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The junta has emerged stronger from the disaster, and it is clearer than ever that only China has the clout to influence both ...
While the chances of success are slim, ceasefires are a necessary step toward a resolution to the country’s civil war.
Hundreds of regime troops reinforced by allied militias are advancing from two sides on Kachin rebels besieging the mountainous jade mining hub of Hpakant.
Local groups are struggling to cope with the scale of the disaster, while the civil war means international efforts have so ...
Thousands were killed in 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Yet military generals were slow to agree to pause in civil war fighting, and continued airstrikes.
The 7.7 magnitude quake hit a wide swath of the country, causing significant damage to six regions and states. The earthquake left many areas without power, telephone or cell connections and damaged ...
USAID accounted for a third of Myanmar’s foreign aid last year. Now, this funding is gone as the country grapples with a ...
Golden Land Ablaze by Bertil Lintner offers a sharp, insightful account of Myanmar’s political unrest, ethnic conflict, and ...
The selloff of U.S. assets continued as President Trump stepped up threats for Fed Chair Powell to drop interest rates to ...
BANGKOK, March 28 (Reuters) - When armed rebels seized northern Myanmar's rare-earths mining ... of the world's heavy rare earths, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) rebels have been able to ...