Economy

16 July 2025
Jeremy Douglas is chief of staff to the executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.  (Photo by Takayuki Tanaka)
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmar's military government.
Trump tariffs

Myanmar offers to send tariff negotiation team to US in reply to Trump

Min Aung Hlaing uses president's letter to highlight legitimacy of military government

11 July 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump released the first batch of letters on July 7 informing countries of the tariff rates their exports to the U.S. will face, starting Aug. 1.
Trump tariffs

Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Japan, South Korea, Malaysia

Myanmar and Laos see 40% rate, among slew of levies to take effect Aug. 1

8 July 2025
Women wait for checkups at a health care center on May 26 at a camp Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (Photo by Valeria Mongelli)
Politics

US aid cuts leave Rohingya in Bangladesh vulnerable to hepatitis C

Groups struggle to meet refugee health care needs in face of shortfall

18 June 2025
The parliamentary complex in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, was damaged by a devastating March 28 earthquake, which killed at least 3,800 people. (Photo from Myanmar government)
Myanmar Crisis

Fate of Myanmar's vulnerable capital uncertain in wake of quake

Observers say Sagaing fault catastrophes lurk beneath Naypyitaw

14 May 2025
People queue for water from a donation truck in Pyawbwe township in Mandalay a few days after the March 28 earthquake that killed at least 3,800 people.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar military extends ceasefire to facilitate quake relief

UN calls for 'genuine' halt to hostilities and 'return to civilian rule'

6 May 2025
A broken Buddha statue is pictured inside a damaged pagoda following a strong earthquake in Amarapura township, Myanmar, on April 4, 2025.
Opinion

The Four Horsemen of Myanmar's 'apocalypse'

Military regime's assault on its own people exacerbates the 'polycrisis' after quake

19 April 2025
Malaysian Prime Minister and ASEAN Chair Anwar Ibrahim talks with Mahn Win Khaing Than, the prime minister of Myanmar's parallel National Unity Government on April 17. (Screenshot from National Unity Government of Myanmar's Facebook page) 
Myanmar Crisis

Malaysia's Anwar seeks to use Myanmar quake to extend ceasefire

ASEAN chair holds talks with leaders of regime and shadow government

18 April 2025
Min Lwin Oo stands in front of the mosque in his village of Bone Oh, outside the city of Mandalay, which was destroyed in the March 28 Myanmar earthquake. (Photo by Nikkei Asia)
Natural disasters

'It's tragic': Myanmar quake survivors describe slow pace of relief

Three weeks after the disaster, anxiety and uncertainty reign

17 April 2025
A container ship being guided by tugs at Jakarta port. Companies are reporting an increase in transpacific orders during the Trump administration's 90-day pause in the highter reciprocal tariffs. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
Trade war

U.S. and Southeast Asian companies rush to beat 90-day tariff deadline

Executives and shippers expect surge in transpacific shipments to be shortlived

11 April 2025
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4 April 2025
Civilian rescue workers in the city of Mandalay carry a body out of rubble in the aftermath of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28. The country's military has been barely visible in the rescue efforts outside the capital Naypyitaw.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar military missing from earthquake relief, observers say

Government forces have attacked civilians and avoided search and rescue

4 April 2025
Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team work at a collapsed residential building in Mandalay following the earthquake. Myanmar's military regime has admitted to firing on a Chinese Red Cross convoy on April 1
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar military fires on Chinese Red Cross quake-relief convoy

Regime claims troops had not been informed of its route

2 April 2025
The last summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) was in Colombo, Sri Lanka in March 2022 
International relations

Myanmar's troubled situation looms over Bay of Bengal regional summit

Impact of earthquake and civil war on connectivity plans expected to dominate talks

2 April 2025
Zin Mar Aung, the foreign minister of Myanmar's parallel National Unity Government, has called for nations and aid organizations to bypass the military regime to reach those worst affected by Myanmar's earthquake. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar opposition calls for earthquake aid to bypass military regime

National Unity Government pushes alternative routes to worst-hit regions

1 April 2025
Indian government aid for earthquake victims arrives at Yangon airport in Myanmar on March 29. One aid group is considering emergency cash disbursements to victims to quickly address the "many supply chain challenges." (Photo by India's External Affairs Ministry)
Natural disasters

