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Russia’s war in Ukraine challenges old comrades in Southeast Asia

Vladimir Putin’s absence from the G20 Summit in Bali also undermines talk of a Russian pivot to the Asia-Pacific region.

Al Jazeera · Nov 15, 2022

Southeast Asia leaders struggle with Myanmar crisis at summit

ASEAN leaders blocked Myanmar’s military ruler, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, from attending the meeting in Cambodia.

Al Jazeera · Nov 11, 2022

Asean inaction on Myanmar decried

A human rights group has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to reject a proposal that effectively allows the Myanmar military junta to continue participating in all but a handful of events held by the 10-country bloc.

Bangkok Post · Nov 10, 2022

US sanctions Myanmar businessmen over alleged Russian arms deals

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says sanctions take aim at Russia and Belarus’ support for Myanmar military.

Al Jazeera · Oct 7, 2022

Wife of Australian economist imprisoned in Myanmar says family is heartbroken by three-year sentence

Ha Vu pleads for Prof Sean Turnell’s release after secret trial which Australian diplomats and journalists were banned from

The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2022

UN told Myanmar has gone from ‘bad to worse to horrific’

Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews says Myanmar people are frustrated with an international community they feel has failed.

Al Jazeera · Sep 22, 2022

A false new world of empty promises

The setting is a house on stilts located in a Myanmar military base in the middle of what until then had been known as the civil war's black area. The time was April 2012. The scene was Kyauk Kyi in Myanmar's Bago Region which is basically a free-fire zone for…

Bangkok Post · Sep 22, 2022

Myanmar discussing with Russia use of Mir card for payments

Myanmar is discussing with burgeoning ally Russia the use of its Mir bank card for payments, the junta spokesperson said on Tuesday, as the military-ruled country reels from a currency crisis and the impact of Western sanctions.

Reuters · Sep 20, 2022

Who represents Myanmar? UN faces credentials pressure at assembly

Impasse over country’s representation at global body is hampering efforts to end the crisis caused by the 2021 coup.

Al Jazeera · Sep 16, 2022

‘A leader of the world’: south-east Asian countries open to Putin pivot

Only Singapore has imposed sanctions, while others have been receptive to Moscow’s offers of friendship

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2022