In Myanmar, a relatively new ethnic armed group known as the Arakan Army has recently taken control of 15 out of 17 townships in the war-torn country's western Rakhine state. This includes the ...

Soldiers from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) on patrol in Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Karen National Union ...

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 19 (EFE).- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) appointed Malaysian diplomat Tan Sri Othman Hashim as its new special envoy to Myanmar, the bloc said on Sunday ...

1, 2021, the revolution that began with peaceful demonstrations has escalated into a full-blown armed struggle, now about to end its fourth year. The landscape of Myanmar’s conflict has dramatically ...

The Arakan Army in Myanmar has admitted its members killed two prisoners of war. A spokesman for the armed group says it has punished those involved and doesn't condone the actions. A Myanmar ...

Just before we start, Myanmar and Burma (old name) are the same. Zawgyi, on the other hand, refers to the non-Unicode typeface for the Burmese script. So when we say Burmese Keyboard or Zawgyi ...

Insurgents seized Myanmar's border with Bangladesh in one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war. Min Aung Hlaing is accused of crimes against humanity in the alleged persecution of Rohingya ...

The recent abduction of a Chinese TV actor to Myanmar and his subsequent release is shedding new light on the lengths to which human traffickers operating online scam centers in the war-torn ...

Military supporters are seen outside Mytel’s Yangon headquarters in January 2021, shortly before the coup (EPA) The United States Bureau of Industry and Security announced this week that it has added ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BANGKOK (AP) — An overnight landslide ...

An airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group killed about 40 people and injured at least 20 others, officials of the group and a local charity ...

A man stands near a burning house at the site of an attack carried out by Myanmar's military on Ramree island in western Rakhine State [Handout/Arakan Army via AFP] Published On 11 Jan 202511 Jan ...