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Myanmar
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Latest news, updates and opinion on Myanmar, covering politics, economy, society and the country’s relationships with China and India, and other countries in Southeast Asia.
Capital
Naypyidaw
Head of State
Acting President Min Aung Hlaing
Head of Government
Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing
A file photo of a crocodile in the water. A man from Myanmar has been charged in Singapore for generating an AI image of a crocodile at a reservoir. Photo: Shutterstock
A saltwater crocodile, which can be found in regions including India’s east coast, Southeast Asia and Australia. Photo: Shutterstock
Singapore

Man charged over AI image of crocodile at Singapore reservoir that led to search

Water and park authorities went to Pandan Reservoir to search for the crocodile while water activities were suspended.

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Malaysia

Malaysia begins sending thousands of Myanmar nationals back to war-torn homeland

2026 Xi-Trump summits

Why is the National Archives the last stop on Xi and Trump’s summit itinerary?

Malaysia

‘Helpless’ Rohingya who fled Myanmar chaos now dread return from Malaysia

‘I get a headache just thinking about where to go,’ a migrant says ahead of next week’s repatriation from detention centres.

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Rohingya refugees take part in a rally at a refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar last month. Photo: AFP
Southeast Asia forced-labour scams

Video | Chinese live-streamer held for US$90,000 ransom in Myanmar

Chinese state media said Wang Ran was first lured to Thailand and later told a friend she was being held against her will in Myanmar.

Human rights

Beatings, electric shocks, burns: women endure torture in Myanmar prisons

Human Rights Watch said detainees routinely experienced systemic abuse and life-threatening medical neglect.

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United Nations

Burning questions: world leaders meet at UN amid climate, war and AI worries

As we face ‘three existential threats,’ says the UN chief, ‘international cooperation is more necessary than ever’.

A wildfire burns amid high temperatures in Colombia on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Malaysia

Malaysia to invite Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing for Rohingya repatriation talks

Anwar Ibrahim says it is necessary to formally recognise Minh Aung Hlaing’s government if Malaysia wants to resolve the Rohingya crisis.

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Malaysia

Who will look after ageing Asia when its carers grow old?

Asia’s care economy is booming, but its biggest supplier nations are ageing too, raising fears of a coming carer shortfall.

Asean

Up in smoke: why Southeast Asia failed to halt the haze

Asean was going to eliminate transboundary haze by 2020. What happened?

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Scenes from across Southeast Asia as dense transboundary haze from widespread forest and peatland fires triggers severe air pollution. Photos: EPA
Singapore

As Singapore weighs joining China-led AI body, does it risk US retaliation?

Joining the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation gives Singapore influence, but may affect its Pax Silica role, analysts say.

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People walk along the promenade next to Marina Bay in Singapore on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

US sanctions Chinese-language Xinbi Guarantee marketplace over cyber scams

Washington also seizes Telegram channels and US$52 million in cryptocurrency linked to the platform’s alleged illicit operations.

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Thailand

12 South Koreans arrested in Thailand scam centre crackdown

Police say the alleged scammers entered Thailand from a neighbouring country and rented a luxury house south of Bangkok.

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United States

‘Can’t live without fighting’: Myanmar youth find solace in bareknuckle lethwei

Amid five years of devastating conflict, young fighters embrace the traditional bloodsport as both self-defence and refuge.

Fighters training in traditional Myanmar boxing known as lethwei in Hpa-an in Myanmar’s Kayin state in May. Photo: AFP
Cambodia

Southeast Asia’s scam gangs regroup after Cambodia’s crackdown

Dislodged from Cambodian compounds, cyberscam cartels have been setting up shop in Laos, Myanmar and even Malaysia.

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Thai soldiers inspect a workstation at a suspected scam compound near the Chong Chom-O’Smach border crossing with Cambodia in December. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

US Congress seeks to identify foreign countries behind scam calls

Inquiry comes as US government reports tying much of the financial damage from scams to Chinese criminal networks based in Southeast Asia.

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Singapore

Small state, big agenda: Singapore prepares to steer Asean through crisis

The city state takes the helm on Asean’s 60th anniversary amid civil war, tariff threats and rising global tensions.

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India

India rescues 2 Chinese nationals from sunken cargo ship, searches for others

The Panama-flagged vessel had ‌24 crew on board, including 20 Chinese nationals, according to India’s coastguard.

An India coastguard boat. On Saturday, the coastguard launched a rescue mission after a Panama‑flagged cargo ship sank off India’s east coast. Photo: Reuters
War and conflict

Myanmar air strike kills 14 praying at monastery, rebel witnesses say

Public buildings, most often monasteries and schools, are frequently the sites of reported air strikes according to a UN report from last week.

Starlink

Asian Angle | SpaceX’s Starlink blackout punishes Myanmar civilians, not just cybercriminals

An estimated 13 million people – nearly a quarter of Myanmar’s population – rely on Starlink for internet access.

US-China relations

Exclusive | Waico vs Pax Silica: Southeast Asia caught between China and US in AI race

Beijing reportedly offers exclusive perks to attract Global South partners while describing the American-led body as exclusionary.

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Protesters march in Manila on August 13 against Pax Silica, a US-led initiative established in December with the aim of reducing “coercive dependencies”. Photo: AFP
Scams and swindles

Asia faces scam ‘epidemic’ threat as gangs exploit agentic AI, analyst warns

The technology could allow scam syndicates to carry out multiple tasks to cheat victims at the same time without needing human intervention.

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Losses from transnational online scams in Asia-Pacific surged to US$114 billion last year. Photo; Shutterstock
US-China relations

US designates academic Min Zin as ‘wrongfully detained’ in China

Case adds friction weeks before Trump-Xi summit, with Washington pressing Beijing over Americans held in the country.

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US-China trade war

Editorial | ‘Transshipment scam’ is not a global conspiracy but a warning to the US

The White House’s accusation that over 40 nations are involved in a shadow network that harms the US betrays a misunderstanding of how trade works.

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Thailand

Fake residency of foreign children in Thailand spotlights widening corruption

Seven people were arrested after nearly 200 children from Myanmar were found falsely registered as occupants in cramped flats in Bangkok.

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A baby in a back sling adorned with Chinese character meaning “fortune” in Ban Arunothai, Thailand. Photo: Thomas Bird
Indonesia

Indonesia seizes 2.6 tonnes of liquid meth in record drug bust

This is the second raid involving a Tanzanian-flagged vessel in two weeks. Almost all the crew are from Myanmar.

Crew members from Tanzanian-flagged MV Rain Maker (seated) are photographed after their arrest on Monday. Photo: National Narcotics Agency
Vladimir Putin

Russia’s Putin hosts Myanmar leader, talks up energy projects

The president says the two countries are cooperating across a range of sectors, including energy, defence and even space exploration.

Russia

Myanmar’s president heads to Moscow seeking Russian arms and oil

Fresh off a five-year military deal, Min Aung Hlaing is meeting Vladimir Putin for talks on further economic and security cooperation.

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