The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

Thousands of young men and women, some of whom are highly educated, were initially lured to Thailand with promises of lucrative office jobs

Rohingya refugees in crammed Bangladeshi camps say they are worried about a U.S. decision to cut food rations by half beginning next month, while a refugee official says the reduction will impact the nutrition of more than 1 million refugees and create social and mental pressure

The announcement comes as Myanmar’s military struggles to maintain control, with armed resistance from pro-democracy fighters and ethnic militias escalating across the country

State-run media in Myanmar say the head of the military government has declared the country will hold a general election within 10 months

Myanmar's junta chief said the country would hold an election in December or January, the first in the war-torn nation since the military staged a coup in 2021.

ON THE GROUND: Rohingya Muslims tell of their changing view of Aung San Suu Kyi, seeing her as one of their own – a victim of the military – as she languishes in solitary confinement. Shweta Sharma reports from Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh

The global illicit drugs trade is estimated to be worth at least half a trillion US dollars each year. Drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin generate large revenues all along their supply chains, from where the products (and precursor materials) are grown or made – principally Colombia and Bolivia,…

Hundreds of Chinese nationals freed from Myanmar online scam centres flew home through Thailand on Thursday, as the kingdom said it aimed to repatriate 1,500 such workers a week.

World Food Programme says ‘severe funding shortfalls’ to force cut in monthly food vouchers from $12.50 to $6.

Warnings of 'huge impact' on nutrition in Cox’s Bazar as amount allocated to each refugee is more than halved

It is military general Min Aung Hlaing’s fourth visit to Russia since he directed military coup in 2021