Alliances are fluid in Myanmar's civil war, involving a military regime, ethnic armed groups and pro-democracy forces.

“Had the coup not occurred I have no doubt that Myanmar would have made real progress in catching up to its peers and neighbors.” When Myanmar’s military seized power on February 1, 2021, it forcibly ...

On Thursday, authorities in Myanmar claimed they had transferred Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest.

The implementation of the People’s Military Service Law will allow the military to increase its control over women’s lives and bodies. Myanmar’s current conscription system is an act of fascist ...

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YANGON (Reuters) - Every table and much of the floor at Co-Operative Bank in Myanmar's commercial capital is stacked with thick bricks of the local kyat currency. Money counting machines clatter.

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 ...

The June 5 decision made at the 113th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva marks only the second time in history that Article 33 has been enforced — an action typically reserved for the ...

Thailand cut electricity supplies on Wednesday to several areas in neighboring Myanmar that are home to sites at the center of a global, billion-dollar online scam industry. As of Wednesday afternoon, ...

An active cadre of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup - Socialist Revolutionary Party (KYKL-SOREPA) was arrested by security forces from the area near BP 76 and BP 77 close to the Indo-Myanmar Friendship Bridge ...