Myanmar

Anti-coup fighters in Myanmar patrol the smouldering ruins of a burned village after what they say was a reprisal attack by junta troops struggling to crush resistance to last year's military coup. Corrugated roofs, support beams and…

Karenni State, Burma Do you remember when you were eight years old? Maybe reading this you have an eight-year-old child yourself. Or maybe you can picture in your head an eight-year-old you know, and the joyful world they live in.…

The head of a United Nations team investigating human rights abuses in Myanmar has said that the scope and scale of alleged international crimes taking place in Myanmar “broadened dramatically” during the past year, as the military sought…

Seven Myanmar women trafficked to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been rescued and repatriated to Myanmar, state-run news agency reported on Saturday, citing the Myanmar police force. They arrived in Yangon on Friday with…

Myanmar’s military chief and coup leader Min Aung Hlaing has held his first, and long-awaited, meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a further sign of the deepening ties between the two sanctions-hit countries. Min Aung…

Myanmar exiles ousted in a 2021 coup are pressing the Federal Reserve to endorse their bid to use US$1 billion (S$1.4 billion) in funds frozen by the US to back a digital currency and a plan to establish a new central bank. It's a…

United Nations special envoy Noeleen Heyzer on Monday urged ASEAN states to develop a regional refugee protection framework as the political crisis in Myanmar showed few signs of abating. "In recognition of the tragic reality that large…

Myanmar's junta leader is on a visit to Russia, his second trip there in less than two months, as Myanmar's ruling military tries to shore up one of its few diplomatic alliances as it comes under growing international pressure.…

A military-run court in Myanmar has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to a further three years in prison on election fraud charges. Ms Suu Kyi - the country's former leader - has now been sentenced to 20 years in prison on 11…

A court controlled by Myanmar’s military council sentenced UK ex-ambassador Vicky Bowman and her Burmese husband Htein Lin to one year in prison on Friday for violating the country’s immigration laws, according to a source familiar…