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

An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicate has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of trades in drugs, weapons and laundered cash, according to the US Department of Justice.

A Myanmar military drone tracked a car carrying anti-junta forces as it drove through the contested village of Moe Bye.Fighters smuggled drones built for filming or agricultural purposes -- many of them made in China,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leader of a Japanese crime syndicate who was charged by U.S. authorities with trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar pleaded guilty on Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.

The National Unity Government needs a proactive strategy for gaining recognition from the region’s two superpowers.

Michael Martin is an adjunct fellow at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He served as a specialist policy adviser on Myanmar, China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam for two decades. His work included a 15-year tenure as a political and economic analyst with the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress.

More than a hundred shaven-headed men pour out of their Yangon hostel around 6 am for a day of weightlifting, karate drills, dancing and Buddhist prayer -- drug rehabilitation, Myanmar style. Joining in the karate-style drills,

A new cybersecurity law came into force in Myanmar on 1 January 2025, with VPN usage and digital freedoms under threat. Introduced by the country's military junta, the law aims to address cyberattacks that pose a threat to Myanmar.

While the amnesty included around 600 political prisoners, it should not be taken as a sign of conciliation on the part of the military.

Thai condo transfers to Myanmar buyers ranked second after Chinese purchasers for the first nine months of 2024, overtaking Russian buyers as the neighbouring government

Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty to mark the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain.