News About Myanmar

Coup leader-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing has pledged to complete the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway and the Kaladan Multi‑Modal Transit Transport Project within his five‑year term, despite ongoing conflict along the routes. Speaking at a coordination meeting on Thursday, his first after returning from India last month, Min Aung Hlaing said the regime would accelerate implementation of India-backed projects and also push forward the China‑Myanmar Economic Corrid

BANGKOK—For the first time since the 2021 coup upended Myanmar’s place in the region, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s foreign ministers sat down face to face with their Myanmar counterpart on Sunday. The meeting, hosted by Thailand in Bangkok, was billed by its architects as a modest but meaningful step forward. Journalists in the room were far less convinced. Within minutes of the two chief negotiators— Philippine Foreign Secretary Maria Theresa Lazaro,

BANGKOK—Southeast Asian foreign ministers pressed their Myanmar counterpart for “concrete” progress on a stagnant Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) peace plan for the country during a meeting in Bangkok on Sunday, top Thai and Philippine diplomats said. The meeting between foreign ministers of several members of the 11-nation ASEAN and Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Tin Maung Swe was the first such gathering since a 2021 military coup in the country. Myanmar has been

Date – 13 July 2026 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (8,156) people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups during the Spring Revolution. A total of (31,456) people have been arrested by the junta for opposing their arbitrary seizure of power. Of those arrested, (14,517) are confirmed to still be in detention, while (7,912) remain to be verified. These are the numbers reported by the Assistance Associat

Basic rights remain non-existent in the country, despite the junta’s efforts to rebrand itself as an elected, civilian government

Thailand’s Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow, right, shakes hands with his junta-appointed counterpart, Tin Maung Swe, in Bangkok on July 11, ahead of a meeting of ASEAN ministers in the Thai capital (Photo: Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs / AFP) Southeast Asian foreign ministers pressed their Myanmar counterpart for “concrete” progress on a stagnant ASEAN peace plan for the country during a meeting in Bangkok on Sunday, top Thai and Philippine diplomats said. The