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Myanmar soldiers walk along a street during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar in 2021.

Myanmar junta pursues five-pronged strategy as conflict enters 3rd year

The military believes that time is on its side in its high-stakes struggle with the National Unity Government.

This picture taken and released by the Vietnam News Agency on April 5, 2021 shows Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh [right] presenting a flower bouquet to President Nguyen Xuan Phuc during the National Assembly's spring session in Hanoi.

Vietnam political shakeup weakens technocrats and puts focus on security

In this Aug. 9, 2022 aerial photo, cross-border goods being transported in China-Laos Railway at Vientiane South station in Laos.

Lost in Laos: Systemic problems are far greater than one new leader can solve

Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong [center] walks with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh [right] and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue [left] as they attend the opening of the National Assembly's autumn session in Hanoi , Oct. 20, 2022.

Arrests of aides highlight pre-party congress maneuvering in Vietnam

2022-12-04
People gather on a street in Shanghai, where protests against China's zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region,  Nov. 27, 2022

China quells COVID protests but memories of mass mobilization will be harder to erase

2022-12-03
A crowd greets a bus carrying prisoners released Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, from Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar.

Myanmar junta looks to placate ASEAN with prisoner releases

2022-11-17
Construction workers labor at site in Shanghai, China, Oct. 14, 2022. Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID policy has damaged the Chinese economy.

Southeast Asia will feel economic, political fallout from a more powerful Xi Jinping

2022-10-26
An event at Hanoi Medical University had a slide with the Health Ministry’s logo featuring a snake with an envelope in its mouth wrapped around a lancet, in a swipe at rampant medical corruption in the Southeast Asian country.

No laughing matter: the Vietnam Communist Party’s thin skin

2022-10-10
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc during their meeting in Moscow, Nov. 30, 2021.

Vietnam placed in awkward position as old ally Russia suffers losses in Ukraine

2022-09-28
Amid shortages and price spikes, drivers line up for fuel in Yangon, Myanmar, on Aug. 12, 2022.

The Myanmar military’s real weak spot: economic ineptitude

2022-09-12
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