Myanmar coup

In a matter of months, the People's Defense Forces have evolved from rag-tag groups into organized, and increasingly well-armed, military outfits.

Most were arrested for incitement after taking part in protests in the weeks following last year's coup d'etat.

The northwestern region of Myanmar has become a hotbed of resistance to the junta.

The air assaults, which displaced thousands of civilians, reflect the unusually robust nature of the resistance in the eastern state.

One lawyer for The Gambia urged the court to “reject Myanmar’s meritless preliminary objections" and proceed to the case.

The intensifying conflict between the military junta and its opponents shows few signs of resolution in 2022.

The country’s opposition shadow government faces a difficult choice between condoning attacks on civilians and promoting civilian immunity.

The foreign ministers’ meeting this week must seize the moment and return ASEAN to the more principled course it had begun to take before the New Year.

After a year of failed negotiations with its military-linked joint venture partner, the Japanese beverage maker has become the latest foreign firm to exit the country.

The decision came after Cambodia, ASEAN's current chair, announced that the junta would only be permitted to send a "non-political" representative.

The Rakhine nationalist force has the clout to reshape the contours of Myanmar's post-coup crisis.

But there are good reasons to think this concession will serve the military administration's broader goals.