BANGKOK: Martial law was declared in several areas of military-run Myanmar on Thursday (Feb 2), a day after authorities announced that a state of emergency has been extended throughout the country, which is wracked by violence that some UN experts have described as a civil…

The Pacific island state of Micronesia, one of the fiercest critics of a Japanese decision to release water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, said on Thursday (Feb 02) it was no longer as worried about the plan as it had been.…

BEIJING: China, only the third country to put a man in space after the Soviet Union and the United States, is to build ground stations in Antarctica to back its network of ocean monitoring satellites, state media said on Thursday (Feb 2). China’s global network…

The Five-Point Consensus is ASEAN’s peace plan for Myanmar, which was agreed on by all 10 leaders in Jakarta in April 2021, two months after the military coup in the member country.  The plan calls for an immediate cessation of violence, dialogue among all parties,…

People living along the country’s borders, where fierce clashes between the military and ethnic groups have forced thousands to flee, have pleaded for protection, said Dr Heyzer. “When I meet refugee representatives, people at the border, what they want is greater protection. And what they…

SINGAPORE: The lack of progress in resolving the conflict in Myanmar is likely a consequence of the region becoming inward looking, said Indonesia’s former foreign minister Marty Natalegawa.  This comes as the Myanmar crisis continues, two years after the military seized power in a coup…