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To keep China’s pipelines safe, Myanmar’s regime has made local people unsafe. Stretching nearly 800 km from Kyaukphyu, in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State, to Yunnan Province in China via northern Shan State, the twin oil and gas pipelines are viewed... [1]

UKRAINIAN tank platoon commander Valentyn Bohdanov remembers a time earlier in Russia’s war when heavy armour fought pitched battles like boxers trading punches in the ring. [2]

Rangún: el gobierno en el exilio llama a la rebelión contra los militares Duwa Lashi La dirige el gobierno de unidad nacional e hizo el anuncio en Facebook. Escasos esfuerzos diplomáticos por parte de la ASEAN. [3]

Oposición birmana: la exclusión de los militares en la cumbre de ASEAN, un paso positivo El gobierno en la sombra -actualmente en el exilio- exige ser el único representante legítimo de Myanmar. [4]

MANILA -- Southeast Asian countries have expressed concern over China's militarized artificial islands in the South China Sea but have reserved their opinions on whether a code of conduct for the disputed waters should be legally binding. [5]

CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Military activity linked to competition over resources and commercial development is hampering the return and resettlement of displaced persons and refugees near the Thai-Burma border, according to aid coordination agency The B... [6]

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Russia’s foreign minister on Sunday accused the US of driving increased militarization in Southeast Asia, saying that Washington was trying to contain Beijing and Moscow’s influence in the region. (confirmed by 2 sources) [7]

CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The Karen National Union has urged the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, to stop deploying troops and doing roadwork in an area controlled by its armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army, in Papun district, Karen State. [8]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-09-11 · 75% match

Militarized Pipelines: How China’s Security Priorities Harm Local Communities

To keep China’s pipelines safe, Myanmar’s regime has made local people unsafe. Stretching nearly 800 km from Kyaukphyu, in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State, to Yunnan Province in China via northern Shan State, the twin oil and gas pipelines are viewed

[2] MY www.thestar.com.my · 2026-03-21 · 33% match

‘They’re in the air all the time’

UKRAINIAN tank platoon commander Valentyn Bohdanov remembers a time earlier in Russia’s war when heavy armour fought pitched battles like boxers trading punches in the ring.

[3] MM asianews.it · 85% match

Rangún: el gobierno en el exilio llama a la rebelión contra los militares

Rangún: el gobierno en el exilio llama a la rebelión contra los militares Duwa Lashi La dirige el gobierno de unidad nacional e hizo el anuncio en Facebook. Escasos esfuerzos diplomáticos por parte de la ASEAN.

[4] MM asianews.it · 85% match

Oposición birmana: la exclusión de los militares en la cumbre de ASEAN, un paso positivo

Oposición birmana: la exclusión de los militares en la cumbre de ASEAN, un paso positivo El gobierno en la sombra -actualmente en el exilio- exige ser el único representante legítimo de Myanmar.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-08-07 · 75% match

ASEAN alarmed by China's militarized South China Sea islands

MANILA -- Southeast Asian countries have expressed concern over China's militarized artificial islands in the South China Sea but have reserved their opinions on whether a code of conduct for the disputed waters should be legally binding.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-11-07 · 75% match

Repatriation Thwarted By Militarization in Eastern Burma:Report

CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Military activity linked to competition over resources and commercial development is hampering the return and resettlement of displaced persons and refugees near the Thai-Burma border, according to aid coordination agency The B

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2022-11-14 · 75% match

Russia Says US Driving Southeast Asian Militarization

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Russia’s foreign minister on Sunday accused the US of driving increased militarization in Southeast Asia, saying that Washington was trying to contain Beijing and Moscow’s influence in the region.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-05-10 · 75% match

KNU Renews Call for Tatmadaw to Halt Militarization of Papun

CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The Karen National Union has urged the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, to stop deploying troops and doing roadwork in an area controlled by its armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army, in Papun district, Karen State.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-05-24 · 75% match

Civilianizing This Militarized Nation Could Take Another Three Decades

Believe it or not, Myanmar’s current political transition to democracy is likely to require another 30-year cycle to complete. The country’s powerful military seems determined not to leave politics in the near future, even within a decade.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-01-26 · 75% match

In its race for the stars, Asia must avoid militarizing space

PALO ALTO, U.S. Asia's advancements in space exploration open up promising new opportunities for science and commerce, but an excessive focus on national interests could create a militarized space, according to Saadia Pekkanen, a professor at the Uni

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