Press gangs prowl the streets of Mandalay and Bagan, snatching people on their way to or from work on trumped-up charges or for no reason at all.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this image provided by the Royal Thai Police, Chinese actor Wang Xing, right, talks with Thai police ...

Myanmar’s military council approved amendments to the country’s conscription law last Friday that prohibit anyone eligible for military service from going abroad without prior permission. Myanmar Now ...

YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar's State Administration Council Chairman Min Aung Hlaing has thanked China for its firm support for his country's peaceful and stable development. Myanmar's leader made the ...

Reports of Chinese citizens trafficked into scam centers along the Thai-Myanmar border are prompting renewed questions about Beijing’s reliance on Myanmar’s military regime to tackle ...

For Myanmar’s people, year four under military junta rule has only brought more death, displacement and despair, as their troubled homeland is torn further apart by a seemingly intractable civil ...

This article was originally published on January 7, 2025, on The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar that has been exiled in Thailand since the military coup in 2021. An edited version ...

As Myanmar’s civil war heads into a fifth year, anti-junta forces are opening universities and colleges as part of their pursuit of a federal democracy. By Richard C. Paddock Richard C.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter Scale jolted Myanmar in the early hours of Friday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to NCS, the magnitude 4.8 earthquake ...

Wendaruwe Upali Thera, Senior Professor Ven. Kotapitiye Rahula Thera, Most Ven. Dr. Waskaduwe Mahindawansa Mahanayake Thera of Amarapura Sambuddha Sasanodaya Chapter and Most Ven. Waleboda Gunasiri ...

China Families Appeal to Free Relatives Held by Scam Gangs in Myanmar (This Jan. 22 story has been corrected to fix the age of Wang Xing from 22 to 31 in paragraph 2) By Larissa Liao, Kevin ...

Troops from the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) pose in front of the entrance to the Myanmar military’s Northeast Regional Command in Lashio, Shan State, Myanmar, in a photo ...