SINGAPORE: Singapore’s defence minister says Myanmar’s actions could weaken a key principle that underpins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). “Myanmar’s behaviour risks undermining the ASEAN Centrality that we have painstakingly built over the past two decades (of defence cooperation),” said Dr Ng Eng Hen, according to a news release from Singapore’s defence ministry … Read more
BEIJING: Beijing said on Tuesday (Nov 19) that the head of a Myanmar ethnic minority armed group had come to China for “medical care”, after news reports in its war-torn neighbour said he had been arrested on China’s orders. China is a major ally and arms supplier of Myanmar’s ruling junta, but is also thought to … Read more
Fewer Westerners are working in major Chinese cities as high-paying jobs dry up amid slow economic growth, with living costs and China’s geopolitical tensions with the West also taking their toll. But some of those gaps are being filled by professionals from Southeast Asia, as foreign firms increasingly turn to local or regional talent. Census … Read more
Ukraine’s supporters say it’s proof that the body is “fractured” and unable to react to global crises. “Like all multilateral organizations in this day and age, the FATF is fractured in matters of geopolitics,” said Tom Keatinge, the director of the center for finance and security at the Royal United Services Institute. “If international bodies … Read more
JAKARTA: The United Nations refugee agency has appealed to Indonesia’s government to rescue a boat languishing off its western coast packed with more than 100 Rohingya refugees including women and children. The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar, and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to try … Read more
Imphal: After Nagaland and Mizoram, some organisations have also opposed the erection of fencing in the Naga-inhabited areas along the India-Myanmar border part in Manipur. The Naga Village Chief Federation Manipur (NVCFM) strongly opposed the fencing of the border along the India-Myanmar border in Naga-inhabited areas of Manipur. NVCFM spokesman Darthot Peter on Friday said … Read more
A close ally of detained Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi died of leukaemia on Monday (Oct 7), a party source told AFP, days after being released from junta custody on health grounds. Zaw Myint Maung, 72, who spent around two decades in prison for defying Myanmar’s military, was a close confidante of Aung … Read more
JAKARTA: Diplomatic talks on Myanmar’s civil war will be held in Jakarta ahead of a regional summit convening next week, a senior diplomat in Indonesia told AFP on Thursday (Oct 3). The talks on Friday and Saturday will involve representatives from “Indonesia, ASEAN, the European Union and the United Nations” and members of anti-junta groups, said … Read more
YANGON: Myanmar’s junta carried out fresh air strikes on an opposition-held town on Friday (Sep 27), hours after issuing an unprecedented invitation to its enemies for talks on the country’s civil war. Thursday’s surprise call for discussions was likely a standard operating procedure to main ally China and a nudge towards controversial fresh elections, analysts said, … Read more
GENEVA: Myanmar’s military government has ramped up killings and arrests in an apparent bid to silence opponents and recruit soldiers in an escalating conflict, with tens of thousands detained since the 2021 coup, a UN report said on Tuesday (Sep 17). The military came to power in February 2021 after deposing the elected civilian government … Read more
