A Myanmar town lies in shambles as both sides in civil war vie for control

Kyaukme, a once-thriving town in Myanmar’s Shan State, is in shambles, targeted by both sides in the Southeast Asian ...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its ...
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Myanmar junta’s ‘invitation’ needs thorough study

THE Myanmar junta has invited the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to send observers to the country’s elections ...

Myanmar says most Rakhine voting stations will not operate in Nov election

More than half the polling stations initially planned in conflict-torn Rakhine for Myanmar's Nov. 8 election will no longer operate, as parts of the state are too unstable for voting, the country's ...

Myanmar’s ‘maximum containment’ COVID plan pushed to brink as virus surges

Myanmar has quarantined tens of thousands of people to prevent a coronavirus outbreak from overwhelming its fragile healthcare system but public health experts and doctors say the strategy is on the ...