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Protesters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, shout slogans as they celebrate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation on August 5. Photo: AP

Asian Angle | Is Asia’s democracy in retreat? Insights from Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand

Political shifts across Asia show the struggles of democratic movements – and why backing despots is not always a safe bet.

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‘We must do something’: Pope offers Vatican refuge to Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi

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Myanmar junta announces census for promised 2025 election, despite criticism

China pushes to secure Myanmar’s military a seat at the table as junta falters

Concerned by a potential power vacuum, Beijing is hoping to shape Myanmar’s trajectory as the generals’ grip weakens.

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Destroyed buildings in Myanmar earlier this month. Anti-junta forces are intent on the military’s “total defeat”, analysts say. Photo: AFP

Son of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi ‘concerned’ as mother marks birthday in detention

Suu Kyi, who turned 79 on Wednesday, has been detained by the military since it toppled her government and seized power in 2021, plunging the Southeast Asian nation into turmoil.

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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been incommunicado for over 3 years, family says

Suu Kyi’s son Kim Aris told Italian media the family had not heard from Myanmar’s former leader since she was ousted and arrested in 2021.

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Myanmar’s figurehead vice-president steps down for health reasons

Henry Van Thio, who served in elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and continued in position after she was ousted by military in 2021, is stepping down for unspecified health reasons, state media reported.

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Myanmar’s Vice-President Henry Van Thio has stepped down. Photo: The Military True News Information Team via AP

Fight or flight: Myanmar youth flee conscription to take up arms against junta

Running from conscription, enraged by the military and boosted by the sudden, unexpected scent of victory, Myanmar’s youth have decided they have to either flee the country or join the fight.

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Myanmar’s junta likely to up brutality amid ‘survival game’ 3 years after coup

But the military is likely to ‘fight ever more brutally, the closer it comes to defeat’, analysts say, even as ‘pace of liberation quickens’ in Myanmar.

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Rebel fire and China’s ire: inside Myanmar’s anti-junta offensive

The anti-junta operation came amid rising anger in Beijing with the junta over rampant crime on the border, which created conditions that supported the blitzkrieg, analysts say.

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Volunteer members of Karenni insurgent forces walk in Moe Bye in Kayah State. Photo: Reuters

Global killings hit record high in 2021 as post-lockdown stress grew: UN

Gang and political violence globally, as well as ‘economic repercussions of Covid-related restrictions’ accounted for the higher figure in 2021.

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Depressed young man holding his head in hand at train station. Around 458,000 people were killed intentionally, higher than the 400,000 to 450,000 recorded every year since researchers started collating the data in 2000, according to the UN report. Photo: Shutterstock

After 650 days in Myanmar jail, Australian recalls ‘memorable birthday cake’

Sean Turnell, a co-defendant with Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, was imprisoned in Myanmar after being accused of being a spy and convicted by a junta-run court.

Myanmar expels East Timor diplomat over support of opposition

East Timor’s charge d’affaires is believed to be the first foreign diplomat expelled from Myanmar since the February 2021 coup that deposed Aung San Suu Kyi.

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UK police question ex-Myanmar ambassador over residence row

In 2021, diplomats close to the junta seized the embassy in London and refused access to Kyaw Zwar Minn – a supporter of Aung San Suu Kyi’s overthrown government – and he hasn’t left the ambassador’s residence since.

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Ex-ambassador of Myanmar to Britain, Kyaw Zwar Minn stands by the gates of the diplomatic residence where he has remained for almost two years since a new regime tried to evict him. Photo: Reuters

Will Myanmar crisis derail East Timor’s efforts to join Asean?

East Timor has been a strong advocate of democracy, but has also had to moderate its views in order to gain Asean membership.

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East Timor’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao in Dili in July. Photo: AP

Asian Angle | Why Myanmar’s brutal military junta can never defeat Aung San Suu Kyi

The military, which toppled Suu Kyi in a coup, has slightly reduced the 78-year-old’s long jail term – but such gestures are empty and far from enough to alter how the murderous regime is viewed.

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Myanmar’s partial pardon of Suu Kyi a ‘cynical ploy’ to ease global pressure

The move comes as views against the junta start to harden, over its air wars, and as it steps up its campaign of terror against the population.

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Aung San Suu Kyi partially pardoned for 5 offences but remains in detention

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Myanmar’s junta pardons Aung San Suu Kyi, postpones election it promised

Myanmar’s ex-leader will be pardoned for five of the 19 offences for which she was jailed for a total of 33 years following the 2021 coup. Former president Win Myint was also pardoned.

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Myanmar’s detained leader Suu Kyi moved to house arrest

Opinion | Thailand’s Myanmar approach exposes flaws in Asean that other actors may exploit

Myanmar represents Asean’s biggest internal challenge to date, and Thailand’s bid for a ‘complementary’ diplomatic initiative undermines the bloc’s centrality.

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The seat reserved for Myanmar is left empty during the Meeting of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Commission at the Asean Foreign Minister’s Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Pool/AP

Key Asean members skip Thai-hosted Myanmar talks amid criticism

Thailand’s prime minister invited Myanmar’s junta-appointed Foreign Minister Than Shwe to the talks, despite criticism over failing to honour agreement to talk with opponents linked to ousted Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Thailand’s Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai invited Myanmar’s junta-appointed Foreign Minister Than Shwe to Asean talks. Photo: Reuters

Is Thailand seeking to fully re-engage Myanmar junta in push for peace?

Thailand’s foreign minister, in letter to his Asean counterparts, is said to have invited them to an informal meeting on Sunday.

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Asean at ‘crossroad’ as Myanmar violence escalates

‘Crisis after crisis is testing our strength as a community. Failure to address them risk jeopardising our relevance’, says Indonesian minister, as bloc begins three-day summit.

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Indonesia’s Jokowi condemns attack on Asean officials delivering aid in Myanmar

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo did not provide details of the incident but said it would not deter efforts by Indonesia and Asean to push for peace in Myanmar.

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Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on Monday condemned an attack in Myanmar on ASEAN officials delivering humanitarian aid. Photo: Reuters

Top election official shot dead in Myanmar

Deputy director Sai Kyaw Thu of the Union Election Commission was shot dead and the anti-coup People’s Defence Forces are responsible for the killing, the army’s information team says.

The People’s Defence Forces are responsible for the shooting of a top official, claims Myanmar’s military junta. Photo: Reuters

Nobel Prize winner, deposed leader Suu Kyi appealing against conviction in Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi, 77, faces 33 years in detention – if her appeal is upheld her sentence could be reduced by 13 years.

Opinion | Myanmar bloodshed grows, as Ukraine war shifts the world’s attention

The Ukraine war has pushed Myanmar down the list of international concerns, exacerbating cracks among global powers that would, otherwise, likely be on the same page over the worsening situation.

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Aung San Suu Kyi
Burmese pro democracy leader and Nobel Peace prize winner. A renowned advocate of non-violence and human rights who spent many years under house arrest.
Born
19 Jun 1945
Industry
Politics
Job Title
Politician
last updated:
7 October, 2024
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