The recent summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was attended by the Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) of Myanmar, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The fact that ASEAN invited Min Aung Hlaing despite ...

Australian academic Sean Turnell, who was an economic adviser to Myanmar’s overthrown leader, has been detained following the military coup. The development comes just days after former state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested. The Macquarie University professor began living ...

A United Nations representative has dismissed a claim by ANU professor Des Ball that a major factor in the growth of opium cultivation in Burma has been ceasefire deals struck between the military government and armed ethnic groups. The regional ...

Australian National University academic Des Ball has declared his own war on drugs with the UN. Professor Ball, who works at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at ANU has been following and documenting the illicit drug trade in Burma ...