Japan Needs Foreign Workers. It’s Just Not Sure It Wants Them to Stay.
Ngu Thazin wanted to leave her war-torn country for a better future. She set her sights on Japan.
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Bombs Rain Down in Myanmar as Junta Evades Sanctions to Buy Jet Fuel
The family ducked for cover when junta jets roared over their home in central Myanmar. U Har San and his wife crawled under a table, and their daughter, eight months pregnant, hid under a bed. Bombs rained down, he said, even though no rebel fighters were in their village.
Can India take on ‘mantle of leadership’ to bond the Bay of Bengal and reap dividends?
After years of struggling to assert leadership across South and Southeast Asia, India wants to breathe new life into a dormant regional grouping that binds the trade, business and security interests of many of its neighbours together and may provide New Delhi with a strong diplomatic platform – that excludes the dominant economic power of China.
Myanmar junta extends emergency rule amid escalating conflict
Myanmar's embattled military government extended a state of emergency on Wednesday (July 31) for another six months, state media said, as the junta struggles to maintain its grip on power with fighting flaring on multiple fronts and the economy in crisis.
Arakan Army pushes Myanmar's military to brink in monsoon war
BANGKOK -- The Arakan Army (AA), an armed ethnic group in Myanmar, is taking advantage of the monsoon rains sweeping across the country to intensify its offensive against the military regime's troops in Rakhine state, located along the country's western coast and bordering Bangladesh.
Myanmar extends state of emergency by 6 months as fighting intensifies
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's military regime on Wednesday extended a national state of emergency by six months amid intense fighting with rebel groups, stoking concern that it could increase political and economic control ahead of a proposed general election in 2025.
Myanmar’s military regime extends state of emergency by 6 months as civil war rages
BANGKOK (AP) — The military regime that seized power in Myanmar 3 1/2 years ago on Wednesday extended the state of emergency in the civil war-wracked country for another six months, saying it needs time to prepare for long-promised elections.
China and neighbors pressure Myanmar as regime reels from battle losses
BANGKOK -- Stunning gains by resistance forces in Myanmar and resulting shifts in territorial control between key armed groups have prompted concerned countries -- notably China, the U.S., Thailand and Japan -- to recalibrate their stances toward the military regime.