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The Karen State Border Guard Force, under pressure from Bangkok and Beijing, says it will join efforts to break up crime gangs operating along the Thai border.

The inexorable advance of the Arakan Army from Rakhine State has dashed junta hopes of promoting Ayeyarwady’s Chaungtha Beach to Russian tourists.

Russia’s ambassador traveled to Dawei, Tanintharyi Region to discuss a stalled port and Special Economic Zone project, and also inquired about the tourism industry there.

In a clip using AI to make it appear she is speaking Mandarin, Paetongtarn Shinawatra tells Chinese tourists Thailand is safe despite kidnappings on the Myanmar border.

His executive order suspends refugee admissions pending a report on ways to change the system; Myanmar has been among the US’ top sources of refugees in recent years.

Despite a recent flurry of meetings, however, observers say the regime’s desperate military position in Rakhine makes progress on China’s Kyaukphyu projects unlikely.

Regime pledges cooperation to stamp out trafficking and telecom fraud in Karen territory controlled by its Border Guard Force ally on Thai border.

The Burmese Women’s Union said the number of confirmed female deaths will be an underestimate of the actual number of victims.

Both the great powers want access to Rakhine State’s Indian coastline and their ambitions have not ended because of advances by the Arakan Army.  

The new US secretary of state and his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia issued a joint statement promising to work toward a "free and open Indo-Pacific".