ASEAN faces mounting pressure over the Myanmar crisis as civil groups demand firm action against the junta ahead of the...
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ASEAN faces test over Myanmar crisis
China signals strategic backing for Myanmar’s new regime amid regional recalibration
China steps in decisively with Wang Yi’s Naypyitaw visit, throwing its weight behind Min Aung Hlaing’s peace push and bid...
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Between ceasefire and control Myanmar’s new peace blueprint emerges
Min Aung Hlaing’s 100-day peace push seeks to revive the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement as Myanmar’s central framework, despite resistance from...
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Myanmar moves toward a new government despite disputed electoral legitimacy
Myanmar election 2025–26 ends amid conflict and legitimacy concerns, as the military-backed USDP claims victory and moves toward forming a...
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Violence deepens questions over Myanmar’s junta-led elections as final polling nears
Myanmar's military junta proceeds with its final election round amid escalating violence, as highways and central regions become battlegrounds. The...
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As the ballots near, Myanmar confronts a crisis larger than the election itself
Myanmar election faces coercion, resistance and escalating unrest as the junta pushes a controversial multi-phase vote amid nationwide defiance.
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Myanmar’s managed democracy: How the junta plans to outlast the resistance
Myanmar’s junta is using a tightly managed year-end election to project control despite a worsening civil war.
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As resistance grows, Myanmar junta’s election faces a crisis of legitimacy
Myanmar election 2025 seen as sham by critics as junta pushes to entrench military rule amid intensifying opposition and violence.
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ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meet to Address Myanmar Conflict
At the first meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers in Jakarta on Friday, the conflict in Myanmar was the main topic...
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