Focusing blame for arsenic contamination of the Salween River on Karenni and other EAOs obscures China’s deep role in Myanmar ...

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The president of East Timor told The Associated Press on Monday that he would be willing to ...

A Newsweek map shows where the United States and China have conducted military exercises with regional partners in Southeast Asia this year, as the two powers jostle for influence in a region troubled ...

Myanmar's ruling junta said in October 2025 that it had recaptured from an ethnic armed group a town on a trade highway to ...

Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus has caused a stir. He presented a book to a Pakistani general featuring a map that ...

The ceasefire with the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, or TNLA, marks a significant victory for Myanmar’s military ...

Myanmar’s ruling junta said on Saturday that it had recaptured a town on a trade highway to China from an ethnic armed group in the country’s war-wracked north. Following a 16-day operation, “Tatmadaw ...

The TNLA’s return—at Beijing’s insistence—of two towns to the junta this month is the latest example of China’s bullying and ...

When insurgents finally gained control of the town of Kyaukme - on the main trade route from the Chinese border to the rest of Myanmar - it was after several months of hard fighting last year. Kyaukme ...

China controls approximately 90 percent of the world’s rare earths processing. Its dominating position in the rare earth supply enables Beijing to weaponize its structural advantage in the high-tech ...

YANGON—Myanmar's ruling junta said Saturday that it had recaptured a town on a trade highway to China from an ethnic armed group in the country's war-wracked north. Following a 16-day operation, "on ...