Ethnic Guerrillas in Myanmar Look Set To Seize an Important Town on the Thai...
GRANT PECK, BANGKOK — Guerrilla fighters from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority claimed Monday to be close to seizing control of a major trading town...
As Myanmar’s Army Faces Setbacks, It Is Stepping up Attacks on Civilians, a UN...
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Myanmar's military government is escalating violence against civilians as it faces more setbacks on the battlefield from a range of pro-democracy and...
Singapore Prime Minister Defends Exclusive Deal with Taylor Swift
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — — Taylor Swift stole the show at an Asian summit Tuesday when Singapore’s leader defended his tiny country's lucrative concert deal that...
Many in Myanmar Consider Fleeing to Thailand To Escape Conscription Into an Army They...
GRANT PECK, BANGKOK — Thwel, a 25-year-old schoolteacher, saw very few options left to her after Myanmar’s military announced it is implementing conscription to fill...
Thailand Says Deliveries Of Humanitarian Aid To War-wracked Myanmar Are Expected To Start Soon
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Thailand expects to open up a humanitarian corridor in about a month to deliver aid to suffering civilians in...
Vise Tightening On Myanmar’s Economy 3 Years After Military Takeover Triggered Civil Strife
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Myanmar was a rising star in Southeast Asia before its military seized power three years ago in a takeover that...
Tensions Simmering in the South China Sea and Violence in Myanmar as Laos Takes...
BANGKOK (AP) — Simmering tensions in the South China Sea between China and several Southeast Asian nations now regularly spark direct confrontation. Fighting in Myanmar...
A Veteran Diplomat From Laos, the New ASEAN Special Envoy for Myanmar, Embarks on...
BANGKOK (AP) — A veteran Laotian diplomat recently appointed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ’ special envoy to Myanmar arrived Wednesday on his first mission...
Myanmar Confirms Laukkaing Has Been Seized By An Ethnic Alliance
Grant Peck, BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from a key city on the northeastern border with China after...
‘Pray For Us’: Eyewitnesses Reveal First Clues About A Missing Boat With Up To...
PIDIE, Indonesia (AP) — Their screams and sobs could be heard from the ailing boat soon after it emerged into view amid the vastness...
