Myanmar's junta and anti-coup guerillas battled over the country's jade mining hub Friday, a combatant and a local said, displacing desperate civilians as they vied for supplies of the precious stone.

Thousands of supporters of Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 80th birthday Thursday by attempting to set a world record for the most birthday greeting videos.

The Myanmar military’s recruitment and use of child soldiers has surged since the 2021 coup, including a significant number recruited after the junta enacted a conscription law in February 2024 ...

Suu Kyi was the figurehead of Myanmar's decade-long democratic thaw, becoming de facto leader as it opened up from military rule. But as the generals snatched back power in a February 2021 coup, she ...

Unable to speak Thai, a translator was brought in. The migrants said they came from Yangon and Mandalay, and had entered Thailand via natural trails from Myanmar’s Payathonzu district, crossing into ...

Thai authorities will visit Myanmar to seek the cooperation of their counterparts in the arrest of an alleged Thai drug kingpin and the seizure of his 1 billion baht in assets.

Now we have a car and a bank card for the first time. We can access doctors. The kids can access proper education and be safe. We don’t have to worry about the police. We are very grateful that we are ...

NPR speaks with a student from Myanmar who fears his plans to attend graduate school in the U.S. could be derailed by the administration's newest travel ban.

Geopolitical Spotlight: China-backed UWSA takes control of rare earth mines in Myanmar's Shan state, tightening Beijing's grip on vital minerals.

YANGON, June 12, 2025 — Myanmar has been severely impacted by the March earthquake, and the economic aftershocks are compounding ongoing challenges faced by firms and households, according to a new ...

Myanmars Peoples Liberation Army forces shot down a JF-17 fighter jet belonging to the Myanmar Air Force today.Myanmar Air Force acquired a fleet of 11 JF-17s supplied by Pakistan between 2018 and ...

CHIANG RAI, Thailand: A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government's already feeble writ, and pollution levels are ...