However, there are many parts of Myanmar where the junta has been less successful. Armed resistance groups control most of ...

The Kachin State township is a major jade-mining hub located near the border of northern Sagaing region. Regime troops broke the KIA’s siege of Hpakant town earlier this year, with artillery battles ...

As Burma heads to historic elections, Bill Whitaker reports on the country's democratic movement and the woman most responsible for it, Aung San Suu Kyi (Original air date: Oct. 25, 2015) The ...

Galloway resident David Lian is distraught: Government soldiers recently burned down his sister’s business and home in northwestern Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, he said, and it wasn't an isolated ...

Several organisations including Konyak civil society organisations (CSOs), Global Naga Forum (GNF), Eastern Konyak Union (Myanmar), Khammoi village council and Khammoi students’ union have condemned ...

Resistance fighters say uncontrolled access to Starlink is compromising security, but people in resistance-controlled who ...

The image of Sr. Ann Rose Nu Tawng kneeling before police urging them not to use violence against protesters captured the world’s attention after Burma’s military coup. The religious sister said ...

Five kilometres from the Thai-Burma border, a colourful sign proudly declares Mae Sot to be Thailand’s link in an economic corridor that was supposed to boost business between the country and regional ...

This week, the military upended years of quasi-democratic rule in Myanmar, with soldiers taking control of the country in a carefully orchestrated coup. The military said the seizure of power was ...

For several years now, the emails have shown up within hours — sometimes within minutes — after NPR posts or broadcasts news about one Southeast Asian nation. They would say something such as this: We ...

Mahatma Gandhi’s social activism offered a fresh perspective to the predominantly Western-educated, and dressed, secular ...

NEW YORK, June 16, 2009 — "The next year will be a very eventful year in Burma," according to Priscilla Clapp, former Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Burma/Myanmar. "I would have a difficult ...