More than three years after overthrowing a democratically elected government, the Myanmar military is battling to hold on to power as a protracted civil war in the Southeast Asian country draws in neighbors such as China and India and fuels a rise in ...

An explosion occurs during a bombardment carried out by Myanmar’s military in Lashio, the largest urban center to fall to any of Myanmar’s myriad ethnic minority armed groups who have been fighting the central authorities on and off for decades, in ...

Whole units investigating crimes against women and children could be axed, even as violent acts of impunity are on the rise in the country.

Myanmar's civil war involves a range of different ethnic groups fighting the military. Thierry Falise/LightRocket via Getty Images While the United States talked military assistance and minerals with Ukraine, Russia did the same with one of its few ...

Rights groups on Tuesday slammed the Trump administration's decision to end protected status for Myanmar citizens due to the country's “notable progress in governance and stability,” even though it remains mired in a bloody civil war and the head of its military regime faces possible U.

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks during a press conference about policies to curb scam centers in Cambodia, in Bangkok Reuters Myanmar has become, by some estimates, the current center for global organized crime following the 2021 ...

Myanmar opium cultivation hits decade high in 2025, reports UNODC. Rising prices & conflict drive growth. Discover the latest drug trade trends & implications.

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 United Nations survey.

A Myanmar military air strike killed more than 30 people at a hospital, an on-site aid worker said Thursday, as the junta wages a withering offensive ahead of e