The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

Myanmar state-run media say a man has been sentenced to seven years of hard labor for criticizing the military government’s plans to hold elections in December

A growing number of Kenyans, Ugandans and Ethiopians are being trafficked to Myanmar, where missing online scam targets leads to beatings and torture

Americans alone last year lost $10bn to cybercrime centres in the region.

Arrest of workers has strained relations between Seoul and Washington. Plus, Myanmar scam centers thought to hold 100,000 trafficked people

Operated by crime syndicates and fostered by the country’s military junta, the number of vast complexes such as KK Park on the Thai-Myanmar border has doubled since 2021

Poachers have, of late, been targeting tigers outside protected areas instead of the core zones. Involvement of Myanmar-origin traffickers on either side of the border has enabled seamless coordination between traders. The arrest of serving and former personnel from enforcement agencies has heightened concern among authorities. Authorities need to keep…

Myanmar’s general Min Aung Hlaing, once a global pariah, is clawing his way back onto the world stage as powerful leaders engage with an accused war criminal. Is Asia’s embrace giving legitimacy to a regime built on torture, massacres and fear? Shweta Sharma reports

COMMENT: The political prisoner’s faltering health is the first news out of Myanmar about her in years – and the West must pay attention, writes Peter Popham

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Five months after a massive earthquake hit the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, the country is still finding bodies in the rubble. The 7.7 magnitude quake that hit March 28 killed more than 3,800 people and caused widespread destruction.

Exclusive: 80-year-old former leader of Myanmar faces ‘life-threatening’ conditions in prison