Min Aung Hlaing will head the top-level committee, whose formation follows China’s crucial support for the junta’s election and its military operations in northern Shan.

As the junta prepares for heavily rigged polls to be held in parts of the country, Bertil Lintner looks back at Myanmar’s troubled record of elections—which have rarely been free or fair.

The junta that ousted Burma’s last freely elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is now seeking to hold sham polls to entrench its ...

In Laos, sex tourists from Korea exploit minors, using Telegram to share illicit content. Authorities report high rates of sexual exploitation among trafficking victims, while online platforms ...

Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Monday (November 3, 2025) that the SIR was a hurried exercise that aims to terrorise the people of West Bengal. The TMC plans to hit the ...

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BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has shut down a major online scam operation near the border with Thailand, detaining more than 2,000 people and seizing dozens of Starlink satellite internet ...

When Mitsubishi made your first cellphone, you know you’ve been around a while. Steve has carried the latest and greatest around in his pocket for nearly 30 years, with everything from Motorola ...

Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has touted the Dec 28 election as a way to end the civil war which has raged since the military deposed the government of democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021. (EPA ...

A house in Longwa village straddles the India-Myanmar border with rooms in both countries. Local time differs within the house, with Indian and Myanmar clocks showing different times. Villagers hold ...

MAE SOT, Thailand — Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family’s food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the ...