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Labourers unload sacks of rice from a ship along a jetty in Yangon on June 28, 2023. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP)

15 Nov 2023

Myanmar’s Recent Crackdowns on Corruption: Law Enforcement or Reputation Repair?

Wai Moe

Two former confidantes of Myanmar’s Senior General have been convicted of corruption and sentenced to prison. Their oversight of economic portfolios, and failure to stabilise rising prices, suggest that they are also scapegoats for the regime’s policy failures.

14 Nov 2023

Common Goal for Myanmar’s Warring Groups: Currying Favour With China

Kyi Sin

In an unexpected twist, the warring groups in Myanmar’s civil war have a unified goal: combatting cybercrime and ingratiating themselves with China.

China-Myanmar Relations Crime Myanmar Myanmar Military

A woman smiles after she received a bag of rice distributed by the World Food Programme (WFP) as part of food aid efforts to support residents living in poor communities on the outskirts of Yangon. Myanmar's economy and banking system have been paralysed since the military's power-grab in early February, leading to disaster for millions of people who the World Food Programme has warned could go hungry in the coming months. (Photo by AFP / STR / MYANMAR-COUP-POLITICS-FOOD, FOCUS)

3 Nov 2023

Saving Myanmar’s Post-coup Economy: Strategic and Pragmatic Solutions

Aung Tun

Myanmar’s State Administration Council (SAC) regime has been unable to stem continuous economic woes since the February 2021 coup. However, the situation calls for balanced approach of supporting the democratic movement while advocating for policies that ameliorate the economic condition of Myanmar households.

Myanmar Myanmar Economy Myanmar Politics

20 Oct 2023

Who Decides the Cessation of Violence in Myanmar? A Grinding Battle for Control

Thida|Kyi Sin

As the violence in Myanmar looks set to spill over into another year of intractable struggle, both sides are dealing with morale and discipline problems within their armed units. The main suffering is borne by the civilians who, despite all the tribulations, remain defiant.

Myanmar Myanmar Military Myanmar Politics

Children seen behind a bamboo fence in Mae La, Tak Province, Thailand on on April 4, 2022. Mae La or Maela is a refugee camp in Thailand near the border with Myanmar (Burma), that was established in 1984 in the Tha Song Yang District. (Photo by Guillaume Payen / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

18 Oct 2023

Children in Myanmar: Caught in the Crossfire

Wai Moe

The junta in Myanmar has adopted a new tactic against resistance forces by arresting and detaining children in lieu of their family members.

Human Rights Myanmar Myanmar Military

13 Oct 2023

Is Laos Able to Make a Difference in the Myanmar Crisis?

Joanne Lin

Joanne Lin looks at the crisis in Myanmar and recommends possible strategies for Laos to move the needle on the issue, ahead of its ASEAN Chairmanship next year.

ASEAN ASEANFocus Laos Myanmar

14 Sep 2023

Does ASEAN Matter for Myanmar?

Moe Thuzar|Sharon Seah

Now that the ASEAN Summit is over, serious questions remain about how exactly the regional grouping can begin to resolve the Myanmar crisis, despite stronger words and a slight toughening of position.

ASEAN ASEAN Unity Myanmar

31 Jul 2023

The State Administration Council and Aung San Suu Kyi: The Lady is Not for Turning?

Kyi Sin|Moe Thuzar

Two recent developments in Myanmar suggest that the State Administration Council has come round to banking on the iconic status of Aung San Suu Kyi as a political ploy.

Myanmar Myanmar Politics

17 Jul 2023

A Divided ASEAN Cannot Help Myanmar’s People

Moe Thuzar|Sharon Seah

Moe Thuzar and Sharon Seah examine ASEAN's latest response to the Myanmar crisis arising from the 56th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting.

ASEAN ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting ASEANFocus Myanmar

30 Jun 2023

Disaster Relief Dysfunction in Myanmar

David Scott Mathieson

Five weeks after the country was hit by a Category 5 cyclone, the military junta in Myanmar continues to stonewall the delivery of much-needed aid to affected civilians. In particular, this highlights ASEAN’s continued inability to persuade the junta to implement the Five Point Consensus.

Disaster Management Myanmar Myanmar Military