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Myanmar’s military has imported at least $1 billion worth of weapons and related material from Russia, China and other countries since its February 2021 coup, some
Rescuers evacuated about 1,000 people trapped by seawater 3.6 meters deep along western Myanmar’s coast after a powerful cyclone injured hundreds and cut off communications. Six deaths
Alarm over Myanmar’s still-unfolding deadly civil strife, including an armed attack on an aid convoy, and China’s aggressive actions in the disputed South China Sea are expected
Myanmar's ruling military council yesterday said it was releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as a humanitarian gesture. Thousands more remain imprisoned on charges generally involving nonviolent
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday urged Myanmar’s ruling military to take the initiative in finding a way out of the country’s violent political crisis, including
Human rights activists urged the U.N. Security Council yesterday to refer Myanmar’s military rulers to the International Criminal Court and urged neighboring Southeast Asian countries to support
The 3-year-old boy had taken only two steps from his mother’s lap when a deafening explosion rang out. The blast caught the woman in the face, blurring her
The prospects for peace in Myanmar, much less a return to democracy, seem dimmer than ever two years after the army seized power from the elected government
Myanmar’s economy grew 3% last year and will likely achieve the same pace in 2023, but still lags far behind where it stood before the army
The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military’s seizure of power, with the cultivation of poppies up by a third in the past year as eradication
A key U.N. committee has again blocked Myanmar’s military junta from taking the country’s seat at the United Nations, two well-informed U.N. diplomats said yesterday. The
Southeast Asian leaders convene in the Cambodian capital today, faced with the challenge of trying to curtail escalating violence in Myanmar while the country’s military-led government shows
The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar warned yesterday that the political, human rights and humanitarian crisis in the military-ruled Southeast Asian nation is deepening and taking
A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on two more corruption charges yesterday, with two three-year sentences to be served
A fashion model from Myanmar who feared being arrested by the country’s military government if she was forced back home from exile has arrived in Canada, which
The birds no longer sing. The fish no longer swim in rivers that have turned a murky brown. The animals do not roam, and the cows are
International outrage over Myanmar’s execution of four political prisoners intensified yesterday with grassroots protests and strong condemnation from world governments, as well as fears the hangings could derail
Myanmar's government confirmed yesterday it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former lawmaker, a democracy activist and two other political prisoners
Army-ruled Myanmar’s economy remains fragile as civil strife, inflation and onerous policy decisions add to troubles facing farmers and businesses, reports by the World Bank and
Myanmar's military has laid landmines that have killed and injured people in and around villages in Kayah, a conflict-affected region near the border with Thailand, Amnesty
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