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A new book by the historian Linda Gordon considers seven social movements that transformed the country — not all of them for the better. In her first novel since “Americanah,” she draws on a ...

The $45 million diversity-focused program has so far provided 400 Burmese students—including Christian ethnic minorities—a chance to study away from conflict.

Myanmar’s military government will hold a general election in December 2025 or January 2026, state media said on Saturday (March 8, 2025), citing the junta chief, who provided the first specific ...

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Hundreds of Chinese nationals have been repatriated through Thailand, after being rescued from scam centers in Myanmar.

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BANGKOK — Four years after seizing power from the elected administration, the head of the military government declared Myanmar will hold a general election within 10 months, state-run media ...

In former scam compounds across southeastern Myanmar thousands of freed workers are stuck in limbo. Rescued from their previous lives as cyber scammers, many are now waiting to be repatriated.

Rohingya refugee Abdul Goni says the Myanmar government was starving his family one stage at a time. First, soldiers stopped the Rohingya Muslim from walking three hours to the forest for the ...