s earthquake only compounds Myanmar’s decades-long disaster of misrule by corrupt and brutal generals.
Private by design and political by intent, China's security firms blur the line between protecting investments and expanding global influence.
A usurper and mass murderer, Min Aung Hlaing has no contribution to make to regional peace and prosperity. The BIMSTEC forum must kick him out, argues Miemie Winn Byrd.
Regional nations have sent in rescue teams and called for a ceasefire, while resistance groups have paused operations. Can the junta do as much for its own people?
The junta is compounding the people’s suffering by continuing airstrikes even as the death toll from Friday’s deadly earthquake continues to rise.
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