ASEAN warns of Taiwan 'miscalculation' as tension simmers at meeting "ASEAN stands ready to play a constructive role in facilitating peaceful dialogue between all parties," the bloc said in a statement. World 04 Aug, 2022
Myanmar executes NLD lawmaker, 3 other political opponents Myanmar's government announced Monday it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a democracy activist and two men accused of violence after the country's takeover by the military last year. World 25 Jul, 2022
Inflation sparks global wave of protests for higher pay, aid Rising food costs. Soaring fuel bills. Wages that are not keeping pace. Inflation is plundering people's wallets, sparking a wave of protests and workers' strikes around the world. World 25 Jun, 2022
Myanmar's Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement in jail: military Myanmar military authorities have transferred deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a prison in the capital from an undisclosed location where she had been held since she and her government were ousted in a coup last year, a military spokesman said. World 24 Jun, 2022
Myanmar's Suu Kyi to go on trial for election fraud on Feb. 14: source A court in army-ruled Myanmar will start an election fraud trial of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 14, a source familiar with the proceedings said on Monday, after she was accused of influencing the 2020 vote to win a second term in office. World 31 Jan, 2022
Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi over walkie-talkies: source A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced on Monday ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in jail on several charges including possession of unlicensed walkie-talkies, a source familiar with the proceedings said. World 10 Jan, 2022
Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in a burned-out hut, some with their limbs tied. World 30 Dec, 2021
'Horrified' UN official condemns reported killings of civilians in Myanmar 'Horrified' UN official condemns reported killings of civilians in Myanmar World 27 Dec, 2021
More than 30 killed, bodies burnt in Myanmar's Kayah state More than 30 people, including women and children, were killed and their bodies burnt in Myanmar's conflict-torn Kayah state on Friday, according to a local resident, media reports and a local human rights group. World 25 Dec, 2021
Five dead after Myanmar security forces ram car into Yangon protest - media Five people were killed and at least 15 arrested after Myanmar security forces in a car rammed into an anti-coup protest on Sunday morning in Yangon, local news portal Myanmar Now reported. World 05 Dec, 2021
Ex-South Korean President Roh Tae-woo dies at 88 Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, who participated in a military coup then won the election that was the country’s first move toward democracy before he was imprisoned for corruption, died on Tuesday. He was 88. World 26 Oct, 2021
Death rates soar in Southeast Asia as virus wave spreads Indonesia has converted nearly its entire oxygen production to medical use just to meet the demand from COVID-19 patients struggling to breathe. Overflowing hospitals in Malaysia had to resort to treating patients on the floor. And in Myanmar's largest city, graveyard workers have been laboring day and night to keep up with the grim demand for new cremations and burials. World 22 Jul, 2021
