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Myanmar, [f] officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar [g] and also rendered as Burma (the official English form until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. [ 18 ]
Since 1989, China has supplied Myanmar with jet fighters, armored vehicles and naval vessels and has trained Burmese army, air force and naval personnel. [10] Access to Myanmar's ports and naval installations provide China with strategic influence in the Bay of Bengal, in the wider Indian Ocean region and in Southeast Asia.
Myanmar absent at the US-ASEAN Summit 2022 in Washington, D.C. ASEAN has blocked Myanmar from participating in regional summits since the 2021 coup. [4] For instance, during the 2022 ASEAN summit, Myanmar's chair remained empty. [5] This condition persisted until New Zealand invited the junta to two ASEAN summits hosted in Wellington in April ...
Chinese foreign direct investment in Myanmar totalled $19 billion in 2019, compared with $700 million from the EU. [108] The Financial Times argues that Russia is supportive of the junta in order to sell more arms to them. [109] Israel has been known to supply small arms, drones, [110] patrol boats and spyware to the Myanmar military. [111]
The Three Brotherhood Alliance (Burmese: ညီနောင်မဟာမိတ်သုံးဖွဲ့); (Chinese: 三兄弟联盟), also known as Brotherhood Alliance, is an alliance between the Arakan Army, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army formed in June 2019.
According to Amnesty International photo and video analysis, as well as interviews with witnesses, indicated the Myanmar air force had dropped bombs on three locations near the St Peter Baptist Church in Sagaing's Kanan village on 7 January 2024, killed 17 villagers, including nine children, while at least 20 people were injured.
Asia Times Online was created early in 1999, at atimes.com, describing itself as a successor in "publication policy and editorial outlook" to the print newspaper Asia Times, owned by Sondhi Limthongkul, a Thai media mogul and leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy, who later sold his business.
The Myanmar Times was founded by Ross Dunkley, an Australian, and Sonny Swe (Myat Swe) of Myanmar in 2000, making it the only Burmese newspaper to have foreign investment at the time. [2] The newspaper is privately owned by Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd. (MCM), which is 51 per cent locally owned and 49 per cent foreign owned.