Myanmar aid groups face major hurdles to delivering quake relief

Damaged airports and roads hinder operations in civil war-blighted nation

31 March 2025
Rescuers at the site of a building that collapsed in the city of Mandalay, Myanmar, in a 7.7-magnitude earthquake on March 28. The epicenter of the quake, which has killed more than 1,650 people, was 17 kilometers from the city.
Natural disasters

Myanmar opposition declares partial ceasefire in quake areas

National Unity Government vows to collaborate with aid agencies

30 March 2025
Rescuers work at the site of a building that collapsed, in the aftermath of a strong earthquake, in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 30. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)
Photos

In Pictures: Search for victims after Myanmar earthquake

At least 1,600 dead as foreign teams join rescue mission

30 March 2025
People look at the collapsed Maha Myat Muni Pagoda near Mandalay, Myanmar, following an earthquake in central Myanmar, on March 28.
Natural disasters

Myanmar quake death toll passes 1,640 as first foreign aid arrives

China and India send rescue teams; UN and EU release funds

29 March 2025
Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed building in Bangkok after tremors from a strong earthquake that struck central Myanmar on March 28 caused the building in the Thai capital to crumble. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
Natural disasters

Myanmar-Thailand earthquake: At least 154 dead as rescue efforts underway

90 trapped in collapsed Bangkok building that had been under construction

29 March 2025
The economy in Mae Sai, as well as in other Thai border towns, has suffered as a result of the crackdown on scam centers in Myanmar. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Economy

Thai crackdown on Myanmar scam centers blights cross-border trade

Cutting power and fuel exports hits economy in western Thailand

24 February 2025
Myanmar junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing presides over an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.
Opinion

Can Myanmar turn the corner in 2025?

Hopes of imminent defeat of regime may be optimistic but resistance is making gains

9 January 2025
Displaced people trek through Chin state in Myanmar amid fighting between the military and antigovernment forces.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's internally displaced to surge 30% to 4.5m in 2025, U.N. says

A third of the Southeast Asian country's population will need humanitarian aid: OCHA

17 December 2024
Poppy harvesting near Loikaw in Kayah state, Myanmar. The country has cemented its position as the world's leading source of opium, the U.N. said in a report published Dec. 12.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar leads world in opium output as economy founders: U.N.

Survey warns of possible increase after Afghan cultivation ban

12 December 2024
People wait in line to enter the Thai Embassy for visa appointments in Yangon on Feb. 20. Migration from Myanmar has risen sharply since the military government imposed conscription on young people in April.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's crisis-torn economy to contract further, World Bank warns

Report calls on Thailand to improve its treatment of migrant workers

11 December 2024
A family member answers census questions in Myanmar's capital of Naypyidaw on Oct. 1.
Myanmar Crisis

War-torn Myanmar struggles to finish census for election next year

Government gives no word when results will be ready after soft deadline ends

17 October 2024
Volunteers search for stranded people in Myanmar on Sept. 17.
Myanmar Crisis

Aid for Myanmar flood victims risks being split along conflict lines

Regime welcomes overseas aid as ethnic armed groups call for fair distribution

25 September 2024
Sales of Yoma Strategic Holdings' StarCity condos have been robust. (Photo by Nikkei)
Myanmar Crisis

Yangon home prices surge as Myanmar war drives flight to safety

Yoma and other big companies benefit; real estate draws investors fearing currency drop

15 September 2024
Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar shout slogans to mark the seventh anniversary of their fleeing to Bangladesh from neighboring Myanmar to escape a military crackdown in 2017.
Bangladesh turmoil

Stateless Rohingya put faith in Bangladesh leader Yunus

Refugees hope head of caretaker government resolves stalled repatriation efforts

27 August 2024
Frequent disasters encourage Southeast Asians to prepare. A man drives a motorbike in a flooded street after heavy rains in Hanoi, Vietnam, in September 2023.
Natural disasters

Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia top global disaster-readiness poll

Alerts, household planning build resilience as volatility rises, Gallup says

25 August 2024