Myanmar

Around 7,000 rescued workers are waiting to be moved across the border to Thailand, says Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

The military declared a state of emergency in 2021 when it arrested the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, in an army takeover which reversed years of progress toward democracy after five decades of military rule.

Peace prospects look bleak as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government.