Air force chiefs from several countries around Southeast Asia did not attend a conference in Myanmar this week after the ASEAN regional bloc accused the ruling junta of targeting civilians in its post-coup crackdown.
Hopes of a return to democracy in junta-ruled Myanmar are being crushed by “systematic repression”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday at a summit in Indonesia with the United States, China and regional leaders.
The Philippines is ready to chair ASEAN in 2026 instead of Myanmar, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said Tuesday, as the bloc wrestles with how to engage with the country’s junta rulers.
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Norman Tansingco is backing efforts to disincentivize rescued trafficking victims from returning to illegal work.
Senator Risa Hontiveros was saddened to learn that a Filipino rescued from a cryptocurrency scam syndicate in Myanmar ended up working for a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) scam hub recently raided by authorities.
Myanmar’s National Defence and Security Council agreed Monday to extend the country’s state of emergency by six months, state media said, likely delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August.
ASEAN foreign ministers were still working for a united position on the Myanmar crisis Thursday, a day after the bloc’s ministerial meeting ended.
ASEAN chair Indonesia on Wednesday urged a political solution to the Myanmar crisis at regional talks where Thailand’s envoy announced he met the country’s deposed democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi last week.
Thailand’s foreign minister said Wednesday he met with ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi last week and she was in good health in her first known meeting with a foreign envoy since she was detained following a 2021 coup.
ASEAN foreign ministers gathered in Indonesia on Tuesday for talks dominated by the crisis in Myanmar, with the regional bloc divided over how or whether to reengage with the country’s ruling junta.
