Allegra Mendelson

Ramos-Hor­ta, 72, is the lat­est in­de­pen­dence hero to take the reins but could be the one to em­pow­er younger lead­ers.

José Ramos-Hor­ta ex­plains why he is fo­cus­ing on the econ­o­my and why Chi­na is im­por­tant ‘but not more im­por­tant’.

In­creas­ing­ly iso­lat­ed on the world stage, Myan­mar’s deep­en­ing Rus­sia ties will be on dis­play at an­nu­al Armed Forces Day.

Gen­er­als court coun­try’s monks to try and win sup­port in an en­vi­ron­ment where ‘al­most every­body hates them’.

In­com­ing ASEAN chair has been press­ing for greater en­gage­ment with the Myan­mar mil­i­tary de­spite push­back.

Schools re­opened this month, but with high se­cu­ri­ty risks and a re­luc­tance to sup­port the gov­ern­ment there are few stu­dents.

Deaths from vi­o­lence and dis­ease trig­ger de­pres­sion and anx­i­ety among young sur­vivors in Myan­mar.