A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the ...

The AA’s offensives into neighbouring regions together with its resistance allies have brought Myanmar’s civil war to new ...

Fear of food shortages has gripped at least one of the camps in Sagaing Region’s Tamu Township that mainly houses Kuki, a group that lives on both sides of the border with India. Some Kuki complain ...

The March 28 earthquake rattled Myanmar’s fledgling insurance industry, with companies that offered quake coverage now ...

Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar ...

The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.

Desperate migrant workers are increasingly heading for the Golden Triangle SEZ in Laos, whose illicit economy has apparent links to Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed group. While travellers pass ...

As China steps up measures to protect its citizens, an industry dependent on human trafficking and forced labour is adapting by targeting new groups – with a focus on English speakers. This article ...

Communities in Yangon live surrounded by garbage – blocking doorsteps, piling up in front of windows and clogging water systems. While much of this waste is homegrown, some of it was shipped halfway ...

The suicide rate began rising during the COVID-19 pandemic and has continued to increase since the coup as financial hardship, political repression and the collapse of the healthcare system take a ...

Despite rising financial pressures to supply weapons and provide public services in its territory, the KIO cancelled a major business deal in response to protests from local communities trying to ...