Deep in the forested highlands of northern Myanmar, where the Irrawaddy River rises from two tributaries in the hills of Kachin state, a contentious infrastructure project is stirring again – and ...

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,” ...

Myanmar has turned migrant remittances into its biggest source of foreign inflows, finance ministry data seen by Bloomberg News show, after the military imposed rules that pressure citizens abroad to ...

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 ...

In Myanmar’s military-controlled capital, Naypyidaw—an isolated city of more than 800,000 where oversize government compounds are separated by almost-empty highways—drivers stand in line for hours ...

It is a contest that the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), essentially the military party, is guaranteed to win. A USDP victory is likely to make Senior General Min Aung ...

(The Hague) – International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings in the Myanmar genocide case highlight the need for justice for the ethnic Rohingya, Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, Global Justice Center ...

Voters queued at polling stations in Myanmar on Sunday to vote in a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected ...

YANGON, December 8, 2025 — Myanmar’s path to economic recovery sees moderate signs of improvement despite significant headwinds, as the country grapples with the ongoing impacts of the March 2025 ...

Since the February 2021 coup that returned the centre of Myanmar to military rule, much debate has revolved around whether the military junta might collapse. The question has been whether the exiled ...

The military government hopes elections can bring more international legitimacy. But the generals will still rule, and opposition groups are boycotting. By Sui-Lee Wee Myanmar’s military government on ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's military has recaptured a strategic gateway town from rebel forces after nearly a year, state-media reported Thursday, marking a rare turnaround in the country's northeast, ...