The regional bloc and Myanmar’s neighboring states must stop legitimizing Min Aung Hlaing and his regime, and back an ...

Despite formulating a Five-Point Consensus in 2021, divisions within ASEAN continue to undermine its capacity to mount a ...

As Myanmar’s conflict dynamics change, ASEAN’s response faces new urgency. Malaysia’s chairmanship in 2025 could define the ...

A member of Bamar People's Liberation Army (BPLA) stands guard in territory belonging to the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), in Karen State, Myanmar, on Feb. 18. (REUTERS) ...

Attacks by the group, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, were used as a pretext by the Myanmar military to launch a campaign ...

Weeks after Myanmar’s military government announced ... Then some weeks ago she joined the Bamar People’s Liberation Army, founded by a poet turned militia leader. “When the law was ...

Myanmar analyst R Lakher described the divide ... The revolution’s pace now depends on the Bamar people.” Fighters stand near the fresh graves of fallen Chin comrades in Falam [Valeria ...

So, what’s different about Myanmar? “The rebels have slowly been wearing down the military since the fighting started,” explains prodemocracy activist Michael Sladnick, who is currently in ...

Myanmar analyst R Lakher described the divide as “serious”, though mediation ... The revolution’s pace now depends on the Bamar people.” Fighters stand near the fresh graves of fallen Chin comrades in ...

One thing, however, is clear: there is no imminent resolution to Myanmar’s conflict. More than 3 million people have been displaced across the country, and the toll continues to climb.

The complexity of the relationship between the Buddhist Bamar who form 68% of Myanmar’s population and other ethnic communities also becomes apparent from even a cursory look at some social media chat ...