On March 5, 1824, the British governor-general of India, Lord Amherst, declared war on the Burmese empire. The ensuing Anglo-Burmese Wars marked the end of a golden age for what is now Myanmar ...

In tlie neighborhood of the river Irawaddy, in the Burmese empire, there are a number of wells, f rom which naphtha, or fluid petroleum, is obtained. The natives employ it raw in their lamps for ...

Myanmar’s scam operations are expanding south along Thailand’s border, authorities have told VOA in recent days, and will ...

The ongoing civil war in Myanmar, now spanning over three years, has provided an opportunity for drug cartels to thrive, with Shan State emerging as a major hub for illicit narcotics production. This ...

They clung on through years of conflict in Myanmar but a surge of fighting has driven tens of thousands more Rohingya to flee, escaping with little more than harrowing tales of war. "I saw ...

Associate Research Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), delves into the escalating drug problem in Myanmar, which has now become the world's 2nd-largest producer of opium, after ...