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
Asia Myanmar Myanmar's central bank has ordered companies with up to 35% foreign ownership to convert foreign currency into local, extending to more companies an existing rule aimed at easing pressure on the kyat
Asia Myanmar The military junta is still targeting Christian churches and institutions in predominantly Christian regions, ignoring repeated appeals by religious leaders to protect places of worship
Asia Myanmar The junta's plans to execute political opponents, events that took place in early June and would be the country's first judicial executions since 1990, could constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity, a UN official said