To mark detained Myanmar leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th birthday, The Irrawaddy presents a timeline of the key events in her life.

NPR speaks with a student from Myanmar who fears his plans to attend graduate school in the U.S. could be derailed by the ...

Myanmar is now considered the world’s most mine-contaminated country for children. Children have been bombed in schools, detained arbitrarily, used as human shields, and forced into militias.

DEPAYIN, Myanmar — Early on 12 May 2025, the quiet of Ohtainkwin village in Depayin Township, Sagaing Region, was broken by the sound of Myanmar military jets. Around 9:55 AM, bombs struck a school ...

There is a school of thought, found mainly in South Asia, that claims the United States and its allies are preparing to launch a “proxy war” in Myanmar. The operation would ostensibly be aimed at ...

Public readiness falls equally short. A concerning complacency and apathy is developing in the community as well as officials. Most schools do not conduct regular drills. Offices lack emergency ...

In Myanmar, the earthquake was caused by a horizontal motion along the Sagaing fault. Dr Eilia Jafar. New Delhi, UPDATED: Apr 1, 2025 12:06 IST. In Short. Most Indians do not know what to do in ...

Relatives of victims wait as rescuers work at the site of a collapsed under construction high-rise building in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo) Myanmar, Thailand Earthquake Today Live Updates: A ...

More than 2,000 people have died in Myanmar following Friday's powerful earthquake, the country's military leadership says, as it declares a week of national mourning. The UN has made an urgent ...

A UN Special Rapporteur tells BBC it is "nothing short of incredible" that the military would "drop bombs when you are trying to rescue people".

For Myanmar’s war victims and Rohingya refugees, ... That sense of relief has been short-lived, ... his group targets female students as part of its school lunch programmes exactly because “they’re ...

The school is concealed in the forest in eastern Myanmar because of the military’s tendency to launch air strikes on the Karen’s parallel public services – including schools and hospitals.