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Naypyidaw
Head of State
Acting President Min Aung Hlaing
Head of Government
Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing
Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar junta pledges to remove former civil servants from blacklists
After the military snatched power in a 2021 coup, tens of thousands of public workers left their posts in a surge of civil disobedience.
1 Feb 2026 - 4:54PM
Crime
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China executes 11 members of telecoms syndicate
30 Jan 2026 - 12:30PM
China-Asean relations
China executes 11 core members of Myanmar-based telecoms fraud ring
29 Jan 2026 - 8:00PM
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Asean
How far can Asean engage Myanmar without legitimising military rule?
The bloc’s foreign ministers meet in Cebu amid concerns that diplomacy could slide into tacit acceptance of military rule.
29 Jan 2026 - 5:58PM
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Malaysia
Malaysian man arrested after secret trip to see second wife in Indonesia
The 46-year-old told officers that he could not travel by air as his passport was held by the first wife.
28 Jan 2026 - 10:34AM
Aung San Suu Kyi
‘What was the point?’: Myanmar’s loaded election brings win for junta allies
Disenfranchised citizens and migrants dismiss the election as a meaningless exercise designed solely to validate the military’s iron grip.
26 Jan 2026 - 8:37PM
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Myanmar's democratic transition
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Can Myanmar’s elections bring an end to its civil war?
International observers and bodies have slammed the elections as a sham that is neither free nor fair.
25 Jan 2026 - 9:00AM
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Malaysia
Rohingya refugees at risk of removal as Malaysia begins biometric documentation
Rohingya are often undocumented as Myanmar’s authorities refuse to recognise them as a legitimate community.
22 Jan 2026 - 4:52PM
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Indonesia
440 Indonesians freed from Cambodia cyberscam hubs in criminal crackdown
Workers seek repatriation after scam operators, fearing police raids and new government measures, abruptly release hundreds of staff.
22 Jan 2026 - 5:35PM
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Asean
Visa suspension tests US priorities in Southeast Asia
The move reflects an ‘America first’ policy approach and treats certain allies in the region as ‘strategically insignificant’, analysts say.
17 Jan 2026 - 2:00PM
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India
Why India is losing ground over Bangladesh and Myanmar to regional rivals
Pakistan and China have been drawing closer to Bangladesh and Myanmar in areas such as defence and trade at India’s expense, analysts say.
16 Jan 2026 - 6:35PM
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War and conflict
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Police find village-sized meth labs in Myanmar jungle
Junta authorities said they made the discovery after regaining control of land previously run by rebel groups.
15 Jan 2026 - 9:46PM
Asean
Asean urged to rethink stance as Myanmar election risks normalising junta rule
The bloc should encourage Indonesia’s approach of engaging key stakeholders in efforts to resolve the Myanmar crisis, observers say.
25 Jan 2026 - 3:01PM
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Cambodia
‘Not the end’: Cambodia keeps up scam crackdown after Chen Zhi sent to China
Phnom Penh signals zero tolerance for scam centres following the deportation of the Prince Group tycoon.
14 Jan 2026 - 7:38PM
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Diplomacy
Philippine minister’s ‘premature’ Myanmar visit casts doubts over Asean’s role
Critics say the visit may be viewed as the bloc’s new chair endorsing a controversial junta-led election in Myanmar.
25 Jan 2026 - 3:00PM
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Iran
Iranians use Musk’s Starlink to pierce internet blackout during protests
Smuggled satellite terminals offer a high-risk lifeline as Iran’s protest death toll climbs.
13 Jan 2026 - 8:16PM
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Singapore
Singapore jails helper who slapped, hit and kicked elderly dementia patient
Nwe Nwe San also grabbed the 90-year-old woman by her shirt, swung her around several times and repeatedly pushed her onto the sofa.
13 Jan 2026 - 11:43AM
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Myanmar’s pro-junta party wins Aung San Suu Kyi’s seat: ‘surprise no one’
The military-backed party claims to have won 90 per cent of the available seats so far in a poll activists have derided as ‘engineered’.
25 Jan 2026 - 3:02PM
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Scams and swindles
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Regional cooperation led to arrest of alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi
The cross-border nature of his alleged criminal network required governments and law enforcement agencies to work together.
10 Jan 2026 - 6:45AM
Asean
Why investors continue betting on Southeast Asia amid global tensions
The region’s young labour force, rapid urbanisation and emergence as a tech hotspot have made it attractive to investors, analysts say.
8 Jan 2026 - 5:14PM
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The Philippines
‘Not very high’ bar: Philippines inherits Thailand-Cambodia border crisis
Given Asean’s policy of non-interference, the Philippines may be better off leaving peace negotiations to the US and China, experts say.
5 Jan 2026 - 5:20PM
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Thailand
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How uneven borders fuel Myanmar’s vast and resilient scam economy
Fieldwork along the borders of China and Thailand reveals how uneven controls allow fraud networks to thrive despite crackdowns.
4 Jan 2026 - 1:00PM
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Myanmar’s junta proxy party takes decisive lead in first phase of voting
To mark the country’s 78 years of independence, the military is also releasing over 6,000 prisoners.
25 Jan 2026 - 3:03PM
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Bangladesh
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Bangladesh needs ‘structural’ change, but how will it get there?
As Bangladesh heads into elections next year, it must tread the challenge of political transition with more care and thoughtfulness.
3 Jan 2026 - 4:00PM
War and conflict
Myanmar military-backed party leads in election’s first phase by wide margin
The Union Solidarity and Development Party, led by retired generals, won 38 of 40 seats in the lower house.
25 Jan 2026 - 3:04PM
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Malaysia
Malaysian forced to scam Hongkongers recalls nightmare in Myanmar
Chew said he would be ‘beaten, electrocuted or starved for more than a week’ if he ‘failed’ in his task.
31 Dec 2025 - 2:35PM
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Why China is Myanmar’s only real hope
A general election won’t end the country’s brutal civil war, but regional coordination by key neighbouring countries without Western interference might.
31 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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Malaysia
Malaysia’s Anwar says Asean to assess Myanmar after ‘premature’ polls
As Asean chair, Malaysia’s PM Anwar Ibrahim says the bloc will assess Myanmar’s election cautiously to avoid legitimising military rule.
30 Dec 2025 - 8:02PM
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