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 ...

Buildings in Myanmar are continuing to collapse five days after a powerful earthquake struck the country, creating perilous conditions for rescuers as they attempt to extricate survivors from the ...

If Min Aung Hlaing thinks that an official civilian title will shield him from prosecution for the many grave violations of ...

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 ...

With Myanmar now well into its fifth year of military rule, the country’s 54 million people continue to suffer what the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has described as an “unprecedented ...

Myanmar's parliament has approved a cabinet that largely includes former generals and holdovers from the past military-led ...

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 ...

In a censored nation that runs on rumor and omens, people in Myanmar wonder whether the latest disaster might be a portent of regime change. By Hannah Beech The dust from the devastating earthquake on ...

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 ...

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.