The Diplomat

ASEAN Foreign Ministers Hold ‘Icebreaker’ Meeting With Myanmar Counterpart

The Southeast Asian bloc reaffirmed its adherence to its Five-Point Consensus initiative, which was last week rejected by Myanmar’s military-dominated parliament. Foreign ministers and representatives ...
AOL

Analysis-ASEAN outreach may give Myanmar leaders legitimacy without results

July 13 (Reuters) - ASEAN's re-engagement with Myanmar runs the risk of providing legitimacy to the military-led government and undermining the regional group's own plan to end violence in the ...
The Irrawaddy

Myanmar Military Suffers ‘Heavy Losses’ in Karen Border Offensive

Myanmar’s military has suffered heavy casualties in a major offensive aimed at breaking Karen resistance on the Thai-Myanmar border in Myawaddy District, according to resistance sources. Military ...
The Irrawaddy

Myanmar Parliament Passes Official Rejection of ASEAN’s Five-Point Peace Plan

Myanmar’s parliament on Thursday rejected a peace plan adopted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for Myanmar, after a push from military-backed lawmakers who claimed the plan was ...
RSF

Myanmar: how the military junta reinforces media crackdown one month before elections

One month before the general elections organised by Myanmar’s military junta, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warns against the use of a so-called “electoral interference” law to prosecute the ...
Reuters

Scammed into scamming

Across Southeast Asia, a multibillion-dollar fraud industry has emerged, staffed in part by victims of trafficking. In lawless regions of the Myanmar-Thai border, compounds run by Chinese criminal ...