Myanmar military

At least 40 people are alleged to have been killed by soldiers in a township that is a center of armed resistance to the military administration.

Brunei’s Erywan Yusof faces an uphill struggle in bringing the country’s contending factions into a process of dialogue.

If Myanmar becomes a failed state it will only be because the outside world failed to come to the country's aid.

But the announcement will do little to convince the large proportion of the Myanmar public opposing military rule.

To compel the military to change, Western governments need to go after the income that helps sustain it.

Torture – and the fear that it engenders – has been central to the military junta’s efforts to quell popular resistance.

The military is attempting to sideline the 76-year-old leader from Myanmar politics permanently.

The buyer was M1 Group, a Beirut-based firm with links to Myanmar's military.

Neither has shown that it has the ability, let alone the willingness, to address the country's escalating crisis.

The Southeast Asian bloc has so far struggled to implement its "five-point consensus."

With health workers on strike and much of the public in open rebellion, a new wave of infections could prove devastating.

The announcement followed reports that the Norwegian telecom operator Telenor was considering selling off its Myanmar operation.