Myanmar

Fighters of a local militia opposed to Myanmar’s junta have pulled back from the northwestern town of Mindat after days of assault by combat troops ba(...)

A Myanmar journalist who reported on anti-junta protests has been jailed for three years for incitement, his news organisation said, while authoritie(...)

On February 1st, a few hours after Myanmar’s military coup, the team leaders of media group Mizzima held an emergency meeting in Yangon. The outlet’s(...)

It’s a staple of that dismal genre, the political memoir: the new leader, swept into office and eager to act, quickly confronts the limits of his or h(...)

Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured a Myanmar army base in what represents a morale-boosting action for those opposing the military’s takeover (...)

Demonstrators in Myanmar held protests demanding the restoration of Aung San Suu Kyi’s government on Monday and called for more co-ordinated nationwid(...)

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar inscribed messages of protest on Easter eggs on Sunday while thousands of others were back on the streets, denou(...)

Pope Francis has urged countries in his Easter message to speed up the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, particularly to the world’s poor, and called(...)

Myanmar’s wireless broadband internet services have been shut down by order of the military, a local provider said. The move comes as protesters cont(...)

The UN envoy on Myanmar has implored the security council to intervene in the escalating crisis, warning of the risk of civil war and an imminent “blo(...)