Myanmar’s civil war is unwinnable under the circumstances. Supporting Kachin independence could secure rare earth supplies, ...

Elephants are playing important roles in the country’s civil war, but the conflict casts a dark shadow over their future.

The head of Myanmar’s military council, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, granted the clemency order to reduce the sentences in five cases against Suu Kyi in which she was convicted for violating ...

Officials in Myanmar have destroyed nearly $300 million worth of illegal drugs with massive drug-burning ceremonies taking ...

Not so Burma's military strongman, General Ne Win, an alumnus of Rangoon ... The riots were triggered by a government order confining students to their dormitories every night after 8 o ...

Children have been born here,” said Nido, a refugee himself who fled Myanmar nearly 20 years ago. “The situation in Myanmar now is very terrible,” he said. “A lot of conflict and fighting.

The Myanmar junta's mandatory military service law has sparked fear, ... Myanmar: Young people attempt to flee ahead of conscription order. 26 February 2024. Share Save. Kelly Ng. BBC News, Singapore.

Rome Newsroom, Sep 6, 2022 / 06:40 am. The decision of Pope Francis to approve the new constitution of the Order of Malta, abolish positions, appoint a transitional government, and convene a ...

Ming Xuechang, 69, is a former member of Myanmar’s Shan State legislature and a former member of the Kokang Leadership Committee. One of his sons, Ming Guoping, a militia squadron leader in ...

Myanmar is on the brink of becoming a failed state. For three years, the southeast Asian nation has been embroiled in an escalating civil war between the military junta and pro-democracy forces.

Yangon, Myanmar — Myanmar's junta on Wednesday extended the state of emergency by six months, again delaying fresh polls it has promised to hold as it battles opposition to its coup.

Myanmar's conscription law was first introduced in 2010 but had not been enforced until on 10 February the junta said it would mandate at least two years of military service for all men aged 18 to ...