MANDALAY -At the bustling jade market in Mandalay, Myanmar’s traditional trading hub along its commercial corridor with China, the ruinous economic effects of a protracted civil war may not be ...
It is a contest that the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), essentially the military party, is guaranteed to win. A USDP victory is likely to make Senior General Min Aung ...
Tayzar San is the most wanted man in Myanmar. In 2021 the wiry and bespectacled doctor led the first protest against the military junta that had toppled Myanmar’s democratically elected government. In ...
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One month before the general elections organised by Myanmar’s military junta, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warns against the use of a so-called “electoral interference” law to prosecute the ...
Is it safe to return to a country wracked by an abusive armed conflict, widespread atrocities, and targeted ethnic violence, including war crimes and crimes against humanity? TPS status protects ...
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's military government extended its crackdown on online scam activities to a second major location, detaining hundreds of foreigners and seizing thousands of mobile phones used ...
Myanmar’s junta is organising elections for late 2025 or early 2026, but conflict, repression and irregularities undermine any chance of credibility. The Union Election Commission lacks transparency, ...
Satellite data reveal 513 rare earth mining sites across rivers feeding into the Mekong, Salween and Irrawaddy in Myanmar, including 40 new ones in 2025 — far more than previously estimated. Toxic ...
Nowhere in Myanmar is the revolutionary struggle more complex and confounding than in Shan State. Several separate ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) are operating in Shan State, each with their ...
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has formed a government and rebranded his regime as he prepares for national polls crucial to his claims of legitimacy and to fulfilling his lifelong dream of ...
Four years on, Myanmar’s civil war has spread to all 14 regions and states, as well as the major cities of Mandalay, Naypyidaw, and Yangon. According to the analysis of the Special Advisory Council ...