ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) will organize the webinar “CLMV (Cambodia / Lao PDR / Myanmar / Viet Nam) Travel Sentiment Survey – strategic post-pandemic approaches to attract Japanese female millennials” on June 21 and 22, 2021. It will be based on the res…

A Buddhist monk has undergone armed training to fight with the popular resistance against the military junta in Myanmar, giving up his vows against killing in response to the deaths of peaceful protesters.Former monk Kaythara, who now goes by the name …

Detaining People to Coerce Others is Collective Punishment(Bangkok) – Myanmar security forces are arbitrarily arresting and detaining family and friends of activists, protesters, and opposition members, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities sh…

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint, former national leaders deposed in a February 1 military coup, went on trial in the Myanmar capital Naypyidaw on Monday, with rights groups calling the charges against the pair “bogus” a…

Two Chinese debt contracts with the Philippines contain dispute arbitration and asset seizure clauses that unduly favor Beijing, according to analysts and loan agreements recently digitized and published by a U.S. think-tank.Agreements to fund the 12.2…

GENEVA – U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet says armed conflict is intensifying and spreading across parts of Myanmar in opposition to the military coup in February and could result in the heavy loss of life.Violence and gross hum…

(Since the Feb. 1 coup in Myanmar, journalists have been persecuted, arrested and forced to flee. The situation is dire, but some reporters have remained despite the risks. This is a personal account of one such journalist about life since the coup. V…