Families searched for bodies on Tuesday around a charred market in western Myanmar after a military airstrike killed 50 people, one of the deadliest recent bombardments in the civil war.

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Myanmar's military chief met Thursday with Thailand's top general in Bangkok in his first foreign trip since assuming the role, as his coup-staging armed forces shake off their pariah status.

Ye Win Oo’s visit is the latest effort by Bangkok to bring Myanmar’s military-appointed government in from the cold.

The junta’s attacks have complicated efforts to assist many of the more that 200,000 people affected by flooding in the region

Thai civil-society groups say welcoming Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing grants legitimacy to military rule and disregards the suffering of Myanmar’s people

Secretary Lazaro,

The junta’s latest empty gesture is a cost-free way to win greater international acceptance, not evidence of any softening of its position

The junta leader made the remarks in a speech to the country’s military-backed parliament marking his first 100 days as president

The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M), an independent group of international human rights experts, has called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to immediately enforce bi...

Southeast Asian leaders say direct diplomacy with Myanmar is the only way to end the five-year civil war. Opponents of the military regime aren’t convinced.

JAKARTA, 20 July 2026—ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) has written to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., in his capacity as ASEAN Chair, and to President José Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste, ur...

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Guest contributor Khin Ohmar This month, foreign ministers from the 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASESAN) are reportedly going to meet with the rebranded junta’s new foreign minist...

Following testimony in U.K. Parliament, Fortify Rights urges Article 14 referral of the full situation in Myanmar to the ICC Prosecutor

Guest contributor Khin Ohmar Min Aung Hlaing is not a president. Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, DW, and Al Jazeera English should stop calling him one. On June 16, Reuters reported t...

The actors that can deliver results on border security, counter-narcotics, and infrastructure protection increasingly sit within the resistance

At the 48th Asean Summit in Cebu on 7-8 May, several member states signalled support for "calibrated engagement" with Myanmar's junta after five years of failed diplomacy.

Guest contributor Khin Ohmar Five years ago, Myanmar’s military staged an illegal coup attempt, illegally arresting and imprisoning legitimately elected leaders on bogus charges. Since then, this junt...

The 56-page report, “‘Skeletons and Skulls Scattered Everywhere’: Arakan Army Massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Hoyyar Siri, Myanmar,” documents the May 2, 2024 attack, in which Arakan Army fighters del...

Propaganda and prejudice have long stripped the Rohingya and other minorities of their humanity, making them easy targets of violence