Across Southeast Asia, a multibillion-dollar fraud industry has emerged, staffed in part by victims of trafficking. In lawless regions of the Myanmar-Thai border, compounds run by Chinese criminal ...

BANGKOK, May 5 (Reuters) - Thailand's foreign minister said on Tuesday he planned to invite his Myanmar counterpart to meet top regional diplomats, aiming to build consensus within the ASEAN bloc for ...

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The announcement comes as the country’s new quasi-civilian government pursues diplomatic normalization with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The European Union yesterday extended ...

Myanmar has announced the discovery of a massive ruby weighing 11,000 carats (2.2 kilograms), a rare find even for the country’s central gemstone hub of Mogok near Mandalay. The purplish-red stone, ...

In February 2026, ASEAN’s newest member, Timor-Leste, opened legal proceedings under universal jurisdiction against Myanmar’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The Council decided today to prolong the EU restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar for a further twelve months, until 30 April 2027. The decision was taken on the basis of the annual ...

For the generation that should be in its "peak savings years," the prospect of retiring on time has shifted from a plan to a prayer. A newly released Employee Financial Wellness Survey by PwC found ...

More than three years after acquiring Twitter, Elon Musk says he’s nearing his long-stated goal of turning it into an “everything app” with a new financial services tool that he pledged to launch for ...