The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

Refugee women are crucial to building peace in Myanmar. Yet their experience has rarely been valued.

Myanmar’s formal peace efforts have traditionally involved only men. It’s time for that to change.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to speak up and hold Myanmar’s military leaders accountable for blatant human rights violations, but says the country should remain in the regional bloc

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KANCHANABURI: Two illegal migrants from Myanmar were killed and eight others hurt when a speeding SUV carrying them overturned after its tyres burst on a road in Muang district early Thursday. The driver and about 10 other migrants fled.

A low-intensity but bloody battle is being fought to contain the flow of drugs from Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’.

YANGON: Myanmar’s businesses will be left without power for five hours a night for much of this month to allow students to burn the midnight oil, a stark illustration of how energy shortages are forcing tough choices and worsening already acute economic pain.

The recent death of a Uighur man -- who had sought refuge in Thailand and was subsequently detained for nearly a decade, was a sad reflection of the unbalanced response towards persons who seek refuge, or "refugees", in this country. Various groups currently seek protection from persecution, armed conflicts and…

The military coup of Feb 1, 2021 plunged Myanmar into a political crisis. Two years on, this has become a humanitarian crisis. Half of our population does not have enough food, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). At least 1.6 million are internally displaced, due to military operations, including…