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March 28, 2023 at 5:19 am

Myanmar junta dissolves Suu Kyi’s party, much of opposition

Myanmar’s military governmenttook another major step in its ongoing attempts to cripple its political opponents on Wednesday , dissolving dozens of opposition parties including that...

Nation & World

March 27, 2023 at 12:26 am

Myanmar army leader calls for decisive action to crush foes VIEW

Myanmar's top leader has told the nation's military forces they need to take decisive action against those fighting army rule.

Nation & World

March 25, 2023 at 1:38 am

Myanmar lawyer accused of helping army slain by guerrillas

A veteran corporate lawyer has been shot dead in Myanmar’s biggest city by self-proclaimed urban guerrillas, highlighting the bloody struggle between the military government and...

Nation & World

March 20, 2023 at 1:56 am

Thailand dissolves Parliament ahead of May elections

Thailand’s Parliament has been dissolved to set the stage for a May general election that poses an opportunity to lessen the military’s influence in politics.

Nation & World

March 14, 2023 at 2:31 am

Army, resistance trade accusations over Myanmar killings

Myanmar’s military government has denied reports of a new mass killing of civilians by its troops, instead blaming pro-democracy resistance groups for the deaths of...

Nation & World

March 6, 2023 at 7:10 am

Myanmar army killed 17 people in 2 villages, residents say

A resident and members of Myanmar's anti-government resistance say soldiers have rampaged through several villages, raping, beheading and killing at least 17 people.

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FILE – Cambodia National Rescue Party’s President Kem Sokha, center, speaks to journalists before heading to the court in his house in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Jan. 19, 2022. Kem Sokha, Cambodia’s most prominent opposition politician not in exile, is scheduled Friday, March 3, 2023, to hear the verdict in his trial for treason, for which he was arrested in 2017 as part of a government crackdown on the opposition. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File) HS101 HS101

March 2, 2023 at 7:18 pm

Cambodian opposition leader gets 27 years on treason charge VIEW

A court in Cambodia has convicted opposition leader Kem Sokha of treason and sentenced him to 27 years of house arrest, the latest blow in...

Nation & World

March 2, 2023 at 12:50 am

Cambodian opposition leader set for treason trial verdict

Cambodia’s beleaguered pro-democracy forces face another day of reckoning, as the country’s most prominent opposition politician not in exile is scheduled to hear the verdict...

Nation & World

March 1, 2023 at 7:08 am

Suu Kyi’s lawyers unable to meet with her to plan appeals

Lawyers for ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is serving a 33-year prison sentence on what are widely seen as contrived charges, have...

Nation & World

February 28, 2023 at 2:30 am

Cobra Gold military exercises resume at pre-pandemic size

Thai and U.S. officials have officially opened annual Cobra Gold multinational military exercises, now restored to one of the world’s largest following three years of...