Nearly five years after a military coup in 2021 unseated its civilian government, Myanmar has become extremely fragmented. A civil war flared after the coup, killing thousands and leaving upward of 18 ...

The draft budget is up 9.4 per cent from 2025 and marks the fourth year of Japan's ongoing five-year programme to double its ...

Beijing is furious with Washington, but careful with New Delhi. China on Thursday slammed a Pentagon report that expands Beijing’s “core interests” to include Arunachal Pradesh, calling the document ...

China maintains a large and growing arsenal of nuclear, maritime, conventional long-range strike, cyber and space ...

Japan ’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming fiscal year, accelerating a military buildup that includes cruise missiles and ...

The vote in Myanmar, widely seen as a sham, is a bid for legitimacy by the military government. It is also a way for Beijing ...

The silicon iron curtain that descended in 2025 may prove as consequential as the one that divided Europe for half a century. Only this time, the fault line runs through every smartphone, data center, ...

China’s looming shadow over Burma’s shoulder is a concern for both Southeast Asia and here at home. At the doorstep of the Indo-Pacific, Burma’s war against its own people signals the expansion of ...

Chinese Defense Ministry Spokesman Zhang Xiaogang recalled that in 2025, a delegation from the Chinese Central Military Commission had visited Russia ...

The newspaper emphasizes that "it is crucial for China and the US to accurately understand each other's strategic intentions through dialogue" ...

Beijing’s reaction was predictably harsh. It threatened that Tokyo’s intervention would end in a “crushing defeat ,” warned ...