Myanmar's ruling junta has lost control over vast tracts of territory, including access to much of its international borders, allowing ethnic armed groups to expand and consolidate regions under their control, two reports assessing the conflict said on Thursday.

Myanmar's rebels consolidate strongholds as junta weakens, reports say

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday (Sept. 7) that “systematic repression” was dashing hopes of a return to democracy in junta-ruled Myanmar.

UN chief Guterres says ‘systematic repression’ by junta exacerbating Myanmar crisis

The world must rethink its approach to solving the crisis in junta-ruled Myanmar because it was not working, a United Nations expert said Wednesday. Myanmar has been in turmoil since a February 2021 coup that ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, with more than 3,600 civilians killed in the military's crackdown on dissent, according to a monitoring group.

UN expert calls for new approach to Myanmar crisis

During talks in Indonesia on Thursday ahead of the ASEAN leaders' summit in November, Southeast Asian foreign ministers said they were "even more determined" to solve the political crisis in Myanmar.

We are 'even more determined' to solve Myanmar crisis, say ASEAN ministers

Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are holding a meeting in Cambodia to discuss the growing crisis in Myanmar. Current ASEAN chair Cambodia on Wednesday warned Myanmar not to execute any more prisoners, after the hanging of four people.

ASEAN member nations discuss Myanmar crisis, warns against more executions

The death toll as a result of Myanmar's Feb. 1 coup topped 1,000 on Wednesday, according to an official of the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners (AAPP) activist group, which has been recording killings by security forces.

Death toll since Myanmar coup tops 1,000, says activist group

Japan will grant asylum to a footballer from Myanmar's national team who raised an anti-coup salute during a match outside Tokyo and refused to fly home, reports said Friday.

Myanmar goalkeeper to be granted asylum in Japan: Reports

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was working to expedite the implementation of a five-point consensus reached by their leaders to deal with the crisis in Myanmar, Singapore's foreign minister said on Tuesday.

Singapore says ASEAN aims to speed up plan to end Myanmar crisis

More than 125,000 school teachers in Myanmar have been suspended by the military authorities for joining a civil disobedience movement to oppose the military coup in February, an official of the Myanmar Teachers` Federation said.

More than 125,000 Myanmar teachers suspended for opposing coup

Myanmar`s National Unity Government, set up by opponents of army rule, said on Wednesday it had formed a "people`s defence force" to protect its supporters from military attacks and violence instigated by the junta.

Myanmar's anti-junta unity government says it has formed defence force

Heavy fighting erupted at a Myanmar army outpost near the eastern border with Thailand early on Tuesday in an area largely controlled by forces of a Karen ethnic army.

Fighting in Myanmar erupts near Thai border

Southeast Asian countries will discuss the crisis in Myanmar at a summit in Jakarta on Saturday, the ASEAN bloc's secretariat said on Tuesday, but Thailand's prime minister said several will be represented only by their foreign ministers.

ASEAN calls summit on Myanmar crisis as EU imposes sanctions

The junta is planning to release more than 23,000 prisoners nationwide, an official said Saturday, even as the military continues to detain and issue arrest warrants for anti-coup dissidents.

Myanmar's junta releases 23,000 prisoners in New Year's amnesty

A security guard was wounded in a bomb blast outside a military-owned bank in Myanmar's second-biggest city Sunday morning, as the civilian death toll from the junta's brutal crackdown on dissent topped more than 700 at the weekend.

Myanmar's post-coup civilian death toll climbs past 700

India condemns the use of violence in Myanmar and calls for the restoration of democracy.

"The rule of law should prevail in Myanmar", says India

The United Nations has asked foreign investors and social media firms to ensure that they support human rights in Myanmar. The country, as is well known, is in the midst of a brutal conflict with its Rohingya Muslims.

Myanmar crisis: In conflict zones, there exists a deep conflict between human rights and states

Myanmarese security forces are believed to have planted land mines along the Bangladesh border, allegedly to prevent fleeing Rohingya from returning

VIDEO: Rohingya lives and limbs shattered by mines at Myanmar frontier

Opprobrium has been heaped Suu Kyi, who was once a darling of the rights community but now faces accusations of turning a blind eye to a humanitarian catastrophe

Global split over Rohingya crisis as China backs Myanmar crackdown

India's statement comes in the backdrop of the continuous exodus of Rohingya Muslims from the Buddhist-majority country in the wake of violence against them

India asks Myanmar to handle situation in Rakhine state with 'maturity'

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