The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

The Assam government has defended its “illegal” infrastructure of two joint battalions within two reserve forests, saying the decision – taken without central government approval – was necessary to protect these forests from encroachers from Nagaland and Mizoram, as well as undocumented Rohingya migrants from Myanmar.

Recent reports reveal a resurgence of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state, prompting a humanitarian crisis.

UN investigators say more than three million people were displaced in Myanmar’s escalating conflict in last six months.

Japanese executive released in Myanmar after rice pricing violation conviction. Myanmar faces economic instability amidst civil unrest and protests.

A Japanese business executive who had been detained in Myanmar for more than a month has been released

Witnesses say people killed in artillery and drone attack that targeted civilians fleeing violence

Medical charity MSF warns of urgent need to protect civilians caught up in escalating conflict in western Rakhine State.

Thousands of rifles are in the hands of civilian militia who freely mobilise every night, with police and the state accused of being powerless

Myanmar's military withdrew from some positions close to China's border to prioritise the "safety of people", the junta chief said, days after an alliance of ethnic armed groups said they had routed state troops in the area.

Anti-coup fighters claimed to have taken control of key military base in northeastern Lashio over the weekend.

My recent research trip to the Thai town of Mae Sot on the Myanmar border coincided with two big events. The heavens opened for several days with the first big rains of the monsoon season. And across the border, the Myanmar opposition forces took control of Lashio, a major military…