Less discussed is how Telegram is also enabling cybercrime and non-consensual pornography in war-torn Myanmar. The SAC notably excluded Telegram from its social media bans, positioning it as a ...

Myanmar’s military has been ramping up its use of drones, deploying a combination of retrofitted commercial drones and customized military munitions to carry out a torrent of deadly strikes ...

Nearly seven years after the Myanmar military killed thousands of Muslim Rohingyas, in what the UN called "textbook ethnic cleansing", it wants their help. From interviews with Rohingyas living in ...

China, which has long influenced Myanmar’s ethnic armed groups, is pressuring the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, or MNDAA — part of the Three Brotherhood Alliance that includes the ...

A typical local house inside the KNU-controlled jungle. Credit: Helen Li Since gaining independence in 1948, Myanmar has faced persistent political crises and ethnic tensions. The most recent ...

By Sui-Lee Wee For the first time in the three years since it staged a coup, the military in Myanmar has offered a major concession to the country’s opposition forces, calling on them to heal ...

A United Nations team of investigators on Myanmar is closely monitoring reports that executions in the country could be imminent, its chief said on Monday, warning such a step could constitute a ...

YANGON: The death toll in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has climbed to 384, with 89 people missing, the junta said on Saturday (Sep. 21). Yagi swept across northern Vietnam ...

The number of people in Myanmar who have died in the wake of Typhoon Yagi rose to more than 220, with nearly 80 others still missing, the military government said. The storm swept through northern ...

YANGON: The death toll from massive flooding in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has doubled to 226, state media reported, as the United Nations warned as many as 630,000 people could need help.

The BBC visits the border with Myanmar, where a war is raging on China’s doorstep. The storm has killed more than 500 people in northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar. The storm is Asia's ...