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Myanmar President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi arrive to attend a reception in Naypyidaw in February 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2026
Myanmar reduces ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence and frees former president
Suu Kyi, 80, was serving ​a 27-year sentence for a litany of offences her allies said ‌were ‌politically motivated to keep her at bay.
Mohammed Rofique, a survivor from the boat that capsized in the Andaman Sea, speaks on the phone with relatives at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2026
Rohingya survivor recounts ordeal as 250 missing in Andaman Sea tragedy
Before the boat capsized, one ⁠of the survivors said passengers on the boat endured four days and nights at sea as conditions rapidly deteriorated.
Men sit along the seaside near an unofficial camp for displaced people in Beirut on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Apr 16, 2026
Forced displacements to soar by 4.2 million by 2027, aid group warns
The numbers do not include those affected by the war in the Middle East, the agency said.
Military chief Min Aung Hlaing visits a polling station during the third and final phase of Myanmar's general election in Mandalay on Jan. 25.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 3, 2026
Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing: The general who made himself president
The 69-year-old general, who has ruled Myanmar since a 2021 coup that triggered a civil war, was elected president in a parliamentary vote.
Myanmar's military leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing participates in a parade commemorating the 81st Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 30, 2026
Myanmar junta chief elected vice president, moving closer to becoming civilian leader
Min Aung Hlaing has led Myanmar since 2021, when he ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and triggered civil war.
Children walk past the earthquake-damaged Nagayon temple in Mandalay on March 19.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 26, 2026
Myanmar’s rebuild stutters year after deadly quake
More than 3,800 people were killed when the 7.7-magnitude tremor struck last year.
Members of Myanmar's parliament attend a session of the third term of the Pyithu Hluttaw (House of Representatives) in Naypyidaw on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 16, 2026
Myanmar’s post-coup parliament sits packed with junta allies
The government convened on Monday for the first time since the 2021 military coup, packed with lawmakers elected in a poll choreographed by the top brass.
Takako Yamamoto delivers a memorial address in the central Myanmar city of Bago on Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2026
Japan group of war-bereaved families ends overseas memorial tours
For the final overseas memorial trip planned by the group, about 60 people toured Myanmar for five days from Friday.
Chinese citizens outside the embassy in Phnom Penh
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 8, 2026
After the raids, Asia’s billion-dollar scam trade flickers back
Despite evidence of a scam-center crackdown being apparent all over Cambodia’s capital, operations still come back. Turns out, stopping scammers is tricky business.
Taiwan auctions off luxury cars linked to the Prince Group, suspected of running scam centers in Cambodia, in Taipei on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 4, 2026
Taiwan indicts 62 people linked to suspected scam center operator Prince Group
Taipei prosecutors say Taiwan was one of the locations where the group’s chairman had funneled funds via shell companies, buying luxury goods, sports cars and real estate.
U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 4, 2026
Britain to bar study visas for four nations and halt Afghan work visas
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government has sought to show it is tightening immigration as the populist Reform U.K. party gains ground in opinion polls.
Myanmar's Minister of Immigration and Population Khin Yi talks during an interview at his office in Naypyitaw in 2013.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 25, 2026
Retired Myanmar general set for powerful role in new parliament, sources say
The development could help the military cement control of government after a return to democratic rule.
Gen. Yawd Serk, Chairman of the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS/SSA), talks during an interview in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 11, 2026
Leader of Myanmar armed group says world is ignoring junta’s deadly airstrikes
The head of one of Myanmar’s influential ethnic armies added that only China was intervening in the conflict.
Shwe Kokko city, a casino, entertainment, and tourism complex,from Thailand's side of the border after Bangkok said it would suspend electricity supply to some border areas with Myanmar to try to curb scam centers, in the Mae Sot district, Thailand, on Feb. 5, 2025
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 10, 2026
AI helps scam centers evade crackdown in Asia and dupe more victims
Rather than be eradicated, Interpol officials see scam centers as more likely to evolve as artificial intelligence allows operators to scale up at low cost.
A picture of Wutt Yee Aung, a Myanmar student protester who died in prison in July 2025, is placed next to flowers at her funeral in an undisclosed location in Myanmar.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 31, 2026
Thousands marched for democracy in Myanmar. Some died in prison.
Interviews with relatives and associates of detained students provide a glimpse into the horrible circumstances that led to their deaths.
Military chief Min Aung Hlaing visits a polling station during the third and final phase of Myanmar's general election in Mandalay on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 25, 2026
Why is Myanmar’s junta holding an election during a civil war?
Most analysts see the election as ​a way for the military, which has governed Myanmar for much of the past six decades, to entrench its rule via proxies.
A voter casts her ballot at a polling station during the third and final phase of Myanmar's general election in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 25, 2026
Final round of Myanmar vote set to seal junta ally’s victory
While the military pledges the election will return power to the people, rights monitors say the run-up has been characterized by coercion and the crushing of dissent.
Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan speaks as he attends a ceremony for the accession of Timor-Leste to the ASEAN charter in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 25.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 20, 2026
ASEAN will not certify Myanmar election or send observers, Malaysia says
The election has been criticized by the ‍United Nations, many Western countries and rights groups as a ploy to legitimize military rule through political proxies.
According to a court ruling, Tomu Fujinuma transported a high school student from Thailand to Myanmar in January 2025 after the boy was kidnapped from Miyagi Prefecture, and forced him to take part in fraud at a scam hub in Myanmar.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 20, 2026
Man found guilty of sending student to Myanmar for fraud
A judge said that transporting the student, including by ship, to a place from which he could not return by himself was “a malicious act.”
Rohingya refugees study in a makeshift learning center at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, on Dec. 17.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 15, 2026
Dreams on hold for Rohingya children in Bangladesh camps
The education system at the camps has become severely overstretched — a situation worsened by cuts to U.S. aid that slashed funding and forced sweeping closures or scale-backs.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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