What is taking place inside Myanmar is a humanitarian disaster, but it matters for another, more abstract reason, too.

Instead, the hellscape is unfolding under the watch of China, which has gradually become the dominant outside power. Its ...

New report details harrowing plight of tens of thousands of political prisoners, including the country’s democratically ...

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Security forces in military-ruled Myanmar have arrested a six-year-old girl along with 15 other people suspected of involvement in the assassination of a retired high-ranking army officer. The ...

Aung San Suu Kyi was a globally renowned human rights advocate since the early 1990s until the events of 2017. She was also heading Myanmar's civilian government during the deadly wave of violence ...

An Argentinian court issued an international arrest warrant for Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate and political prisoner, along with other Myanmar officials, on charges of genocide and crimes ...

Cho Htun Aung, 68, a retired brigadier general who also served as an ambassador, was shot dead in Myanmar's commercial capital of Yangon on May 22, in one of the highest profile assassinations in a ...

However, this is precisely what occurred in February this year, when an Argentinian court asked for the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi. The court's decision applies to 25 Myanmar citizens wanted on ...

In Myanmar, security forces have detained a six-year-old girl and 15 others in connection with the assassination of retired ...

Burmese resistance forces captured five army bases as clashes continued near the Thai border. Footage shows Karen National ...