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The PKP comes under the command of the National Unity Government (NUG), Myanmar’s government-in-exile, comprising lawmakers removed in the 2021 coup, including legislators from Nobel Laureate ...
Military analyst Paul Greening returns to Beyond the Mekong for an update on Myanmar, where fighting has intensified since Sagaing and Mandalay regions were struck by an earthquake on March 28 ...
Earthquake survivors comb through ruins of their houses in the aftermath of devastating earthquake, in Pyinmana, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. Credit: WFP/Diego Fernandez Subscribe for ads-free reading ...
Myanmar's lucrative trade in rare earths — worth $1.4 billion (€1.2 billion) in 2023, according to Global Witness — risks financing conflict and destruction in a highly volatile region.
A Myanmar junta spokesperson was not available for comment. More than 1.2 million Rohingya are sheltering in Bangladesh, with the U.N. warning that widespread hunger in western Rakhine state could ...
Myanmar’s military government has awarded its first offshore production sharing contract since seizing power in February 2021. State-owned Myanma Oil & Gas Enterprise (MOGE) under the nation’s ...
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia on May 25 called for the extension and expansion of a post-earthquake ceasefire in Myanmar due to run out at the end of May, despite ongoing fighting calling into question ...
TOKYO -- A Myanmar-based startup that builds affordable housing made from bamboo for displaced people in the country hopes to bring its business model to South Asian nations such as Bhutan and ...
Malaysia called on Sunday for the extension and expansion of a post-earthquake ceasefire in Myanmar, as it ramped up calls for the long-awaited implementation of a five-point peace plan.
BANGKOK (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 80th birthday Thursday by attempting to set a world record for the most birthday ...
In one of Myanmar's most symbolic victories from its four-year civil war, thousands of rebels captured the northern city of Lashio in August 2024 following intense street battles in which more ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing on Sunday exchanged congratulations on the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. In his message ...