After five years of brutal civil war Myanmar’s ruling military is holding an election backed by China that many say is a sham ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not send observers to army-ruled ...

China, Myanmar and Israel among top jailers as press freedom groups flag prolonged detentions and mistreatment ...

Pakistan and China have been drawing closer to Bangladesh and Myanmar in areas such as defence and trade at India’s expense, ...

“Autocracies and democracies alike are locking up ​journalists to quash dissent and stifle independent reporting,” CPJ CEO ...

YANGON: Under the bright lights of Yangon's exhibition halls, rows of solar panels, inverters, and energy storage systems ...

Over 330 journalists were imprisoned globally in 2025, marking the fifth consecutive year of high incarceration rates.

Beijing is increasingly shaping the outcome of Myanmar’s civil war, not by supporting one side, but by controlling where ...

Its rusty tracks are not merely markers of changing transportation routes, but indelible testimonies to the blood, tears and ...

The escalation followed the junta-backed political bloc securing victories in the last three townships in Rakhine that had remained under Myanmar army control, effectively ending the military’s ...

Journalist imprisonments remain near record highs worldwide, fueled largely by political repression as corruption and abuse of power flourish.

Cambodian girls as young as 14 are being trafficked to China for forced marriages, a trade fueled by its decades-long ...