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

Pro-Myanmar junta media on Monday launched a disinformation campaign disseminating a false report that regime chief Min Aung Hlaing will attend the upcoming 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations ...

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 ...

The United States imposed new sanctions on Myanmar's ruling junta Thursday as its Southeast Asian neighbors urged a peaceful resolution to growing political unrest in the country. The U.S. Treasury ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was a late night in February when some 50 government soldiers charged into Kham Yi’s village in northeastern Burma’s Shan state. Brandishing assault rifles, the troops demanded food and shelter.