BIZARRE: 4 | Mind Blowing Facts

Respect for refugees

On Feb 1, 2021, the world was shocked as the Myanmar military staged a coup, pushing the country formerly seen as a new poster-boy of democracy back to an Orwellian state.

Bangkok Post · Jan 31, 2023

Why has the West given billions in military aid to Ukraine, but virtually ignored Myanmar?

Two years after Myanmar’s coup on February 1 2021, the country’s large and growing resistance forces receive almost no attention outside the country.

The Conversation · Jan 29, 2023

Did China deliver a snub to Myanmar’s military regime?

Observers see China keeping Myanmar’s generals at a distance by not responding to Lancang-Mekong Cooperation invite.

Al Jazeera · Jan 11, 2023

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

Myanmar’s coup is faltering. Activists want tougher ASEAN action

The scale of violence in Myanmar is second only to one other conflict in the world – the war in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera · Nov 11, 2022

Hun Sen juggles global, regional politics

Who could have imagined that the world's longest reigning prime minister, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen -- or Prime Minister Hun Sen as he is more commonly known -- would stand in the front row defending Ukraine against Russia as the biggest war in Europe since World…

Bangkok Post · Nov 7, 2022

China, Russia, India enabling Myanmar’s military rule: Report

Group of international legislators call on world to move beyond ASEAN’s ‘failed’ peace plan and recognise Mynamar’s NUG.

Al Jazeera · Nov 2, 2022

Explainer-Why is ASEAN holding a special meeting on Myanmar?

Foreign ministers from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are meeting on Thursday to discuss an intensifying crisis in Myanmar, 18 months after agreeing a peace plan with its military rulers.

Reuters · Oct 27, 2022

Myanmar military defends deadly air strike after accusations of war crime

Myanmar's military has defended air strikes on a concert organised by an ethnic minority force as a justified response to attacks in the area, after opponents accused the junta of targeting civilians and conducting war crimes.

Reuters · Oct 25, 2022

Time for Myanmar to face the music

Since its inception in 1967, Asean has survived a myriad of challenges -- some it has passed with flying colours, others less so.

Bangkok Post · Oct 10, 2022