BANGKOK -- Myanmar's military leader, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, used a recent armed forces reshuffle to shore up his power base by promoting loyalists ahead of his expected imminent transition to ...

This week, the first students completed a three-year degree course, ready to treat displaced people and pro-democracy fighters unable to risk government-run hospitals It was a remarkable, but ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to thousands of prisoners, mostly political detainees, and activists being prosecuted or in hiding, state-run media reported ...

BANGKOK, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Thailand hopes to bring Myanmar back into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) nearly five years after a military coup, Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak ...

YANGON, Myanmar — Few complaints can be aired openly in Yangon. Myanmar’s military generals administer the city watchfully. Informants lurk in tea shops and on tuk-tuks. Chinese-made surveillance ...

The democracy movement in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar has for decades found powerful champions in the Republican Party. President George W. Bush introduced, then expanded, wide-ranging ...

Home to snowcapped mountains, drought-prone savannas and tropical rainforests, Myanmar hosts tremendous botanical diversity among its richly varied habitats. There are 864 known plant species that are ...

Nearly five years after a military coup in 2021 unseated its civilian government, Myanmar has become extremely fragmented. A civil war flared after the coup, killing thousands and leaving upward of 18 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Myanmar’s military acknowledged an airstrike on a hospital, claiming opposition groups used it as a base; local ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war remains one of the world’s primary suppliers of illicit drugs, according to a ...

Is it safe to return to a country wracked by an abusive armed conflict, widespread atrocities, and targeted ethnic violence, including war crimes and crimes against humanity? TPS status protects ...

Two variants of the Mil Mi-38 helicopters (VIP variant in the foreground and military transport version in the background) conduct a flight over Moscow in 2019. Myanmar's new Mi-38T assault transport ...