Asia Myanmar Japanese journalist Toru Kubota, who spent three and a half months in prison after being arrested near an anti-government demonstration, called on Tokyo to put more pressure on the junta and take in refugees fleeing the country
Asia Myanmar UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Myanmar's military junta to release all political prisoners and restore democracy in the country
Asia Myanmar Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor John Saw Yaw Han, auxiliary bishop of Yangon, as bishop of the Kengtung diocese, which covers Myanmar's eastern Shan State
Asia Myanmar At least eighty people have been reportedly killed in the airstrike carried out over the weekend in the northern Kachin State by the ruling junta
Asia Myanmar NETA Auto, a new-energy vehicle brand of Chinese company Hozon Auto, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Myanmar Grand Sirius Company Limited, marking its official entry into the country
Asia Myanmar A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota to 10 years in prison on two counts, the latest foreigner to be convicted
Asia Myanmar The beauty queen who spoke out against Myanmar's military rulers was stranded at one of Thailand's international airports for a third day, hoping she would be granted entry as activist; her employer urged the authorities not to send her back home
Asia Myanmar A leaked copy of a speech delivered by junta chief Min Aung Hlaing at a meeting of military officials in June suggested that the regime's armed forces are struggling to cope with heavy losses caused by clashes with resistance forces across Myanmar
Asia Myanmar According to a new ILO report, the military takeover has severely affected trade unions and civil society organisations that provide services to workers and migrants
Asia Myanmar Artist-activist Htein Lin and his wife, former British ambassador Vicky Bowman, have been arrested as part of a crackdown on pro-democracy activists
Asia Myanmar The trial of a Japanese man for his alleged involvement in an anti-golpe protest has begun in Myanmar, amid calls from the Japanese government for his early release
Asia Myanmar The country has carried out its first executions in 50 years, including democracy activists and Phyo Zeya Thaw, a 41-year-old former lawmaker who was convicted in January by a closed military court
Asia Myanmar ICJ judges have rejected Myanmar's preliminary objections to a case accusing the nation of being responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority