New body led by former military intelligence chief will track posts, shares, and even likes, institutionalizing draconian state surveillance that has already seen thousands prosecuted on terrorism ...

Violence and poverty are keeping nearly half the country’s school-age kids out of school as the regime continues deadly air raids on educational institutions.

Overshadowed by conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and Lebanon, the fighting in Myanmar’s isolated heartland has reached new depths.

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BANGKOK, June 12 (Reuters) - An American businessman who wrote a book about living ‌through a military coup in Myanmar was detained on his return to the Southeast Asian nation on Thursday, according ...

A US businessman who wrote about his experience of living through the military coup in Myanmar has been detained on his return to the southeast Asian nation, officials aware of the matter said. Yangon ...

Myanmar’s civil war is one of the clearest tests of the international community’s promise to protect civilians. Two decades on from the creation of the United Nations’ “Responsibility to Protect,” ...

This issue is preventing our website from loading properly. Please review the following troubleshooting tips or contact us at [email protected]. Analysis: Washington Wants Myanmar’s Minerals Create an ...

Military targets rare earth-rich Kachin, along with Chin and Karen border areas Analysts say military aims to regain control of key communication and trade corridors New military chief Ye Win Oo leads ...

Miners in Myanmar have discovered a rare ruby of enormous size, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the conflict-battered Southeast Asian nation, state media reported Friday.

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing won ‌a parliamentary vote on Friday to become the country’s president, formalizing his grip on political power in the war-torn nation five years after he ousted an ...