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Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing inspects a guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony in Bangkok on Aug. 6.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 12, 2026
Myanmar ramps up civilian attacks with airborne weapons, U.N. says
The military increasingly relies on motorized paragliders, gyrocopters and drones for low-altitude strikes using unguided explosives, according to U.N. investigators.
A demonstrator holds up an image of Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Bangkok in February 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 9, 2026
Myanmar says ASEAN¡¯s call for Suu Kyi release is interference
Myanmar¡¯s military-backed government says demands to release ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi are interfering with the country¡¯s judicial process.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (right) and Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing (left) attend a welcoming ceremony at the Government House in Bangkok on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 6, 2026
Myanmar¡¯s Min Aung Hlaing in Thailand on legitimacy quest as Bangkok backs engagement
Thailand is pushing for reengagement between its war-torn neighbor and the regional bloc ASEAN.
Rohingya refugees hold a rally inside a refugee camp in Cox¡¯s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Aug. 25 last year, marking the eighth anniversary of their forced exodus from Myanmar.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2026
The Rohingya drown while ASEAN debates oil
People do not board unseaworthy boats because they misjudge the tides. They board because remaining has become its own form of drowning.
Myanmar's detained former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets with Arnaude de Baecque, resident representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross to Myanmar, in Naypyidaw.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 3, 2026
Myanmar¡¯s Aung San Suu Kyi meets Red Cross official, government says
The Nobel Peace ?Prize winner has been in detention since February 2021, when an elected civilian government she led was ousted by Myanmar¡¯s military in a dawn coup.
Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has called on Japanese companies to invest in the country, saying both sides stand to benefit.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2026
Myanmar leader calls on Japanese firms to invest
Japan has not recognized either the military junta that seized power in the 2021 coup or the current administration that followed it.
Rohingya refugees gather in front of the office of the U.N. refugee agency after being evicted from their homes, in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 30, 2026
Malaysian PM says Myanmar agrees to take 5,000 Rohingya refugees from Malaysia
?There has recently been tension between the refugees and local Malaysian communities.
Inside a compound that had once been used by scammers in Samraong, Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, before being taken by the Thai military
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2026
U.N. says human trafficking into Asian scam centers is surging
The U.N. migration agency says people from more than 80 countries have been lured ?in ?through social media, with some being sexually abused.
Myanmar junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing hands over a flag to newly appointed Commander-in-Chief General Ye Win Oo during a ceremony in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 30.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 28, 2026
Myanmar military escalates civilian killings, monitor warns, amid diplomatic push
The conflict monitor said the onslaught was a ?result of tactics deployed by Myanmar¡¯s new military chief who took over in late ?March.
Southeast Asian foreign ministers pose for a photo with representatives from the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights representatives during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Philippines, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 21, 2026
Myanmar¡¯s future and Middle East fighting hang over ASEAN talks
Talks over Myanmar ¡ª a member state formally excluded from summits since its military junta seized power in 2021 and triggered a bloody civil war ¡ª could ratchet up tension.
A national flag is raised next to a statue of Myanmar's independence Gen. Aung San at Thu Mingalar Park in Yangon on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 18, 2026
Founding father: statues of Myanmar¡¯s Aung San disappear
Analysts say the removals may be an attempt to erase from public spaces a powerful symbol linked to Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained democracy figurehead.
A rescue team searches for survivors after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees sank in November 2025 near the Thailand-Malaysia border. Rohingya undertake perilous sea journeys every year in search of better living conditions.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 16, 2026
Over 500 feared dead in two suspected shipwrecks off Myanmar, U.N. says
Myanmar¡¯s Rohingya undertake perilous sea journeys every year in search of better living conditions, traveling aboard rickety boats often operated by trafficking networks.
Anti-coup protesters carry a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi, the deposed civilian leader, during a march in Yangon, Myanmar, in February 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 13, 2026
Myanmar tells ASEAN ¡®sister¡¯ Aung San Suu Kyi will be looked after, envoy says
Top ?diplomats of the 11-member Southeast Asian bloc met with their Myanmar counterpart for the first time since the coup, in an effort to kick-start a peace ?initiative.
Mourners grieve as bodies are laid out at a cemetery before their burial following a Myanmar military air strike at a hospital that killed more than 30 people in Mrauk U in Myanmar's western Rakhine state in December 2025.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 9, 2026
¡®Nothing left except death¡¯: Myanmar families grieve huge war toll
The civil war began when a 2021 coup deposing the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi prompted pro-democracy activists to take up arms against the military.
Visitors at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar. The country¡¯s military-backed government is betting tourism will become one of the first visible signs of an economic recovery after this year¡¯s election.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 7, 2026
Myanmar bets on ancient temples and Buddhist pilgrimage sites to boost tourism
The tourism push is an early test of whether Myanmar can persuade visitors and investors that parts of the country are once again open for business.
Myanmar protesters residing in Japan show a placard of detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally outside Myanmar's embassy in Tokyo last year.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 3, 2026
Searching for Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar¡¯s capital of confusion
Naypyitaw is a labyrinth of anonymous compounds connected by deserted 20-lane highways through tracts of jungle and paddy.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing attend a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on Tuesday in Beijing.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2026
American scholar of Myanmar held in China was on academic visit, think tank says
China¡¯s foreign ministry confirmed last week the arrest of Min Zin, saying he was suspected of spying and endangering national security.
Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing (left) shakes hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 16, 2026
China¡¯s Xi backs Myanmar¡¯s president as two leaders meet in Beijing
Min Aung Hlaing is in China for a five-day state visit, his first trip ?to the country since the former Myanmar junta chief formalized his grip ?on power.
Fishing boats are docked along the Mekong River in Chiang Saen, northern Thailand's Chiang Rai province on June 4. Thailand's pollution control department said in April it had found arsenic concentrations of up to 296 milligrams per kilogram in sediment near Chiang Saen ¡ª more than nine times the level considered dangerous for aquatic life.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 16, 2026
Poorest on front line as arsenic hits nine times danger level in Mekong River
Doctors have found elevated levels of toxic arsenic in those who work on the river, which passes through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Myanmar¡¯s military ruler, Min Aung Hlaing, shows his ink-stained finger after casting hist vote in Naypyidaw, the capital,in December 2025. He was elected president on April 3 by the country¡¯s rubber-stamp Parliament.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 15, 2026
Myanmar¡¯s president arrives in China to boost trade ties
Myanmar has been diplomatically isolated since a 2021 military coup ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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