The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

One passenger died of a heart attack aboard the Boeing 777 as it was flying south of Myanmar on the morning of 21 May

Rohingya mother Sofura Begum has spent years in a squalid refugee camp after fleeing Myanmar.

Learn about the unprecedented surge in methamphetamine production and trafficking in East and Southeast Asia, originating from the Golden Triangle. Myanmar...

A new United Nations report says East and Southeast Asia are awash in record amounts of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs

Women and children in states such as Karenni struggle with trauma from air attacks and intense fighting.

UN rights chief Volker Turk urges Bangladesh, other countries ‘to provide effective protection’ to the latest refugees.

The U.N. human rights office has warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state and new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the army and an ethnic armed group fighting it

Celtic striker Kyogo has missed out on a call-up to the Japan squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Myanmar and Syria.

Myanmar’s military government appears to be considering reviving a massive China-backed hydroelectric dam project

Myanmar's military junta, which took power in a coup in February 2021, is increasingly facing armed resistance. Last October, an alliance of ethnic rebel groups and pro-democracy activists launched a major offensive across the country. In response, the junta recently announced mandatory conscription for all men aged 18 to 35…

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