The Wall Street Journal
Myanmar Moves to Pursue Constitutional Change to Curb Military Role
Lawmakers took a first step Tuesday toward amending Myanmar’s constitution to curb the power of the military, a difficult process that risks straining the uneasy relations between the civilian leadership and the armed forces. Keep reading ...
Myanmar Dismisses Rohingya-Crisis General Amid EU Sanctions
Myanmar’s military announced the ouster of a key general Monday as the European Union sanctioned him and six other senior officers in connection with alleged massacres and the forced exodus of hundreds of thousands of minority Rohingya last year. Keep reading ...
Myanmar Military Targets Other Ethnic Groups After Driving Rohingya Out
Myanmar’s military, fresh off a bloody campaign that drove most of the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority into neighboring Bangladesh, has launched a new offensive against the armed forces of an ethnic group along the northern border with China using helicopter gunships, jet fighters and heavy ...
Thailand’s move to further censor internet draws wave of hacks
Thailand is bracing for a wave of hacker attacks on December 20 to protest the ruling junta’s recent moves to more closely police the internet. The defense ministry’s website was briefly knocked out of action Monday afternoon before going back online in the afternoon, though it ...
