A Myanmar town lies in shambles as both sides in civil war vie for control

Kyaukme, a once-thriving town in Myanmar’s Shan State, is in shambles, targeted by both sides in the Southeast Asian ...

ASEAN to discuss Myanmar election observers at October summit

Myanmar's junta has invited the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to send observers for planned year-end ...

Myanmar's military acknowledges attacking festival, accuses resistance forces of using human shields

Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it attacked a Buddhist festival held on the grounds of a school earlier ...

Haunted by sanctions, Myanmar businesses fear grim future under military

Businesses in Myanmar are bracing for a grim economic fallout from Monday's coup, which has stirred memories of the dark days ...
Council on Foreign Relations

Myanmar’s Junta Forces Are Gaining Back Ground, Presaging a Long-Term Quagmire

In recent months, Myanmar’s military junta has regained ground lost to organized resistance groups. Ahead of the regime’s ...
Bangkok Post on MSN

Myanmar builders arrested for illegal contracting on Koh Phangan

Nine Myanmar workers have been arrested for illegally contracting to build houses for an Israeli businessman on Koh Phangan.According to local tourist police, three of the Myanmar people were ...
Union-Bulletin

Photos show a town ravaged by civil war in Myanmar

Kyaukme, a once-thriving town in Myanmar’s Shan State, is in shambles, targeted by both sides in the Southeast Asian ...
Free Malaysia Today on MSN

Asean not likely to send observers for Myanmar polls, says Mohamad

Responding to a Myanmar news portal’s report claiming that Malaysia has agreed to send observers for the polls, Mohamad said ...
The Diplomat

Myanmar’s Election Gamble

A protester holds up a sign during a demonstration against Myanmar’s military coup in Yangon, Myanmar on February 14, 2021. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/MgHla (aka) Htin Linn Aye Most conflict experts ...
Mongabay

Satellite data show burst of deforestation in Myanmar rare earth mining hotspots

The largely unregulated mining of rare earth minerals in Myanmar’s Kachin state is taking a heavy toll on forests, rivers and human health, according to sources and satellite imagery collected by ...
The Straits Times

Myanmar army razed Rohingya villages to build security outposts, UN-backed report says

YANGON - After the 2017 expulsion of the Muslim minority Rohingya from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the military destroyed villages and mosques and repurposed their lands for security outposts, according ...