By embracing a warlord, Thailand has torched its credibility. It is taking Asean down...
Khun Kasit Piromya et alThailand’s short-sighted and self-interested decision to engage with accused war criminal and junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has shattered any...
Urgent call for protection of Rohingya refugees in South and Southeast Asia
We, Women Peace Network (WPN), express deep concern at the news that 5,000 Rohingya and 300,000 Rohingya refugees will soon likely be forcibly deported from Malaysia...
Asean, stop mincing words and enforce the five-point consensus on Myanmar
Asean has reaffirmed its “united position” on its five-point consensus on Myanmar after a humiliating fortnight.Now, five long years after its adoption, Asean must...
The Philippines’ failure on Myanmar is existential for Asean
The Philippines’ term as Asean chair is in a tailspin as Secretary of Foreign Affairs Theresa Lazaro brings a disastrous combination of timidity and...
Asean announces its failure with planned junta engagement
Asean foreign ministers’ scheduled meeting with the Myanmar junta’s 'foreign minister' in Bangkok on Sunday, 12 July will undermine Asean’s own ‘five-point consensus’ and reward the...
Myanmar: Asean’s intractable problem
At the recently concluded 48th Asean summit, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, as chair, called for a more "aggressive and effective" approach to the civil...
Philippines must deliver strong Asean leadership on Myanmar after five years of dismal failure
The Asean leaders’ summit in Cebu this week comes at a pivotal moment for Myanmar, with accused war criminal Min Aung Hlaing and his...
The Myanmar junta’s illegitimate 2025-26 elections and the way forward
The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) and the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) launched their joint report ‘Old Generals, New Clothes: The...
Myanmar’s youth and their voice: Their conscientisation during the transition and mobilisation for a...
Myanmar’s youth, particularly the Generation Z, were at the forefront of publicly voicing disagreement with the military coup d’état that took place on 1...
The international community must back Myanmar’s historic revolutionary steering council
The formation of an historic new alliance between key Myanmar revolutionary actors marks a significant step towards building a genuine federal democratic Union and...
From fatigues to longyis: The Myanmar junta’s absurd rebrand begins
The Myanmar military junta’s power grab entered its next phase today, as its generals and proxies convened their illegitimate “parliament” in Naypyitaw.It is...
Rape, detention and displacement: The war on Myanmar’s women
On International Women's Day, activists call for justice and protection for women caught in Myanmar's ongoing crisis.