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STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 23, 2021 • 14 min read

Myanmar coup Without military-CRPH cooperation, is ASEAN intervention next?

By Allegra Mendelson • Mar 23, 2021
With the chasm between the Myanmar military and the opposing CRPH looking unbridgeable, the committee representing the toppled parliament is looking to ASEAN for support. But a bloc built on non-intervention, if they don't succeed, is open conflict next?

Mar 17, 2021 • 5 min read
Myanmar coup

Anti-China outrage pulls Beijing into Myanmar coup crisis

As Chinese factories are torched in Myanmar under the newly-imposed martial law, Beijing has been pulled into the crisis. Now facing an unravelling country it had once hoped to include in China's big plans for Asia.
By Aidan Jones/AFP • Mar 17, 2021

Mar 15, 2021 • 5 min read
Myanmar coup

Myanmar declares martial law in Yangon townships after deadly day

Myanmar's military junta imposed martial law on March 14 in two densely populated Yangon townships after at least 18 protesters were killed in one of the deadliest days since the February 1 coup, bringing the death toll to nearly 100.
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 15, 2021

Mar 11, 2021 • 4 min read
Myanmar coup

Six more killed in Myanmar as UN condemns protest crackdown

Six more protesters were killed in Myanmar on Thursday March 11 as the UN condemned the growing violence against anti-coup demonstrations. This follows a steady rise in international pressure against the military since re-seizing power on February 1.
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 11, 2021

Feb 22, 2021 • 4 min read
Myanmar coup

Huge anti-coup rallies in Myanmar after junta threat

Hundreds of thousands of anti-coup protesters rallied across Myanmar again on Monday February 22, after three demonstrators were shot dead over the weekend.
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 22, 2021

May 12, 2020 • 10 min read
Sport

Karen national football team playing for victory away from home

In the US state of Minnesota, the newly established Karen Football Association is aiming to provide a platform to promote the struggles of the ethnic group back in Myanmar, as well as foster a sense of community and identity for future generations in their new home
By Alexi Demetriadi • May 12, 2020

Sep 26, 2019 • 9 min read
Myanmar politics

Life of the party

Seemingly unbeatable ahead of elections next year, Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party has nonetheless struggled to achieve much during nearly four years in office
By Hunter Marston and Abigail Chen • Sep 26, 2019

Jan 15, 2019 • 9 min read
Myanmar

Why Tatmadaw attempts to ‘crush’ the Arakan Army will backfire

The Arakan Army was formed just under ten years ago but has quickly grown into a fierce military force in Myanmar. Its latest attacks, which fell on the country’s Independence Day, prompted an unprecedented response from Aung San Suu Kyi’s government, whose office ordered the state army to “crush” the insurgency group. But what will a crackdown achieve and why has the government called for it?
By Thomas Brent • Jan 15, 2019