An opium poppy farm in Pekon Township in Shan State, Myanmar, in November.Credit...Adam Ferguson for The New York Times Supported by By Hannah Beech Reporting from Shan and Karen states in Myanmar ...

As Myanmar’s military government prepares for elections in 2025, attention turns to neighboring China, which, critics say, is pressuring Southeast Asian nations to treat the vote as a solution ...

Myanmar's military leaders have enacted a new cybersecurity law that analysts say will provide the junta with extensive control over access to information. The expansive law — which has 16 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter Scale jolted Myanmar in the early hours of Friday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to NCS, the magnitude 4.8 earthquake ...

There are even reports that the Arakan Army now commands areas inside Bangladesh. In the ferocious civil war between ethnic rebel groups and the junta (military) in Myanmar, the Arakan Army, the ...

Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) seeks to deal a decisive blow to the country’s military rulers in 2025. Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG) Acting President Duwa Lashi La ...

Myanmar’s military rulers announced an amnesty for 5,864 prisoners to mark Independence Day, state media reports. Members of a Myanmar military honour guard take part in a ceremony to mark ...

The beauty in this corner of Shan state, in northeastern Myanmar, might seem a respite from the country’s brutal civil war. Instead the blooms are a symptom: It is all opium poppy in these ...

An ethnic Rakhine armed group has claimed the seizure of another township in Rakhine State in western Myanmar, vowing to safeguard Chinese investments in the region. In a statement posted to its ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's parallel National Unity Government has suffered a series of setbacks in the armed campaign against the military government as other rebel groups seek dialogue with the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share BANGKOK (AP) — Military-ruled Myanmar, already notorious for cracking down on free speech, has ...