Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar's military government on Sunday its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil ...

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) under the Philippine chairmanship in 2026 will try to play a larger role ...

Khin Ohmar is an award-winning Burmese democracy and human rights activist and Chair of the Advisory Board of Progressive Voice. Today marks four years since the people of Myanmar began their ...

The bloc says that any poll must be “inclusive,” but it has limited power to deter the junta from its election plans.

Foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN at a weekend retreat upheld their decision to bar Myanmar’s ruling ...

The regional bloc told a junta representative at a meeting that a poll is “not a priority at the moment," Malaysia’s foreign ...

Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar's military government on Sunday its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil war should not be its priority, urging the junta to start dialogue and ...

ASEAN secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn said some of the foreign ministers on Jan. 19 also "called for the release of Madam ...

Despite Asean’s call to prioritise peace over a sham election, Myanmar’s military rulers appear bent on clinging to power no ...

As Myanmar's civil war enters its fourth year, the conflict has dramatically transformed the nation's political landscape. The military rulers are now overwhelmed on several fronts, having lost ground ...

Malaysia is the 2025 ASEAN chair. When asked if ASEAN was aware of Myanmar’s plans to hold country-wide polls this year, Mohamad said that the bloc was cognisant of this while stressing that ...