Myanmar will send a representative to a regional summit this week for the first time in three years, a diplomatic source told ...
The United Nations says patterns of abuse and gender-based violence have definitely worsened in Myanmar since the coup. In this feature, we profile a woman’s rights defender who says women must play a ...
Military regime forces are building fences and evacuating nearby villages to defend Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State. But they’re not allowing people to leave – even their own staff. One resident ...
Census takers guarded by police and soldiers took to the streets of Myanmar on Wednesday for a national survey that ...
Thousands of people who left their homes and belongings behind because of conflict have now been displaced yet again by ...
Myanmar’s embattled junta on Thursday invited armed groups opposed to its rule to stop fighting and start talks to bring peace, after three-and-a-half years of conflict. The unexpected offer comes ...
Myanmar is a football-loving nation. But the sport is proving to be more than just fun for youths in the Thai border town of Mae Sot who have fled conflict or economic collapse. It’s giving them ...
Rohingya refugee Syed fled Rakhine State for a second time last month, after he was forced to fight alongside the military that drove his family out of their homeland in 2017. Syed, whose name has ...
Amid the collapse of both the economy and the rule of law in Myanmar, moneylenders are setting extortionate interest rates for desperate borrowers and hiring thugs to collect their dues. Ko Soe Thu ...
Would you rather eat or be connected to the outside world? That’s a choice facing some residents of northern Shan State, where conflict has tripled commodity prices and expensive Starlink services ...