Myanmar’s military, ethnic armed groups agree to China-mediated truce | News
Both sides agree to cease fighting and not harm residents along Myanmar’s northern border with China. Myanmar’s military government and an alliance of ethnic armed…
Blaze at Bangladesh refugee camp leaves thousands of Rohingya homeless | News
Hundreds of shelters at the refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh were gutted with arson suspected. Thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been left without…
Stateless babies: In northeast India, refugee mothers pray for nationhood | Refugees News
Mizoram, India – “Why are you screaming? You are a refugee,” a nurse told 26-year-old Jamie* as she struggled with an exceptionally painful childbirth at…
Myanmar military government pardons more than 9,000 prisoners | Prison News
Annual amnesty marking Independence Day takes place during crisis in the north that poses threat to military rulers. Myanmar’s military government has pardoned more than…
Stray artillery shells hit town in south-west China near Myanmar, leaving five injured
Five people in a south-west China town near Myanmar have been injured by stray artillery shells from across the border, as fighting between Myanmar's junta…
Best of 2023: Editor’s picks from the Asia Pacific | Politics News
From the deepening conflict in Myanmar as a result of the 2021 coup to North Korea’s record years of weapons testing and confrontations in the…
Myanmar’s Banking Odyssey: A Decade of Triumphs, Trials, and Transformations
Myanmar’s banking system has changed a lot over the last 10 years. It got mixed influences from history, it grew in different ways and faced…