As Beijing draws closer to Myanmar's new junta, China's Communist Party stays in touch with the ousted National League for Democracy
The new route may pull the neighbors closer but is unlikely to pay off at least until China convinces Myanmar to lay new train tracks, analysts say
Analysts tell VOA how the contest could play out when the UN General Assembly convenes this month and why it matters
With the virus pushing Bangkok’s hospitals to the brink, a new website is connecting the sick with people willing to assist
Ismail Sabri Yaakob is Malaysia’s third prime minister in as many years; many will be watching to see whether the corruption cases against fellow UMNO members more forward.
Myanmar’s shadow government welcomed ASEAN’s appointment of Brunei’s Erywan Yusof; others raise doubts, reject bloc’s choice
A cap could disrupt vaccine rollout in neighbor countries amid their own COVID spikes, health experts say
Journalists hiding from Myanmar's new junta in Thailand say they are living in constant fear of arrest and the thought of being sent back
Spike in global glove orders driven by pandemic is piling pressure on migrant workers to put in extreme hours and go months without a day off, new research finds
Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing’s choice of Russia for his first trip outside the region since leading a coup highlights his rocky relations with Beijing, analysts say
Officials and developers hope shots will be ready in time to give booster shots tailored to the virus’s variants by next year
Peaceful protests against the junta are giving way to scattered firefights, targeted killings and a spate of bombings, raising fears of a sweeping civil war
Experts say more people are likely to turn to illegal poppy farming as pandemic and coup drag legal economy down
Rights groups say police investigations into journalists, protesters and opposition lawmakers have picked up since the country entered a state of emergency in January
Government says law will rein in wayward nonprofits; rights groups say it would give authorities unchecked powers to stifle critics
Analysts say Myanmar’s military regime will exploit the plan's lack of detail to set the terms and stick to its own agenda
One of oldest and largest ethnic armed groups, Karen National Union, says protesters coming from lowlands of central Myanmar have been trekking to rebels’ hilly jungle redouts for training since late March
Civil disobedience movement aimed at disrupting junta has forced hospitals to close and testing rates to plummet
Moves by World Bank and Asian Development Bank to freeze funds to post-coup Myanmar could make many vulnerable communities worse off even as lenders look for ways to keep some projects going without government, analysts and experts say
Close relatives of the virus causing the pandemic have cropped up in Thailand and Cambodia, raising the odds of an origin outside of China
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