Phyo Thiri Thu, 17, woke up and grabbed her ... San Suu Kyi and U Win Myint had been detained.” What’s going on in Myanmar? How did the crisis begin? This was the start to the coup that ...

Chinese transnational criminal syndicates reportedly exploit this area with support from local armed groups, including Myanmar’s Karen Border Guard Force (BGF), previously known as the ...

Jan 11 (Reuters) - Dozens of people were killed in an air strike by Myanmar's military government in the western state of Rakhine this week, the United Nations said, as the Southeast Asia nation's ...

The mist slowly lifts as the boat moves over the muddy waters of the Salween River in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, close to the border with Thailand. On both banks, green walls of jungle rise up, ...

People walk in a Yangon street during a nighttime power outage (Supplied) Power cuts have worsened across Myanmar, including in major cities like Yangon and Naypyitaw, after the junta implemented a ...

The US has urged China to increase pressure on Myanmar following the military ... and former lawmaker Phyo Zeya Thaw were among those executed. The activists were arrested after an army-led ...

Phyo Hein Htut and Ye Hein Zaw plotted to seriously injure or kill Myanmar’s ambassador in an attack that was to take place on American soil, U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said in a release Friday.