An air strike on a Myanmar civilian supply convoy trapped between junta troops and anti-coup rebels battling outside its second largest city killed at least eight people, two locals said on Aug. 13.

Myanmar’s military government has labeled the Karen National Union, a major ethnic rebel group, as a terrorist organization.

On August 1, however, the shops stood quiet. Not a single queue formed outside. In Mae La camp – the largest of nine along the Thai border – Naw Wah Nay Paw, a worried storekeeper, stands among unsold ...

YANGON: Myanmar's ruling junta released details of its long-awaited December election on Thursday (Aug 21), saying the first voting phase would cover about a third of the nation's townships - despite ...

A major road in Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52263540 Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine ...

GENEVA – United Nations investigators said on Aug 12 they have found evidence of systematic torture by Myanmar security forces and identified some of the most senior perpetrators. The Independent ...

YANGON, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's authorities have seized 171.6 kg of heroin in central Myanmar's Mandalay region, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control said on Thursday. Acting on a ...

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August 15, 2025: Myanmar, a nation of 56 million people located in Southeast Asia between Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand, has got lots of problems. For starters it’s the poorest nation in the ...

Mrauk U, Myanmar - People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger ...

Myanmar’s junta said on Monday that long-promised elections would start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control, and international monitors ...