Myanmar coup

A recent major speech by SAC Chairman Min Aung Hlaing laid out three areas of priority for the besieged military administration.

The military's seizure of power has created a climate in which even carrying out human rights due diligence is next to impossible.

The international reaction to the Myanmar coup and the Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted a toxic convergence between the two nations.

Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said that the bloc had never been "confronted at the same time with so many perils for the region and the world at large."

In a nationally televised speech, coup leader Min Aung Hlaing blamed "terrorists" for delaying the country's return to normalcy.

Eighteen months on from the military coup, it is time for the bloc to decide which side of history it wants to be on.

Last week's killing of four political prisoners has catalyzed an unusually strong regional reaction.

Nearly 18 months after the coup, the world's reaction to Myanmar's anguish continues to be one of statements, inaction, and business as usual.

While the West continues to try to isolate and punish Russia for the war in Ukraine, elsewhere Moscow is widening its reach and influence.

The state-sanctioned killings have likely snuffed out any chance of the country's conflict being settled through peaceful negotiations.

News that the Doha-based company is seeking to offload its Myanmar unit follows the exit of Norway’s Telenor earlier this year.

The risk assessment group Fitch Solutions predicts that the country's lost economic output won't be recouped until 2028.