The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

Two former UK foreign ministers join call for action after William Hague told Independent documentary it is possible to be critical of former Myanmar leader ‘but also say we should be campaigning for her release’

Sri Lanka's navy says it has rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who where found adrift aboard a fishing trawler off the island nation

Aung San Suun Kyi’s imprisonment in a jungle jail marks the rise and fall of one of the world’s most iconic women as her country Myanmar is forgotten by the world, writes Peter Popham

The pro-democracy Nobel Peace Prize winner turned global pariah was toppled by the military leaders of Myanmar in 2021 and sentenced to 27 years in prison

Nearly five years after Myanmar’s civil war began, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has requested an arrest warrant for the leader of the country’s military regime, Min Aung Hlaing. The application alleges that Min Aung Hlaing orchestrated two major crimes against humanity, namely the…

Rescue workers and soldiers are battling to find two Myanmar construction workers still missing after a landslide buried their shelter on the tourist island of Koh Samui early Sunday.

Learn about the latest Myanmar Opium Survey 2024 findings, highlighting a slight decrease in opium production amidst ongoing conflict and instability.

U.N. experts say there has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, but warn there are still strong prospects for future expansion of the deadly trade

Soldiers captured by rebel forces claim they were given methamphetamines before being told to torch houses