Myanmar

Phyo Zeya Thaw was executed by the Myanmar military junta along with Kyaw Min Yu, Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia opposes the death penalty, calling on the junta to release unjustly detained prisoners and end violence in the country.

Myanmar's military junta has executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out "terror acts", the South-East Asian nation's first executions in decades.

Among those executed was former hip-hop artist and ousted MP Phyo Zeya Thaw, who has close ties to Australia and whose death has sent a ripple of shock through the diaspora community here.

Official documents reveal an Australian embassy spent $750,000 at a luxury hotel built on land owned and leased by Myanmar's military junta, with activists saying taxpayer dollars should not have been used. 

A decade ago, these men risked everything when they fled to Australia by boat — leaving wives, children and family behind in a bid to find a safer future for their loved ones. Now, years later, they languish, downhearted and in despair. 

Kirin is the parent company of Lion, which boasts Australian brews including Tooheys, Furphy, XXXX and Little Creatures. Its departure from Myanmar has been both praised and criticised. 

Australia's Foreign Minister, Senator Penny Wong's signal comes after after hundreds of NGOs called on her to take stronger action by imposing targeted sanctions, among a suite of other measures.

Myanmar's military government confirms that ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to a prison compound in quarters separate from other detainees.

The world's largest-recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the South-East Asian nation and the United States.

The UN refugee agency says the world has reached a "dramatic milestone", with more than 100 million people around the world now forced to flee their homes due to persecution, war and human rights violations.

Myanmar scholarship recipients must return home on completion of their studies in Australia, but senior academics say there is a risk they could be tortured if sent back.

Sean Turnell is being tried in the capital Naypyidaw with ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and three former Cabinet members in the same case.

Myanmar's military-installed government announces it will execute a former MP from ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a veteran pro-democracy activist.

Myanmar has seen an "alarming" rise in the number of people sentenced to death, while China, North Korea and Vietnam continue to carry out executions in secret, according to a new global report from Amnesty International.

Australia is moving to downgrade diplomatic ties with Myanmar as it tries to avoid legitimising the military junta that has seized power and violently suppressed protests in the South-East Asian country.

Australia is moving to downgrade diplomatic ties with Myanmar as it tries to avoid legitimising the military junta that has seized power and violently suppressed protests in the South-East Asian country.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar finds former leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption and sentences her to five years in jail in the first of 11 cases against her.

The military leader of Myanmar offers to participate personally in proposed peace talks with ethnic minority groups that have long sought greater autonomy through an armed struggle.

Families of detained Myanmar protesters have their hopes dashed after political prisoners are not included in some 1,600 people released by the junta to mark the Buddhist new year.

Myanmar's leader promises to intensify action against homegrown militia groups fighting the military-run government, saying the armed forces would "annihilate" them.

River, a follow-up to box office hit Mountain, is a history of the planet and human civilisation told via waterways, and argues that the fate of both are inextricably intertwined.

Myanmar will resume international passenger flights from April 17, the military says, lifting a two-year ban on foreign tourists.

Hundreds of academics are pressuring the federal government to explain what steps it has taken to secure the release of Sean Turnell from a Myanmar jail, and to step-up efforts to secure his release.

Foreign Ministers from India, Australia, Japan and the United States discuss maritime security, pandemic recovery, and cyber security, as India diverges from its Quad counterparts on Ukraine invasion fears.