BANGKOK: Myanmar‘s military government on Monday hosted the first high-level regional meeting since the army took power last year with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and counterparts from Mekong Delta nations. State broadcaster MRTV reported that Wang met with his…
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi is travelling to Myanmar this weekend for a regional meeting, in what will be the most high-profile visitor from Beijing since the military seized power in February last year. Wang’s trip will be closely watched…
NAYPYIDAW: Dialogue between Myanmar‘s junta and ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the bloody crisis unleashed by the toppling of her government last year is “not impossible”, a junta spokesman told AFP on Friday. The Southeast Asian nation…
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh staged demonstrations on Sunday demanding repatriation back to Myanmar, where they fled a brutal military crackdown five years ago. Almost a million Rohingya are confined to bamboo and tarpaulin shacks in 34…
Pakistan’s military partnership with Myanmar is set to gather momentum, with a team of 15 technical experts of the Pakistan Air Force scheduled to visit Mandalay air force station soon to provide training support for Chinese-made JF-17 fighter jets. The…
YANGON: Post-coup violence has pushed the number of displaced people in Myanmar over one million for the first time, the UN has said, warning of “dire” conditions as the monsoon approaches and fighting rages. Almost 700,000 people have been forced…
