Myanmar’s junta extended a state of emergency by six months on Friday, four years after it seized power triggering a civil war that has claimed thousands of lives. The country is mired in a bloody, ...

YANGON: Myanmar police have seized 39 kg of ketamine, 18 kg of ice and other drugs in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the state ...

The junta’s forced conscription – after being repatriated – of potentially thousands of young men could constitute a war ...

Pyae Sone, who deserted recently and is in hiding said officers freely stole food from villagers, slaughtered cattle, and ...

Myanmar's embattled junta has banned anyone ... A bylaw passed late last month that has only just come to light imposes new ...

On the first anniversary of the junta's activation of the conscription law, The Irrawaddy looks at the key facts and figures ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Lunar New Year became a national holiday in Myanmar this year, providing a respite for citizens hammered by years of instability and unrest while also showing the military ...

The six-month extension is intended to buy time for the military’s long-promised election, but conditions in the country are ...

Colombo, Feb 03 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka has sourt urgent assistance of the Myanmar Government to facilitate the early rescue and safe repatriation of 18 Sri Lankan nationals who have been ...

1:18 A man rides bicycle while a fruit vendor pushes his cart outside the residence of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi as the home is auctioned in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP ...