Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was hit with a fresh criminal charge on Monday, as the junta's tough crackdown on dissent rolls on.The 75-year-old Nobel laureate has not been seen in public since being detained in the early hours of 1 February as the military deposed her government and seized power.The generals have used increasingly brutal methods to try to quell a growing protest movement against their rule, while Suu Kyi faces a raft of criminal charges that cou

China’s top disease control official has said the country is formally considering mixing COVID-19 vaccines as a way of further boosting vaccine efficacy.Available data shows Chinese vaccines lag behind others including Pfizer and Moderna in terms of efficacy, but require less stringent temperature controls during storage.Giving people doses of different vaccines is one way to improve vaccines that “don’t have very high rates of protection”, said Gao Fu, the Director of the Chinese Ce

Since 1 February, when the Myanmar military carried out a coup against the country’s civilian government, protests, strikes and other forms of civil disobedience have been taking place across the country.

President Rodrigo Duterte has not made any public appearance for close to two weeks now, fuelling speculation that his health is declining, with some even claiming that he has died.His aides and sources have dismissed the rumours – one was that he had suffered a mild stroke and was taken to Singapore where he purportedly died, another was that plans were being drawn up for a military junta to run the Philippines.Adding to the fog was a disclosure that his daughter, Davao Mayor Sara D

Myanmar youth are fighting the junta's internet shutdown and information suppression with an explosive underground printed newsletter they are secretly distributing across communities.For 56 days straight there have been internet outages in coup-hit Myanmar, according to monitoring group NetBlocks.The country has been in turmoil since democratically-elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was ousted in a 1 February coup, triggering a mass uprising that has resulted in a brutal security crackdown

Almost 40 Thai provinces have brought in entry restrictions and quarantine requirements for people travelling from Bangkok and other coronavirus hotspots ahead of a holiday travel period, as the capital grapples with soaring infections.On Sunday the government announced 967 new infections, bringing the overall tally to more than 32,000.Separately, health officials in the northern city of Chiang Mai flagged a further 281 cases that were likely to be included in Monday's national figures.B

Cambodia's strongman premier Hun Sen threatened quarantine-breakers with jail time Saturday and warned civil servants they could lose their jobs if they go unvaccinated, as the country grapples with a growing coronavirus caseload.In the past two days Cambodia has registered more than 1,000 infections – many among garment workers and market vendors – bringing the country's tally to 4,081 cases and 26 deaths.Authorities this week banned travel between provinces, imposed a night-time c

Reports emerged Saturday of more than 80 killed in the latest bloodletting by Myanmar's military, as the country's own ambassador to the United Nations (UN) called for "strong action" against the junta.Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in February, with protesters refusing to submit to the junta and demanding a return to democracy. After over two months of military rule, efforts to verify deaths and confirm news

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday condemned the chasm between rich and poor nations in accessing coronavirus vaccines, saying more than a dozen countries were still completely unprotected.WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus – a fierce critic of wealthy countries buying up vaccine supply for themselves – blasted the scarcity of doses available for poorer nations.His target of seeing vaccination under way in every country by Saturday – the 100th day of 2021 – is set to be missed.&q

The United States (US) on Friday demanded swift action from the United Nations (UN) Security Council on Myanmar amid a push for a resolution to pressure the military junta to restore democracy."The military needs to feel the cost associated with its horrific actions.