BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The Myanmar military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) signed a formal agreement for a ceasefire that began on Saturday, China's foreign ...

More than 6,000 prisoners have been released in Myanmar as part of an amnesty to mark the 77th anniversary of the country's independence from Britain. The head of Myanmar's military government has ...

An opium poppy farm in Pekon Township in Shan State, Myanmar, in November.Credit...Adam Ferguson for The New York Times Supported by By Hannah Beech Reporting from Shan and Karen states in Myanmar ...

There are even reports that the Arakan Army now commands areas inside Bangladesh. In the ferocious civil war between ethnic rebel groups and the junta (military) in Myanmar, the Arakan Army, the ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's parallel National Unity Government has suffered a series of setbacks in the armed campaign against the military government as other rebel groups seek dialogue with the ...

The growing territorial gains of the Arakan Army, and its seemingly undeterred momentum, have raised questions about the rebel group's ultimate goal. Since Myanmar's military staged a coup and ...

Some have suggested that Myanmar, which has been at war essentially since the junta’s 2021 coup and where the military has steadily lost ground (it controls around twenty percent of the country ...

After seven years of medical school in Myanmar, May finally achieved her goal of becoming a doctor. But a month after she graduated and found a job, her dreams started unravelling. In February ...

Myanmar news: Since the time when Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government was overthrown in India’s neigbouring country Myanmar, the socio-political situation in the country has ...

Myanmar's fishermen and critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins share a rare bond working together to catch fish. Due to destructive fishing practices, and the country's ongoing civil war, this ...

In 2024, across Singapore and South-east Asia, conversations about world affairs seem to surface more frequently in daily life – at dinner tables, with colleagues in the office or over coffee ...

Months after announcing that the Free Movement Regime (FMR) along the Myanmar border has been entirely suspended, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has brought in fresh protocol to regulate ...